FARS Lifetime Service Award Award Intent The Lifetime Service Award recognizes distinguished service contributions to the Financial Accounting and Reporting Section through activities such as: Service to the Section in multiple leadership and/or committee positions over a sustained period of time Leadership in championing new initiatives that increase the scope of the Section’s activities and its scholarly impact to better serve its members Frequent participation as a keynote speaker or panelist at Section meetings A nominee need not excel in each of these general criteria to merit consideration for the award. This award is not intended to be an annual award; the Section already recognizes annual service contributions at the Midyear Meeting. Rather, this award recognizes for those individuals identified as providing distinguished levels of service to the Section as described above. Award Process Any Section member may make nominations; self-nominations will not be accepted. Each nomination should include a brief nomination letter that clearly identifies why the nominee merits consideration, with a particular emphasis on the criteria specified above. Nominations should be forwarded to the Section President John X Jiang (jiangj@msu.edu) by September 15. Upon receiving nominations, the Section’s Executive Council will weigh the merits of the nomination and vote on whether the nominee should win the award. The recipient is announced and recognized at the Section's next Midyear Meeting after the submission date. FARS Lifetime Service Award Winner 2025 Christine Botosan, FASB 2023 Brian Bushee, University of Pennsylvania 2020 Marlene Plumlee, University of Utah 2018 Katherine Schipper, Duke University 2016 Thomas Linsmeier, FASB 2015 Catherine Schrand Placeholder 6 Accessing the Journal 2016 JTLR Editor's Report To access JLTR articles and abstracts go to the AAA publications site View/Download Recently Accepted JLTR Manuscripts Publication Information President's Letter Dear FARS Section Members, Welcome to the 2025–2026 academic year! I am excited to serve as your Section President and to continue the strong tradition of scholarship and community that makes FARS such a special home within the AAA. I would like to thank John Jiang for his thoughtful leadership this past year. Under his guidance, the section had a successful year filled with high-quality research presentations, thoughtful discussions, and meaningful connections. The Annual Meeting last month was also a great success, with 475 submissions. I am grateful to all of you who contributed by presenting, reviewing, moderating, or attending. Looking ahead, I am pleased to share that our 2025–2026 committees are already staffed and ready to get to work. Thank you to those of you who volunteered to serve—your time and effort are critical to advancing the section’s mission. Continue Reading... Journal The Journal of Financial Reporting (JFR) is the academic journal of the Financial Accounting and Reporting Section of the American Accounting Association. Learn More Research FARS Research Objectives: A. to encourage, facilitate, and publicize research in financial accounting and reporting. B. to communicate interests, intentions, and actual work-in-process in the area. C. to identify areas in need of research. D. to provide opportunities for public exposure of research results through AAA meetings (annual, regional, and special meetings devoted solely to financial accounting and reporting) and publications (including working papers and a separate journal for financial accounting and reporting, if warranted).
