Seminal Contribution to Accounting Literature Award Committee

2024-2025 Seminal Contribution to Accounting Literature Award Committee

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

Charge

Carry out all activities to select recipients of the Seminal Contribution to Accounting Literature Award which is presented at the AAA Annual Meeting every three years. The next time this award will be presented is in 2025. Specifically:

Actively seek and submit nominations
Review and evaluate nominations.
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 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.
The 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.

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

Committee members plus a voting Chair are appointed every three years prior to the Annual Meeting by the Council Committee on Awards Committees.
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, and are accomplished scholars who have published papers in, and reviewed for, top tier research journals.
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
Scott Jackson University of South Carolina	scott.jackson@moore.sc.edu	1	08/2025
Members
Daniel Aobdia Penn State University	daniel_aobdia@psu.edu	1	08/2025
Weili Ge University of Washington	geweili@uw.edu	1	08/2025
Khim Kelley University of Central Florida	Khim.Kelly@ucf.edu	1	08/2025
Brian Mittendorf The Ohio State University	mittendorf.3@osu.edu	1	08/2025
Joseph Schroeder Indiana University-Bloomington	jhschroe@indiana.edu	1	08/2025
Devin Shanthikumar University of California-Huntington	dshanthi@uci.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.