Distinguished Contribution to Accounting Literature Award Selection Committee

2022-2023 Distinguished Contributions to Accounting Literature Award Selection Committee

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

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Charge

Carry out all activities to select recipients of the Distinguished Contributions to Accounting Literature Award which is presented at the AAA Annual Meeting. Specifically:

Actively seek and submit nominations
Review and evaluate nominations 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
Select the recipient(s) of the award based on the award criteria
Chair presents the Award(s) at the AAA Annual Meeting
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 2 years – as long as the nominated work(s) meets the publishing requirements (see award criteria for details).
Nominees who were not selected for the 2023 Distinguished Contributions to Accounting Literature Award will be considered during the screening process for the 2024 Award and, if not chosen for the 2024 Award, will also be considered for the 2025 Award. At the end of the selection process for the 2025 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.
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	Term Length	Term Expires
Chair
Patricia Dechow University of Southern California	patricia.dechow@marshall.usc.edu	1	08/2023
Members
Kai Du The Pennsylvania State University	kxd30@psu.edu	1	08/2023
Michelle Hanlon Massachusetts Institute of Technology	mhanlon@mit.edu	1	08/2023
Khondkar Karim University of Massachusetts-Lowell	khondkar_karim@uml.edu	1	08/2023
Todd Thornock University of Nebraska -Lincoln	tthornock2@unl.edu	1	08/2023
Oktay Urcan University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign	ourcan@illinois.edu	1	08/2023
Lisa Victoravich University of Denver	lvictora@du.edu	1	08/2023
John J. Wild University of Wisconsin-Madison	John.Wild@wisc.edu	1	08/2023
Board of Directors Liaison
Sarah McVay University of Washington Vice President–Research & Publications	smcvay@uw.edu

Estimated Time Commitment

September 1 – January 31 – Actively seek and submit nominations
March – April 15 – Review nominations, participate on virtual 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 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	Review nominations identified by the Notable and Distinguished Contributions to Accounting Literature Award Screening Committee, participate on virtual 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 recipient(s) by April 15th at barbara.gutierrez@aaahq.org	The Chair must submit at least one report per year to the Board of Directors. 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) at the AAA Annual Meeting.

AAA Professional Staff Responsibilities

Questions? Please contact Barbara Gutierrez, Professional Staff Liaison, at barbara.gutierrez@aaahq.org

Committee Composition/Required Knowledge and Expertise

Committee members plus a voting Chair are appointed annually prior to the Annual Meeting 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