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Announcing the 2026 AAA Award Recipients!
The AAA is pleased to recognize the contributions our members make to the accounting academic community.
Please consider celebrating with the award recipients at Global Connect during award presentations taking place during the AAA Plenary Sessions or AAA Tuesday Luncheon.
The AAA/J. Michael and Mary Anne Cook/Deloitte Foundation Prize
(To be awarded during the Monday, August 3rd Plenary)
Tina Carpenter,
University of Georgia
Graduate Prize
Hussein Issa
,
Rutgers University
Undergraduate Prize
DeAnna
Martin,
Santiago Canyon College
Two-Year
College Prize
AAA-AACSB-RRBM Award for Research Impacting Societal Challenges
(Sponsored
by the AACSB)
(To be awarded during the Tuesday, August 4th Luncheon)
Gregory Distelhorst,
University of Toronto
Jee-Eun Shin, University
of Toronto
“Assessing the Social Impact of Corporations: Evidence from Management Control Interventions in the Supply Chain to Increase Worker Wages,” Journal of Accounting Research, June 2023, Volume 61, No. 3, pp: 855-890.
American Accounting Association/Deloitte Foundation Wildman Medal Award
(sponsored by the Deloitte Foundation*)
(To be awarded during the Monday, August 3rd Plenary)
Lauren Cunningham,
University of Tennessee-Knoxville
Sarah Stein,
Virginia Tech University
Kimberly Walker,
Virginia Tech University
Karneisha Wolfe,
University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign
"Audit Committee: The Kitchen Sink of the Board," published by the Center for Audit Quality (CAQ) in November 2022 and “Redefining Perceived Boundaries: Insights into the Audit Committee’s Evolving Responsibilities,” The Accounting Review, July 2025, Volume 100, No. 4, pp: 193-219.
*While the Deloitte Foundation
is a proud sponsor of the Wildman Medal Award, the
Deloitte Foundation or Deloitte & Touche LLP does
not endorse individual recipients or the associated
articles, monographs, books, or other
works.
Read
the press release for this award
AAA-George Krull EDGE in Teaching Award
(To be awarded during the Wednesday, August 5th Plenary)
Joyce K. Byrer, Indiana
University-Bloomington
Daniel E. O'Leary,
University of Southern California
“NetSuite Tutorials”
AAA-George Krull EDGE in Teaching Award Honorable Mention
Vernon J. Richardson,
University of Arkansas
“Richlyanalytic.com”
Accounting Horizons Best Paper Award
Shana Clor-Proell,
Texas Christian University
Omri Even-Tov,
University of California – Berkeley
Charles M. C. Lee,
University of Washington
Shivaram Rajgopal,
Columbia University
“Bridging the Gap
Between Academia and Practice in Accounting”,
Accounting Horizons, March 2025, Volume 39, Issue 1, pp:
1-14.
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the press release for this award
Competitive Manuscript Award
(To be awarded during the Tuesday, August 4th Luncheon)
Kaitlyn Kroeger, University of Iowa
“The Launch of Public Accounting Offshoring and Audit Quality”
Distinguished Contribution to Accounting Literature Award
(To be awarded during the Tuesday, August 4th Plenary)
Elizabeth Blankespoor,
University of Washington
Gregory S.
Miller,University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
Hal D. White,
University of Notre Dame
“The Role of Dissemination in Market Liquidity: Evidence from Firms' Use of Twitter™,” The Accounting Review, January 2014, Volume 89, No. 1, pp: 79–112.
Ernst & Young Foundation Innovation in Accounting Education Award
(sponsored by the Ernst & Young Foundation)
(To be awarded during the Tuesday, August 4th Luncheon)
Mary B. Sasmaz, Case
Western Reserve University
Raymond D. Frost,
Ohio University
Ellen R. Gordon,
Ohio University
Lauren N. Kenyo, Ohio
University
Vic A. Matta, Ohio
University
Madelyn E. Raisch, Ohio
University
“Scoreboard for Excel: The Design and Implementation of Software to Advance Active Learning, Automate Grading, and Reduce Cheating,” Issues in Accounting Education, August 2025, Volume 40, Issue 3, pp: 27–47.
Issues in Accounting Education Best Paper Award
(To be awarded during the Tuesday, August 4th Luncheon)
Chris E. Hogan,
Michigan State University
Linda A. Myers,
University of Tennessee-Knoxville
Michael S. Wilkins,
University of Kansas
“Writing
Introductions: A Framework and Commentary,” Issues in
Accounting
Education, February 2025, Volume 40, Issue 1, pp:
1-10.
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the press release for this award
Lifetime Service Award
(To be awarded during the Tuesday, August 4th Luncheon)
Christine A. Botosan, Financial Accounting
Standards Board
Notable Contribution to Accounting Literature Award
(To be awarded during the Wednesday, August 5th Plenary)
Brant E. Christensen,
Brigham Young University
Nathan J. Newton,
Florida State University
Michael S.
Wilkins,University of Kansas
“How Do Team Workloads and Team Staffing Affect the Audit? Archival Evidence from U.S. Audits,," Accounting, Organizations and Society, July 2021, Volume 92, 101225.
Outstanding Accounting Educator Award
(sponsored by PwC US Group LLP)
(To be awarded during the Tuesday, August 4th Plenary)
S.P. Kothari, U.S.
Department of Treasury
Wendy Tietz,
Kent State University
Outstanding Service Award
(To be awarded during the Tuesday, August 4th Luncheon)
George W. Krull, Jr.
Grant
Thornton LLP, Retired
The Accounting Review Outstanding Reviewer Award
(To be awarded during the Tuesday, August 4th Luncheon)
Andrew J. Imdieke, University of Notre Dame
John Gallemore, The University of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill
Matthew Bloomfield, The University of Pennsylvania
Francois Brochet, Boston University
Matthias Breuer, Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am
Main
Matthew Kubic, The University of Texas at Austin
Ashley N. Skinner, University of Colorado Boulder
Heidi A. Packard, Arizona State University
Outgoing Board of Directors and Council Chair Recognitions
(To be awarded during the Wednesday, August 5th Plenary)
Past President
Audrey A. Gramling, Oklahoma State University
Vice President-Finance
Margaret H. Christ, University of Georgia
Vice President-Education
Natalie T. Churyk, Northern Illinois University
Director-Focusing on International
Cristina Florio, University of Verona
Director-Focusing on Membership
Linda M. Parsons, The University of Alabama
Outgoing Council Chair
Bambi Hora, University of Central Oklahoma
Outgoing Editor Recognition: The Accounting Review
(To be awarded during the Tuesday, August 4th
Luncheon)
Kathryn Kadous, Emory University