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


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Charge

Carry out all activities to select recipients of the Notable 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 notable contributions in accounting literature.

Coordinate selection with the Deloitte Foundation Wildman Medal Award Committee to assure diversity of awardees. Consider the diversity and breadth of AAA member research activities.

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.
  • All nominees nominated for a given year’s award – who are not selected for that year’s award – will be automatically considered by the Notable and Distinguished Contributions to Accounting Literature Award Screening Committee for the award for the following two (2) years – as long as the nominated work meets the publishing requirements (see award criteria for details). Nominees who were not selected for the 2020 Notable Contributions to Accounting Literature Award will be considered by the Notable and Distinguished Contributions to Accounting Literature Award Screening Committee during the screening process for the 2021 Award and, if not chosen for the 2021 Award, will also be considered for the 2022 Award.  At the end of the selection process for the 2022 Award, if a qualified nominee has not been chosen as the award recipient or has not been re-nominated, he/she will no longer be considered for the award.
  • 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 Chief Executive Officer, the President, or the Committee's Board of Directors Liaison.

Members

Name / Affiliation Contact Representing Term Length Term Expires
Chair

Marshall Pitman
The University of Texas at San Antonio

marshall.pitman@utsa.edu

AAA

1

08/2021
Members

Angela Gore
George Washington University

agore@gwu.edu

 AAA

1

08/2021

Brad Lawson
Oklahoma State University

brad.lawson@okstate.edu AAA 1 08/2021

David A. Wood
Brigham Young University

davidwood@byu.edu  AAA 1 08/2021

Mark Dawkins
University of North Florida

mark.dawkins@unf.edu  AICPA 1 08/2021

Brigitte Muehlmann
Babson College

bmuehlmann@babson.edu

 AICPA

1

08/2021

Carolyn Norman
Virginia Commonwealth University

castrand@vcu.edu

 AICPA

1

08/2021

Jana Raedy
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Jana_Raedy@kenan-flagler.unc.edu

 AICPA

1

08/2021

Mary Stone
The University of Alabama

mstone@cba.ua.edu

 AICPA

1

08/2020

Board of Directors Liaison

Mark DeFond
University of Southern California
Vice President–Research & Publications

defond@marshall.usc.edu

Estimated 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)
  • By April 15 – Chair notifies the Professional Staff Liaison of the winner(s)
  • August – Chair presents the award(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
  • 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
  • Chair is allowed to vote in the award committee's deliberations.
  • Select award recipient(s) based on award criteria
  • Chair notifies the Professional Staff Liaison of the winner(s) by April 15th at barbara.gutierrez@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 will write a thank you email note to the award sponsor representative for their support of the award.
  • The Chair and award sponsor representative present the award(s) at the AAA Annual Meeting.

AAA Professional Staff Responsibilities

Committee Composition/Required Knowledge and Expertise

  • The Committee consists of 8 members plus a voting Chair.
  • Four Committee members are appointed annually prior to the Annual Meeting by the Council Committee on Awards Committee.
    •  Every other year, an AAA representative will Chair the Committee.
  • Five Committee members are appointed annually prior to the Annual Meeting by the AICPA.
    • Every other year, an AICPA representative will chair the Committee.
  • Care should be taken that the Committee include members with a range of expertise who are knowledgeable about unique and substantive scholarship in accounting.