2024-2025 Distinguished Contribution to Accounting Literature Award 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 Contribution 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 of research of exceptional merit.
The Board of Directors Liaison may attend committee meetings but may not vote in the committee's deliberations.
Select the recipient(s) of the award based on the award criteria.
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 at barbara.gutierrez@aaahq.org.
Chair presents the award(s) at the AAA Annual Meeting.
If the Chair has any questions about the charge or responsibilities of this committee, they should contact the Chief Executive Officer, the President, or the Committee's Board of Directors Liaison.

Committee Composition/Required Knowledge and Expertise/Conflict of Interest Rules

Committee members plus a voting Chair are appointed annually prior to the Annual Meeting by the Council Committee on Awards Committee.
The Committee consists of nine members, including a voting Chair.
Care should be taken that the Committee members have diversity regarding research areas and methods, have published papers in, and reviewed for, top tier research journals, and maintain an active research program.
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.

Members

Name / Affiliation	Contact	Term Length	Term Expires
Chair
Adam Presslee University of Waterloo	capressl@uwaterloo.ca	1	08/2025
Members
Henry Friedman University of California-Los Angeles	henry.friedman@anderson.ucla.edu	1	08/2025
Jennifer Blouin University of Pennsylvania	blouin@wharton.upenn.edu	1	08/2025
Yves Gendron Université Laval	yves.gendron@fsa.ulaval.ca	2	08/2025
Meng Li University of Oklahoma	meng.li@ou.edu	1	08/2025
Cheryl McWatters University of Ottawa	Cheryl.McWatters@uOttawa.ca	1	08/2025
Isabel Wang Michigan State University	wang@bus.msu.edu	2	08/2025
Eric Weisbrod University of Kansas	eric.weisbrod@ku.edu	1	08/2025
Board of Directors Liaison
Jacqueline Hammersley University of Georgia Vice President–Research & Publications (2024-2027)	jhammers@uga.edu	3	08/2027

Committee Roles & Responsibilities Timeline

September - January 31	February - April 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 award recipient(s) based on award criteria. Chair notifies the Professional Staff Liaison, Barbara Gutierrez, of the recipient(s) by April 15th at barbara.gutierrez@aaahq.org.	By June 30, Chair must submit report 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 at barbara.gutierrez@aaahq.org.	Chair presents the award(s) at the AAA Annual Meeting.

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