Call for Nominations for the Next Senior Editor of Issues in Accounting Education

The Issues in Accounting Education Steering Committee is soliciting nominations for the next Senior Editor of Issues in Accounting Education. This will be a three-year term, beginning January 1, 2022.

Issues in Accounting Education is one of three association-wide journals published by the American Accounting Association (AAA). The mission of Issues in Accounting Education is to advance accounting education by publishing research, cases, instructional resources and commentaries that (1) assist accounting faculty in teaching, program development, professional development, and assessment, (2) encourage pedagogical experimentation and innovation based on learning science, and (3) enhance understanding of faculty-related issues and historical, social, or institutional conditions and trends that affect accounting education. The Issues in Accounting Education Policy Statement may be accessed at
https://meridian.allenpress.com/DocumentLibrary/AAAN/Issues_Editorial_Policy.pdf.

The term of the current Senior Editor of Issues in Accounting Education, Professor Elizabeth Dreike Almer, runs until December 31, 2021. The Issues in Accounting Education Steering Committee will consider nominees throughout the spring, with a goal to have the next Editor appointed and in transition by Fall 2021.

Please send your nominations to Mark Holtzblatt (Chair, Issues in Accounting Education Steering Committee) at the address below, by Monday, February 22, 2021. In addition to your nomination, include a current electronic copy of the candidate’s vita and explain why you believe that your nominee would be a good candidate for the position. Self-nominations are encouraged and accepted. All nominees should be a current AAA member in keeping with AAA’s policy on editorship for AAA journals. 

Selected finalists will be required to submit a Vision Statement to the Steering Committee that addresses issues such as:

• Proposed strategic positioning for the journal
• Selection of editors and reviewers
• Recommendations for operational efficiencies for the journal
• Proposed special issues
• Methods for encouraging submissions and readership
• Other ideas

The Steering Committee and Publications Committee make recommendations to the AAA Board of Directors, which will make the final editor selection. 

Mark Holtzblatt
Email: m.holtzblatt@csuohio.edu
Cleveland State University, Monte Ahuja College of Business
Cleveland, OH 44114
Phone: 224-392-7030