Outstanding Accounting Educator Award Committee | American Accounting Association

2023-2024 Outstanding Accounting Educator Award Committee

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

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Charge

Carry out all activities to select at most two recipients of the Outstanding Accounting Educator Award which is presented at the AAA Annual Meeting in accordance with the general award criteria as adopted in 1972. Specifically:

Actively seek and submit nominations
Review and evaluate nominations
Select at most two recipients 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 for the award for the following two (2) years.
Nominees who were not selected for the 2024 AAA Outstanding Accounting Educator Award will be considered during the selection process for the 2025 Award and, if not chosen for the 2025 Award, will also be considered for the 2026 Award. At the end of the selection process for the 2026 Award, if a 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.
The AAA Education Committee should meet with the Outstanding Accounting Educator Award Committee Chair before the award call.
- After that meeting, the Outstanding Accounting Educator Award Committee Chair should meet with Outstanding Accounting Educator Award Committee members to discuss candidate and category rankings and the meaning of ‘sustained contributions.’
For continuity, two Outstanding Accounting Educator Award Committee members (one as chair and one as a member) should serve consecutive years.
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
Mark Higgins University of Scranton	mark.higgins@scranton.edu	1	08/2024
Members
Markus Ahrens Saint Louis Community College	mahrens@stlcc.edu	1	08/2024
Kelsey Brasel Ball State University	krbrasel@bsu.edu	1	08/2024
PJ Hoffman Indiana University	phoffma@iu.edu	1	08/2024
Alan Sangster University of Aberdeen UK	alan.sangster@abdn.ac.uk	1	08/2024
Anne Wu National Chengchi University	anwu@nccu.edu.tw	1	08/2024
Board of Directors Liaison
Natalie T. Churyk Northern Illinois University Vice President–Education	nchuryk@niu.edu

Estimated Time Commitment

September 1 – January 31 – actively seek and submit nominations; participate on virtual calls and email discussions at the discretion of the Chair
- Approx. 20-30 hours (only for those submitting nominations)
February 15 – April 15 – review nominations, participate on virtual calls and email discussions at the discretion of the Chair, and select at most two recipients
- Approx. 6-8 hours reviewing nominations; varies based on number of nominations
- Approx. 2-3 hours participating on virtual calls
By April 15 – Chair notifies the Professional Staff Liaison of the recipient(s)
- Approx. 1 hour
By May 15 – Chair writes a Citation about recipient(s) (300-500 words) and sends to Professional Staff Liaison
- Approx. 2-4 hours; varies based on number of recipients
August – Chair presents the award(s) at the AAA Annual Meeting
- Preparation for presentation could take approximately 1–4 hours

Roles & Responsibilities Timeline

Chair and Committee Members Responsibilities

September - January 31	February 15 - May 15	June	August
Actively seek and submit nominations	Review nominations, 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 at most two award recipients based on award criteria Chair notifies the Professional Staff Liaison of the recipient(s) by April 15th at barbara.gutierrez@aaahq.org By May 15th, the Chair will write a Citation (300-500 words) which will be presented at the Annual Meeting and email the document to the Professional Staff Liaison 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 will write a thank you email to the award sponsor representative for their support of the award.	The Chair and award sponsor representative present the award(s) and Citation(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 knowledge about leaders in accounting education from a wide variety of academic institutions who have made sustained and substantive contributions over the course of their careers.