Distinguished Contribution to Accounting Literature Award Selection Committee

Nominations Deadline: January 31 at 11:59 pm Eastern Time

Charge

Carry out all activities to select recipients of the Distinguished Contributions to Accounting Literature Award.

Select the recipient(s) of the award from those articles, monographs, or books, published in English, identified by the Notable and Distinguished Contributions to Accounting Literature Award Screening Committee as potentially distinguished contributions in accounting literature.

Specifically:

Actively seek and submit nominations to the Chair of the Notable and Distinguished Contributions to Accounting Literature Award Screening Committee
Review and evaluate nominations identified by the Notable and Distinguished Contributions to Accounting Literature Award Screening Committee
Current Committee members who are nominated for the award will be asked to either recuse themselves from the Committee or remove their nomination from consideration.
Select award recipient(s) based on award criteria
Chair presents the Award(s) at the AAA Annual Meeting
If the Chair has any questions about the charge or responsibilities of this committee, s/he should contact the Executive Director, the President, or the Committee's Board of Directors Liaison.

Members

Name / Affiliation	Contact	Term Length	Term Expires
Chair
Patricia Dechow University of Southern California	patricia.dechow@marshall.usc.edu	2	08/2018
Members
Margaret Christ The University of Georgia	mchrist@uga.edu	1	08/2018
Nicole Jenkins University of Kentucky	nicole.t.jenkins@uky.edu	1	08/2018
Lisa Koonce University of Texas at Austin	lisa.koonce@mccombs.utexas.edu	1	08/2018
Christian Leuz University of Chicago	cleuz@chicagobooth.edu	1	08/2018
Karen Sedatole Emory University	ksedatole@emory.edu	1	08/2018
Connie Weaver Texas A&M University	cweaver@mays.tamu.edu	1	08/2018
Board of Directors Liaison
Terry Shevlin Vice President–Research & Publications University of California-Irvine	tshevlin@uci.edu

Expected Time Commitment

September 1 – January 31 – Actively seek and submit nominations
March – April 15 – Review nominations, participate on conference calls and email discussions at the discretion of the Chair, and select award recipient(s)
August – Chair presents the award(s) and check(s) at the AAA Annual Meeting

Roles & Responsibilities Timeline

Chair and Committee Members Responsibilities

September - January 31	March - April 15	June	August
Actively seek and submit nominations to the Chair of the Notable and Distinguished Contributions to Accounting Literature Award Screening Committee	Review nominations identified by the Notable and Distinguished Contributions to Accounting Literature Award Screening Committee, participate on conference calls and email discussions, at the discretion of the Chair Select award recipient(s) based on award criteria Chair notifies the Professional Staff Liaison of the winner(s) by April 15th at awards@aaahq.org	The Chair will have the opportunity to prepare and send a progress report in June which will be available for the Board of Directors to review at their August meeting. This report should include accomplishments and suggested modifications and should be sent to the AAA President, the Committee's Board of Directors Liaison, and Professional Staff Liaison, Barbara Gutierrez. (barbara.gutierrez@aaahq.org)	The Chair presents the award(s) and check(s) at the AAA Annual Meeting.

AAA Professional Staff Responsibilities

Questions? Please contact Barbara Gutierrez, Professional Staff Liaison, at barbara.gutierrez@aaahq.org or 941-556-4117

Committee Composition/Required Knowledge and Expertise

New Committee members are appointed annually by the Council Committee on Awards Committee.
Care should be taken that the Committee include members with a range of expertise, who are knowledgeable about exceptional, current, accounting research