FARS Distinguished Ph.D. Mentoring Award Purpose: To recognize an individual’s distinguished efforts in teaching and mentoring doctoral students in the financial accounting research area over the course of his/her career. Candidates for this award would meet the following criteria: A candidate need not meet each criteria to be considered for the award. The award will not simply be based on numbers of students, but rather weight will also be given to specific examples of situations in which the candidates went above-and-beyond to mentor their students. Nature of the Award: The Award will not be given with any specific periodicity but rather when an eligible recipient is identified. Award recipient(s) will be recognized and presented with a plaque at the FARS Midyear Meeting. The presentation will be a featured part of a lunch program, with some of the recipient(s)’ former students invited to talk about the ways in which the winners had a positive impact on their careers. Process: Any FARS member may submit nominations of candidates meeting the above criteria to the Lifetime Achievement & PhD Mentoring Awards Committee Chair Karthik Balakrishnan (karthik.balakrishnan@rice.edu) by September 15. The form may include the names of multiple nominators; it is expected that at least one of the nominators will be a former student of the candidate. The committee's recommendations along with all nominations will be forwarded to the FARS Steering Board for its consideration. A candidate must then receive the support of at least 75% of the FARS Steering Board members (11 out of 14 members) to be given the award. Candidates should have a long track record of producing successful doctoral students that have been research-productive over their careers. Candidates should have shown a willingness to co-author with their doctoral students and/or provide continuing feedback on their students’ work (as evidenced by being thanked for comments). Candidates should exhibit some evidence of advancing their students’ long-term professional development; e.g., helping them secure conference or presentation invitations Candidates should exhibit some evidence of distinguished teaching and mentoring during their students doctoral programs; e.g., high-quality doctoral seminars FARS Distinguished Ph.D. Mentoring Award 2025 Phil Berger, University of Chicago 2024 Cathy Schrand, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania. 2023 Terry Shevlin, University of California , Irvine 2022 Linda Bamber, University of Georgia 2021 Professor Anne Beatty, Deloitte & Touche Chair of Accounting, The Ohio State University 2020 Professor Patricia Dechow, Robert R. Dockson Professor of Business Administration & Professor of Accounting, University of Southern California 2019 Professor Douglas Skinner, Deputy Dean for Faculty and Eric J. Gleacher Distinguished Service Professor of Accounting, University of Chicago 2018 Professor Russell Lundholm, Alumni Professorship in Accounting, University of British Columbia 2017 Professor Dan Dhaliwal, Frances McClelland Endowed Chair, University of Arizona, in memoriam 2016 Professor Daniel Collins, Henry B. Tippie Research Chair in Accounting, University of Iowa 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).
