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Press Releases for the 2025 AAA Award Recipients

Kerry Inger, Karen Kitching, and Teresa Thompson to receive the 2025 American Accounting Association/J. Michael and Mary Anne Cook/Deloitte Foundation Prize

Lakewood Ranch, FL – May 1, 2025 - The American Accounting Association (AAA) would like to congratulate Kerry Inger, Karen Kitching, and Teresa Thompson as recipients of the 2025 AAA/J. Michael and Mary Anne Cook/Deloitte Foundation Prize. Kerry Inger is the recipient of the graduate award, Karen Kitching is the recipient of the undergraduate award, and Teresa Thompson is the recipient of the two-year college award. The awards will be presented to each recipient in the form of a solid silver medal and a monetary prize of $30,500 at the 2025 AAA Annual Meeting in Chicago, IL, during the Monday, August 4, 2025 plenary session.

Kerry Inger is the Harbert Advisory Council Professor in the School of Accountancy at Auburn University’s Harbert College of Business, where she has taught accounting and tax classes since 2012. A CPA, she began her career in PwC’s tax practice and holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees in accounting from the University of Florida and a PhD from the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech). Her numerous teaching accolades include Auburn’s Leischuck Endowed Presidential Award for Excellence in Teaching, the Alumni Undergraduate Teaching Excellence Award, the Harbert College's Lowder and McCartney teaching awards, and the American Taxation Association (ATA) Teaching Innovation Award. Her research is published in journals including The Accounting Review, The Journal of the American Taxation Association, Journal of Management Accounting Research, and Issues in Accounting Education, where she serves as an editor. She leads study abroad programs and is active in the American Taxation Association. She is thankful for the love and support of her family.

Karen Kitching is a Teaching Professor at Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business and a licensed CPA. She earned her PhD from George Washington University and holds certifications in leading analytics platforms transforming the accounting profession. Passionate about the power of education, Karen focuses on equipping students with the technology and data skills needed for today’s business world. In 2023, she led a major redesign of Georgetown’s undergraduate management accounting curriculum to emphasize data literacy. A frequent speaker and webinar host, Karen helps fellow educators integrate technology into the classroom. She served as President of the American Accounting Association’s Government and Nonprofit Section (2021–2022) and currently serves on the editorial advisory boards of Issues in Accounting Education and the Journal of Governmental and Nonprofit Accounting. Karen is grateful for Georgetown’s unwavering support of her vision. Go Hoyas!

Teresa Thompson fell in love with accounting after her first class—and with teaching soon after. While tutoring at her community college, she realized she wanted to “tutor this stuff forever!” and quickly charted her path. She earned her bachelor’s and master’s degrees, CPA license, and experience in both public and private accounting before returning—this time as a professor—at the very college where it all began. Known for her creative teaching methods, Teresa brings pop culture into the classroom at West Valley College with themed syllabi like Pokémon and Wicked. She speaks nationally and writes about the importance of joy, play, and connection in education. Her articles include “The Importance of a Good Bedside Manner for ~~Doctors~~ Teachers” and “The Unexpected Benefits of Play.” Outside the classroom, she directs West Valley College’s Entrepreneurship Center, serves on the Teachers of Accounting at Two-Year Colleges (TACTYC) Board, and enjoys hiking, pedagogy books, and reading mysteries with her one-eyed cat, Rex.

The AAA/J. Michael and Mary Anne Cook/Deloitte Foundation Prize is the foremost recognition of an individual who consistently demonstrates the attributes of a superior teacher in the discipline of accounting. The Prize serves to recognize, inspire, and motivate members to achieve the status of a superior teacher.vFor 2025, up to three awards of $30,500 each can be made in the categories of graduate, undergraduate, and two-year accounting degree programs. More information about this award is available at https://aaahq.org/About/Directories/2024-2025-AAA-Committees-Task-Forces/Cook-Prize. For 2025, the AAA is honored to bestow this award to Kerry Inger, Karen Kitching, and Teresa Thompson.

John M. Barrios to receive the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB)-sponsored 2025 AAA-AACSB-RRBM Award for Research Impacting Societal Challenges

Lakewood Ranch, FL – May 14, 2025 - The American Accounting Association (AAA) would like to congratulate John M. Barrios as the recipient of the 2025 AAA-AACSB-RRBM Award for Research Impacting Societal Challenges for his paper “Occupational licensing and accountant quality: Evidence from the 150‐hour rule,” published in the March 2022 issue of Journal of Accounting Research. This AAA award, which is sponsored by the AACSB, will be presented to the author in the form of a unique glass art piece, certificate, and a $5,000 prize at the Tuesday, August 5 luncheon during the 2025 AAA Annual Meeting to be held in Chicago, IL.

John M. Barrios is an Associate Professor of Accounting at the Yale School of Management and a Faculty Research Fellow at the National Bureau of Economic Research. His research spans accounting, labor economics, regulation, and entrepreneurship, with a focus on how institutional design and information shape firm behavior and labor markets. Barrios has conducted work on occupational licensing, the supply and quality of accountants, and the real effects of financial reporting. He also examines the role of private equity and antitrust policy in shaping competition and governance in professional services and capital markets. His work has been published in top journals such as the Journal of Accounting Research, Journal of Financial Economics, and Journal of Public Economics, and covered by The Economist, The Wall Street Journal, and Fortune. He earned his PhD and master’s from the University of Miami and his B.S. in Industrial and Labor Relations from Cornell University.

The AAA-AACSB-RRBM Award for Research Impacting Societal Challenges is given annually to recognize work based on its impact to society of responsible research in accounting. Responsible research is defined as research that produces both useful and credible knowledge addressing problems important to policy-setters, organizations, and society. Selected works must have been published in the previous three years. More information about this award is available online at https://aaahq.org/About/Directories/2024-2025-AAA-Committees-Task-Forces/Award-Committees/Award-for-Research-Impacting-Societal-Challenges/Award-Criteria. For 2025, the American Accounting Association and the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business are honored to be able to bestow this award to John M. Barrios.

Cody Hyman, Caitlin Landy, and Jay Thibodeau to receive the Association of International Certified Professional Accountants (AICPA)-sponsored 2025 AAA-AICPA-Bea Sanders EDGE in Teaching Award

Lakewood Ranch, FL – May 14, 2025 - The American Accounting Association (AAA) would like to congratulate Cody Hyman, Caitlin Landy, and Jay Thibodeau as the recipients of the 2025 AAA-AICPA-Bea Sanders EDGE in Teaching Award for their innovation “Personal Waste Reports: A learning strategy designed to engage principles of financial accounting students through Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) reporting.” This AAA award, which is sponsored by the AICPA, will be presented to the authors in the form of unique glass art pieces and a monetary award at the Wednesday, August 6 plenary session at the 2025 AAA Annual Meeting to be held in Chicago, IL.

Cody Hyman is a former bank regulator. She received her B.A. from Clark University in Economics and Sociology, her M.A. in Economics from George Washington University, and her PhD in Accounting from the University of Maryland. She taught Introduction to Financial Accounting and Accounting Information Systems at the University of Maryland, before teaching Introduction to Financial Reporting and Analysis, as well as Practice and Application in Accounting and Finance at Bentley University. She holds certificates in gamified learning strategy and adult learning theory. She currently consults for growth venture startups on ESG strategy and messaging.

Caitlin Landy is a former auditor and CPA. She received her bachelor’s degree from Providence College in 2016 before joining PricewaterhouseCoopers. She is currently a PhD candidate at Bentley University where she conducts experimental audit research and teaches Introduction to Financial Reporting and Analysis. She received the Accounting Doctoral Scholar (ADS) award issued by AICPA and the Rauch Doctoral Fellowship from Bentley University in 2022.

Jay Thibodeau is a former auditor and CPA. He received his B.S. degree from the University of Connecticut in 1987 and his PhD from the University of Connecticut in 1996. He has authored two books, Auditing and Assurance Services and Auditing and Accounting Cases: Investigating Issues of Fraud and Professional Ethics, as well as over 70 articles and books chapters and has been published in top journals including Auditing: A Journal of Practice & Theory, Journal of Information Systems, Accounting Horizons, and Issues in Accounting Education. He is currently the Director of the Kenneth G. Dixon School of Accounting at the University of Central Florida and a member of the Board of Directors at the AAA. He has been nationally recognized for his work ten times, including the 2001 Joint AICPA/AAA Collaboration Award, the 2016 AAA Forensic Accounting Section’s Teaching Innovation Award, and AAA Auditing Section’s Innovation in Assurance Education Award in 2019 and 2023.

The AAA-AICPA-Bea Sanders EDGE in Teaching Award is intended to recognize and disseminate successful leading-edge teaching practices in the first courses (freshmen, sophomore, and community college) that entice a student's interest in accounting and encourages them to pursue the CPA profession as a career. More information about this award is available online at https://aaahq.org/About/Directories/2024-2025-AAA-Committees-Task-Forces/Award-Committees/AICPA-Bea-Sanders-Award-Committee/Award-Criteria. For 2025, the American Accounting Association and the Association of International Certified Professional Accountants are very proud to present this award to Cody Hyman, Caitlin Landy, and Jay Thibodeau for their exceptional work.

Lorraine Lee and Jennifer Parlier to receive the 2025 AAA George Krull EDGE in Teaching Award

Wendy M. Tietz to receive Honorable Mention

Lakewood Ranch, FL – May 14, 2025 - The American Accounting Association (AAA) would like to congratulate Lorraine Lee and Jennifer Parlier as the recipients of the 2025 AAA-George Krull EDGE in Teaching Award for their innovation “DataSnipper and Revenue Existence Testing: Improving Audit Efficiency Without Cutting Corners.” This award will be presented to Professors Lee and Parlier in the form of unique glass art pieces and a monetary award. These awards will be presented at the Wednesday, August 6 plenary session at the 2025 AAA Annual Meeting to be held in Chicago, IL.

Wendy M. Tietz will receive Honorable Mention and a monetary prize for her work entitled “AI in Accounting Education: A Practical Guide for Educators and Students.”

Lorraine Lee, PhD, CPA, is the Cameron Distinguished Professor of Accountancy at The University of North Carolina Wilmington. She is primarily focused on teaching at the graduate level in the auditing/systems advisory track in the MSA program. She received her undergraduate degree in computer science and economics from Duke University and her PhD in business administration from the University of South Carolina. Lee is a CPA in the state of North Carolina and holds the Certified Information Systems Auditor designation. Her primary teaching interests are IT auditing, databases, accounting analytics, and business processes. Lee’s research has been published in accounting journals such as Behavioral Research in Accounting, Issues in Accounting Education, and the Journal of Information Systems.

Jenny Parlier teaches audit courses in the master’s and undergraduate programs at The University of North Carolina Wilmington. Prior to her academic career, she worked in public accounting for 14 years, with the most recent experience as a senior audit manager at BDO USA, before returning to school to earn her PhD from The Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech). Her extensive experience as an auditor provides real-world insight and examples that she uses to both engage students in the classroom and develop research topics relevant to auditors. Parlier has published in journals such as the Journal of Accounting Education, Current Issues in Auditing, Issues in Accounting Education, Journal of Forensic & Investigative Accounting, The CPA Journal, and Internal Auditing.

Honorable Mention:

Dr. Wendy Tietz, CPA, CMA, CSCA, CGMA, CITP, is an accounting professor at Kent State University in Ohio. She teaches introductory financial and managerial accounting in a variety of formats. She also teaches advanced management accounting and advanced accounting analytics and technology. She has received several national teaching awards and is the co-author of three introductory accounting textbooks. Tietz is passionate about teaching accounting and using educational technology to enhance student engagement. She regularly presents at conferences throughout North America on various topics including AI, data analytics, and engagement strategies.

The intent of AAA-George Krull EDGE in Teaching Award is to both recognize and disseminate successful leading-edge practices in the teaching of junior- and senior-level accounting courses (e.g., undergraduate intermediate and advance financial, cost/managerial, auditing, systems, tax, fraud/forensics, etc.) that continue to enhance accounting majors’ interest in accounting and to encourage pursuing the CPA profession as a career. More information about this award is available online at https://aaahq.org/About/Directories/2024-2025-AAA-Committees-Task-Forces/Award-Committees/George-Krull-Award-Committee/Award-Criteria. For 2025, the American Accounting Association and the Association of International Certified Professional Accountants are very proud to bestow this award to Lorraine Lee and Jenny Parlier, with Wendy M. Tietz receiving Honorable Mention.

**Elizabeth N. Cowle, Michelle A. Draeger, and Kecia W. Smith to receive the American Accounting Association 2025 Accounting Horizons Best Paper Award**

Lakewood Ranch, FL – May 14, 2025 - The American Accounting Association (AAA) would like to congratulate Elizabeth N. Cowle, Michelle A. Draeger, and Kecia W. Smith as the recipients of the 2025 Accounting Horizons Best Paper Award for their paper “Accounting Firm Investment in Diverse Talent: Evidence from Charitable Giving to Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs),” published in the March 2024 issue. This AAA award will be presented to the authors in the form of unique glass art pieces and a $2,500 prize at the Tuesday, August 5 luncheon during the 2025 AAA Annual Meeting to be held in Chicago, IL.

Elizabeth (Liz) N. Cowle is an Assistant Professor of Accounting at Colorado State University. Her research examining auditor reputation, financial reporting quality, and audit market structure has been published in top accounting journals including Journal of Accounting Research, The Accounting Review, and Accounting Horizons. Liz’s research has been featured by major national news outlets including The Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, Thomson Reuters, Forbes, Accounting Today, and others.

Michelle Draeger is an Assistant Professor at Colorado State University. She earned her doctoral degree at Oklahoma State University in 2018. She previously worked as an audit manager at CliftonLarsonAllen in Greenwood Village, CO and an audit staff at Deloitte in Milwaukee, WI. She earned her bachelor's degree from Marquette University in Milwaukee and is a licensed CPA in the states of Colorado and Wisconsin. Draeger specializes in audit archival research, focusing on corporate governance. Her research includes publications in Auditing: A Journal of Practice & Theory, Accounting Horizons, Journal of Accounting and Public Policy, Journal of Accounting Literature, Issues in Accounting Education, Accounting and the Public Interest, and has been highlighted by the Center for Audit Quality, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), and Forbes.com. She serves on the editorial review boards for Accounting Horizons, Current Issues in Auditing, Journal of Accounting Literature, and Managerial Auditing Journal.

Kecia W. Smith, PhD, CPA (Active - NC, GA) is an Associate Professor and Director of the Master of Accountancy (MACC) Program in the Department of Accounting and Finance at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University (NCAT). Prior to her role at NCAT, she served on the accounting faculty at The Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech), the PCAOB Division of Registration and Investigations staff, and as a senior manager at Deloitte. Dr. Smith’s research interests include audit regulation, audit quality, regulatory communications, auditor judgment and decision-making, and accounting diversity. She has published academic research in Accounting, Organizations, and Society, Auditing: The Journal of Practice and Theory, Accounting Horizons, Issues in Accounting Education, and Current Issues in Auditing. Dr. Smith is a CPA in North Carolina and Georgia and holds memberships in the American Institute of CPAs, North Carolina Association of CPAs, NABA, Inc., and the AAA.

The Accounting Horizons Best Paper Award is presented to the best paper published each calendar year. Editors of Accounting Horizons select the select the top five papers published in the calendar year. The award recipient is then selected by online voting which is open to all members of the American Accounting Association. More information about this award is available online at https://aaahq.org/Education/Awards/2025-Best-Paper-Awards. For 2025, the American Accounting Association is honored to be able to bestow this award to Elizabeth N, Cowle, Michelle A. Draeger, and Kecia W. Smith.

Ginger Scanlon and Zackery Fox to receive the American Accounting Association 2025 Competitive Manuscript Award

Lakewood Ranch, FL – May 14, 2025 - The American Accounting Association (AAA) would like to congratulate Ginger Scanlon and Zackery Fox as the recipients of the 2025 Competitive Manuscript Award. Ginger Scanlon’s manuscript is “Prescription for Savings? Disclosure in the Drug Market.” Zackery Fox’s manuscript is “Subjectivity and Executive Bonus Plans: Evidence from the TCJA.” This AAA award will be presented to the authors in the form of unique glass art pieces at the Wednesday, August 6 plenary session at the 2025 AAA Annual Meeting to be held in Chicago, IL.

Ginger Scanlon earned her PhD in Accounting from The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in May 2025. She also holds an MBA from North Carolina State University and a B.S. in Chemistry from The University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill. Before beginning her doctoral studies, Ginger worked in the pharmaceutical and medical device industry, where she gained firsthand insight into the inefficiencies of the U.S. healthcare system. Motivated by this experience, her research as a managerial accountant focuses on improving cost measurement and management in healthcare, and on how information can be leveraged to enhance decision-making and align incentives in ways that ultimately benefit patients. In July 2025, Ginger will join the faculty at UNC’s Kenan-Flagler Business School, where she will continue her research in healthcare accounting.

Zackery Fox is an Assistant Professor of Accountancy at Brigham Young University’s School of Accountancy. His research examines how tax policy shapes firm behavior, with projects on tax-driven labor and retail shifts, executive incentive contracts, and new measures of multinational activity. He teaches data-driven tax analytics and introductory tax at the undergraduate and graduate levels, mentoring students in Python-based research methods. After a two-year mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Fox earned a PhD in Accounting from the University of Oregon in 2021, following a master’s at BYU and an undergraduate degree at Dixie State University, where he was an all-conference wide receiver. He has held faculty positions at Texas A&M University and BYU. Away from campus, his passions are whatever sports his children are currently playing and spending as much time as possible with his wife, Jessica Fox, and their five children.

The Competitive Manuscript Award is intended to showcase the highest quality solo work by junior researchers—those who are current PhD students or have earned their PhD within the past five years. More information about this award is available online at https://aaahq.org/About/Directories/2024-2025-AAA-Committees-Task-Forces/Award-Committees/Competitive-Manuscript-Award-Committee/Award-Criteria. For 2025, the American Accounting Association is very proud to give this award to Ginger Scanlon and Zackery Fox for their exceptional work.

Ashley A. Austin, Tina D. Carpenter, Margaret H. Christ, and Christy S. Nielson to receive the 2025 Deloitte Foundation Wildman Medal Award

Lakewood Ranch, FL – May 14 - The American Accounting Association (AAA) would like to congratulate Ashley A. Austin, Tina D. Carpenter, Margaret H. Christ, and Christy S. Nielson as the recipients of the 2025 Deloitte Foundation Wildman Medal Award (“AAA award”) for their paper, “The Data Analytics Journey: Interactions Among Auditors, Managers, Regulation, and Technology," published in the Volume 38, Number 3 (2021) issue of Contemporary Accounting Research. The AAA award will be presented to the authors in the form of a medal and monetary prize at the Monday, August 4 plenary session at the 2025 AAA Annual Meeting to be held in Chicago, IL

Ashley A. Austin s an Associate Professor of Accounting at the University of Richmond’s Robins School of Business. She earned her PhD in Accounting from the University of Georgia and previously worked as a senior auditor at KPMG in Richmond, VA. Her research uses behavioral methods to improve auditors’ judgment and decision making, with a focus on motivating professional skepticism and enhancing fraud detection, including in relation to auditors’ use of data analytics and emerging technologies. Her work appears in journals such as Auditing: A Journal of Practice & Theory, Contemporary Accounting Research, and the Journal of Accounting and Public Policy. She teaches courses in accounting information systems and forensic accounting and has been quoted in The Economist for her efforts to elevate the visibility and value of accounting careers among undergraduates.

Tina D. Carpenter is a Josiah Meigs Distinguished Teaching Professor, Dan Smith Professor of Accounting & Innovation Instructional Fellow - Terry College of Business, University of Georgia (UGA). Her nationally honored research investigates human judgment, teams, fraudulent financial reporting, and emerging technologies. She received the AAA Auditing Section’s Outstanding Dissertation Award, the AAA Deloitte Foundation Wildman Medal Award (2014), and the AAA Auditing Section’s Notable Contribution to the Literature Award. Her research is published in The Accounting Review, Accounting, Organizations & Society, and Contemporary Accounting Research. She has a global reputation, receiving research grants in the U.S. and abroad. Invited three times as an expert fraud panelist at the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB), her research has been cited by the PCAOB, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), and in Time and Forbes. She has received teaching awards at the department, college and University level.

Margaret H. Christ, PhD, CIA, is Director of the J.M. Tull School of Accounting in the Terry College of Business at the University of Georgia. Her research explores accounting innovation—particularly data analytics and technology—and its effects on organizational risk, management control systems, and employee behavior. She is currently an editor for Accounting Horizons and previously served as an editor for The Accounting Review and Journal of Management Accounting Research. Christ has received national research awards from the AAA and its Management Accounting, Information Systems, and Accounting Behavior and Organization sections. Her work appears in leading journals including The Accounting Review, Contemporary Accounting Research, Accounting, Organizations and Society, Review of Accounting Studies, and Journal of Management Accounting Research. She collaborates with the EY Academic Resource Center to advance teaching on analytics and innovation mindsets and recently co-authored a cost accounting textbook emphasizing data analytics.

Christy S. Nielson, PhD, CPA, is an Assistant Professor of Accountancy at the University of Mississippi (UM). Her research uses experimental and qualitative methods to investigate judgments and decision making in auditing. Her research has been published in Contemporary Accounting Research and Accounting Horizons. Her research projects have received grants from the Center for Audit Quality, the Institute of Management Accountants, and the Institute for Fraud Prevention. Christy serves on the editorial board for Accounting Open and as an ad hoc reviewer for Auditing: A Journal of Practice & Theory, Contemporary Accounting Research, International Journal of Auditing, and The Accounting Review. She teaches an information technology auditing course for master’s students. She received her doctoral degree from the University of Georgia and her bachelor’s and master’s degrees from The University of Mississippi. Prior to doctoral studies, Nielson worked for Deloitte as a senior audit associate.

The Deloitte Foundation Wildman Medal Award was founded in 1978 to commemorate John Wildman and to encourage research relevant to the professional practice of accounting to which much of Mr. Wildman's life was devoted. More information about this award is available online at https://aaahq.org/About/Directories/2024-2025-AAA-Committees-Task-Forces/Award-Committees/Deloitte-Wildman-Award-Committee/Award-Criteria. For 2025, the AAA is honored to be able to present this award to Ashley A. Austin, Tina D. Carpenter, Margaret H. Christ, and Christy S. Nielson.

While the Deloitte Foundation is a proud sponsor of the Wildman Medal Award, the Deloitte Foundation or Deloitte & Touche LLP does not endorse individual recipients or the associated articles, monographs, books, or other works.

Hans B. Christensen, Eric Floyd, Lisa Yao Liu, and Mark Maffett to receive the American Accounting Association 2025 Distinguished Contributions to Accounting Literature Award

Lakewood Ranch, FL – May 14, 2025 - The American Accounting Association (AAA) would like to congratulate Hans B. Christensen, Eric Floyd, Lisa Yao Liu, and Mark Maffett as the recipients of the 2025 Distinguished Contribution to Accounting Literature Award for their work “The Real Effects of Mandated Information on Social Responsibility in Financial Reports: Evidence from Mine-Safety Records,” published in the November 2017 issue of Journal of Accounting and Economics. This AAA award will be presented to the authors in the form of unique glass art pieces and a $2,500 prize at the Tuesday, August 5 luncheon at the 2025 AAA Annual Meeting to be held in Chicago, IL.

Hans B. Christensen is the Chookaszian Family Professor of Accounting and David G. Booth Faculty Fellow at The University of Chicago Booth School of Business. His research focuses on the societal implications of regulation and corporate practices aimed at promoting social responsibility. This includes examining the impact of transparency regulations on healthcare and labor safety, evaluating the effectiveness of supply-chain due diligence regulation in addressing issues like conflict and child labor, and studying the role of corporate sustainability commitments in reducing pollution. In addition to his research, Christensen shares his knowledge by teaching MBA and PhD courses on sustainability related topics at Chicago Booth and in doctoral research seminars at other institutions.

Eric Floyd is Associate Professor of Accounting in the Rady School of Management at the University of California, San Diego. His research is focused on disclosure regulation, healthcare finance, and field experiments in accounting and finance. His research is field-driven and policy relevant to be accessible to decision-makers and applicable to solving real-world problems. He has published in top accounting and finance journals including the Journal of Accounting Research, Journal of Accounting and Economics, Journal of Financial Economics, and Management Science. Floyd earned a B.A. in Economics from The University of Chicago. He also earned an MBA and PhD from The University of Chicago Booth School of Business.

Lisa Yao Liu is an Assistant Professor of Accounting at Columbia Business School. Her research examines how regulation and technology influence corporate transparency, with a particular focus on auditing and sustainability issues. She employs diverse methods, including empirical analysis, structural estimation, theory, and fieldwork, and her work has been published in top accounting as well as law and economics journals. At Columbia Business School, she teaches Financial Accounting in the core MBA program. She holds a PhD and MBA from The University of Chicago Booth School of Business, an M.A. in Economics from Duke University, and a B.A. from Renmin University of China. She regularly serves as a reviewer and discussant at leading conferences, and her research contributes to ongoing conversations on regulatory effectiveness and ESG oversight.

Mark Maffett is a Professor at the University of Miami. His research examines the economic consequences of regulation, with a focus on transparency, disclosure, and securities regulations. His recent work explores how regulation impacts broader societal outcomes, including mine safety, healthcare prices, and foreign corruption. His research has been published in leading journals such as The Accounting Review, American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, Foundations and Trends in Accounting, Journal of Accounting & Economics, Journal of Accounting Research, Journal of Financial Economics, Journal of Law and Economics, Management Science, and Review of Financial Studies. Before joining Miami in 2022, he served as an Assistant/Associate Professor at The University of Chicago from 2012. He holds a PhD in Accounting from The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, an M.A. from The University of Chicago, and a B.A. from Wake Forest University.

The Distinguished Contributions to Accounting Literature Award is presented annually to that work or related works published more than five years but not more than 15 years prior to the year of the award and recognizes accounting research based on its potential magnitude of contribution to accounting education, practice, and future accounting research, breadth of potential interest, originality and innovative content, clarity and organization of exposition and soundness and appropriateness of methodology. More information about this award is available online at https://aaahq.org/About/Directories/2024-2025-AAA-Committees-Task-Forces/Award-Committees/Distinguished-Contribution-to-Accounting-Literature-Award-Selection-Committee/Award-Criteria. For 2025, the AAA is honored to be able to bestow this award to Hans B. Christensen, Eric Floyd, Lisa Yao Liu, and Mark Maffett.

Cassy Budd, Scott L. Summers, T. Jeffrey Wilks, and David A. Wood to receive the Ernst & Young Foundation-sponsored 2025 Innovation in Accounting Education Award

Lakewood Ranch, FL – May 14, 2025 - The American Accounting Association (AAA) is pleased to announce that the 2025 Ernst & Young Innovation in Accounting Education Award will be presented to Cassy Budd, Scott L. Summers, T. Jeffrey Wilks, and David A. Wood for their innovation, “BYU Hub Approach.” This AAA award, which is sponsored by the Ernst & Young Foundation, will be presented to the authors in the form of unique glass art pieces and a $5,000 prize at the Tuesday, August 5 luncheon at the 2025 AAA Annual Meeting in Chicago, IL.

Cassy Budd is the Norm and Cindy Nemrow Excellence in Teaching Professor in Brigham Young University’s (BYU) School of Accountancy. Prior to establishing a 23-year career as a college professor, she worked for PricewaterhouseCoopers for more than a decade, which allows her to bring the real world into the classroom on a regular basis. She has been active in serving in various capacities in the AAA, including Teaching, Learning and Curriculum (TLC) Section President, TLC Council Representative, and chairing the annual Conference on Teaching and Learning in Accounting. Budd is the recipient of numerous awards for teaching and student mentorship, including the BYU Faculty Women’s Association Mentorship Award, the BYU Marriott Teaching Excellence Award, and the State of Utah Campus Compact Service-Learning Engaged Scholar Award. Budd was inducted into the AAA TLC Hall of Honor in 2024. Above all, she is delighted to be called wife, mom and grandma by the people who are most important to her.

Scott L. Summers is the Andersen Foundation Professor at Brigham Young University's School of Accountancy, specializing in accounting information systems, data analytics, and database management. He earned his PhD in Accounting from Texas A&M University and holds both a Master of Accountancy and a Bachelor of Science in Accounting from BYU. Summers has many publications in leading journals such as The Accounting Review, Accounting Horizons, Journal of Information Systems, and Review of Accounting Studies. His work has garnered several prestigious awards, including multiple Best Paper honors. Summers has actively contributed to professional bodies like ISACA, significantly impacting IT governance frameworks including COBIT and ValIT. His academic service includes leadership roles within the AAA Strategic and Emerging Technologies and the Accounting Information Systems sections. He and his wife are the parents of 8 children and currently have 21 grandchildren.

T. Jeffrey (Jeff) Wilks is the EY Distinguished Professor and Associate Dean of the Brigham Young University Marriott School of Business. He was awarded the 2022 AAA/J. Michael and Mary Anne Cook/Deloitte Foundation Prize and is the founder of RevenueHub®, IPOhub®, and ESGReportingHubTM, through which students have published 200+ articles that have attracted over 2,000,000 views. Wilks served as an academic fellow at the FASB and technical consultant to the IASB, where he managed the revenue recognition project that resulted in ASC Topic 606 and IFRS 15, Revenue from Contracts with Customers. He has served as a consulting expert for the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and an expert witness on numerous cases. Wilks has served on the FASAC and is a member of Deloitte’s Center for Controllership. He has published in The Accounting Review, Review of Accounting Studies, Contemporary Accounting Research, Auditing: A Journal of Practice & Theory, Accounting Horizons, and Management Science. He has also served as Co-Senior Editor of Accounting Horizons.

David A. Wood is passionate about understanding new technologies and implementing them into the curriculum of Brigham Young University, where he works as the Glenn D. Ardis Professor of Accounting. He has published over 200 articles in a combination of respected journals, monographs, books, and cases. He recently published the book “Rewiring your Mind for AI: How to Think, Work, and Thrive in the Age of Intelligence.” He has been awarded more than 30 awards for teaching, research, and service contributions. Wood is a current or past editor at five journals and editorial board member for nine journals. He works with the EY Academic Resource Center to develop curriculum that is provided for free to academics throughout the world (see https://eyarc.site/). He is also a coauthor on the market-leading AIS textbook, Accounting Information Systems and codeveloper of the https://experience.eyarc.site, https://www.byuaccounting.net/, http://genai.global/, and https://www.techhub.training websites. He also has started two AI companies (https://www.skillabyte.com/ and https://hiddenhawkai.com/).

The annual Innovation in Accounting Education Award is intended to encourage innovation and improvement in accounting education. It recognizes significant programmatic changes or a significant activity, concept, or set of educational materials. Submissions are judged by their innovation, demonstrated educational benefits or value, and adaptability by other academic institutions or to other situations. More information about this award is available online at https://aaahq.org/About/Directories/2024-2025-AAA-Committees-Task-Forces/Award-Committees/Innovation-in-Accounting-Education-Award-Committee/Award-Criteria. For 2025, the American Accounting Association and the Ernst & Young Foundation are very pleased to give this award to Cassy Budd, Scott L. Summers, T. Jeffrey Wilks, and David A. Wood.

Xu (Joyce) Cheng, Ryan T. Dunn, Travis Holt, Kerry Inger, J. Gregory Jenkins, Jefferson P. Jones, James H. Long, Tina Loraas, Mollie E. Mathis, Jonathan Stanley, and David A. Wood to receive the American Accounting Association 2025 Issues in Accounting Education Best Paper Award

Lakewood Ranch, FL – May 14, 2025 - The American Accounting Association (AAA) is pleased to congratulate Xu (Joyce) Chen, Ryan T. Dunn, Travis Holt, Kerry Inger, J. Gregory Jenkins, Jefferson P. Jones, James H. Long, Tina Loraas, Mollie E. Mathis, Jonathan Stanley, and David A. Wood as the recipients of the 2025 Issues in Accounting Education Best Paper Award. Their paper “Artificial Intelligence’s Capabilities, Limitation, and Impact on Accounting Education: Investigating ChatGPT’s Performance on Educational Accounting Cases,” was published in the May 2024 issue. This AAA award will be presented to the authors in the form of unique glass art pieces and a $2,500 prize at the Tuesday, August 5 plenary session at the 2025 AAA Annual Meeting to be held in Chicago, IL.

Xu (Joyce) Cheng is an Assistant Professor of Accounting at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Her research examines how accounting information systems, including AI-driven analytics, influence investor and auditor judgment as well as accounting education. She investigates learning outcomes when intelligent tools are integrated into auditing and data-analytics curricula, with publications in Issues in Accounting Education, the Journal of Information Systems, and other leading outlets. Before joining UNLV, Cheng was on the faculty at Auburn University, where she developed and taught courses in AIS and Accounting Analytics that emphasize real-world data and case-based learning. Her work bridges research and teaching to advance technology-ready accounting education. She holds a PhD in Accounting from the University of South Florida and an M.S. in Hotel Administration from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Within the American Accounting Association, she served as the AAA’s Accounting and Information Systems Section Coordinator for an Annual Meeting and frequently contributes as a reviewer and discussant.

Ryan T. Dunn is an Assistant Professor in the William H. Carr School of Accountancy at the Sorrell College of Business at Troy University. He earned his PhD in Accountancy from the University of Missouri and his Master of Professional Accountancy and BSB in Accounting from Murray State University. Dunn’s research has focused on auditing topics as well as publishing educational cases and research on current accounting education topics in Issues in Accounting Education. He has taught undergraduate and graduate auditing courses at multiple universities over the last 15 years and is a recipient of the AAA’s Auditing Section 2025 Innovation in Auditing and Assurance Education Award.

Travis Holt, PhD, CPA, is an Associate Professor and Dean’s Fellow in the School of Accountancy at Auburn University in the Harbert College of Business. Holt recently completed a three-year academic fellowship as Director of Academic Research at KPMG's Global Audit Methodology Group in New Jersey. In his role with the firm, he oversaw academic research initiatives and served on the global audit methodology implementation team. Holt's research focuses on governance transparency, auditor independence, and investor judgment and decision-making. His research has been published in a number of academic journals, including Accounting Horizons, Accounting, Organizations, and Society, Auditing: A Journal of Practice & Theory, Behavioral Research in Accounting, International Journal of Auditing, and Journal of Information Systems. He teaches courses in accounting information systems, auditing, and financial accounting. He is a licensed CPA (Alabama) and worked for KPMG LLP before entering academia.

Kerry Inger is the Harbert Advisory Council Professor in the School of Accountancy at Auburn University’s Harbert College of Business, where she has taught accounting and tax classes since 2012. A CPA, she began her career in PwC’s tax practice and holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees in accounting from the University of Florida and a PhD from The Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech). Her numerous teaching accolades include Auburn’s Leischuck Endowed Presidential Award for Excellence in Teaching, the Alumni Undergraduate Teaching Excellence Award, the Harbert College's Lowder and McCartney teaching awards, and the American Taxation Association (ATA) Teaching Innovation Award. Her research is published in journals including The Accounting Review, The Journal of the American Taxation Association, Journal of Management Accounting Research, and Issues in Accounting Education, where she serves as an editor. She leads study abroad programs and is active in the American Taxation Association. She is thankful for the love and support of her family.

J. Gregory (Greg) Jenkins, CPA, PhD, is the Ingwersen Professor of Accountancy in the Harbert College of Business at Auburn University. His work has been published in various academic journals including Accounting Horizons, Accounting, Organizations, and Society, Auditing: A Journal of Practice & Theory, Behavioral Research in Accounting, Contemporary Accounting Research, Issues in Accounting Education, Journal of Accountancy, Journal of Accounting and Public Policy, Journal of Business Ethics, Journal of Information Systems, and The Accounting Review. He is an active member in the AAA and the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants where he currently serves as a member of the Auditing Standards Board. Before joining academia, he worked as an external auditor at Ernst & Young and RSM.

Dr. Jefferson P. Jones is an Associate Professor of Accounting in the School of Accountancy at Auburn University, where he teaches financial accounting and applied financial research. He received his bachelor’s in accounting and Master of Accountancy degrees from Auburn University and his PhD from Florida State University. Jones has received numerous teaching awards, including the Auburn University Beta Alpha Psi Outstanding Teaching Award, the Auburn University Outstanding Master of Accountancy Professor Teaching Award, the Auburn University Outstanding Distance Master of Accountancy Teaching Award, and the Auburn University McCartney and Lowder Teaching Awards. In addition, he has made numerous presentations around the country on research and pedagogical issues. Jones has public accounting experience as an auditor with Deloitte and Touche and holds a CPA certificate in the state of Alabama (inactive). His research interests focus on financial accounting, specifically investigating the quality of reported accounting information and accounting education.

Dr. James H. Long serves as the Amy B. Murphy Endowed Distinguished Professor in the Auburn University Harbert College of Business’s School of Accountancy. He has received numerous teaching accolades, including Auburn University's prestigious Gerald and Emily Leischuck Endowed Presidential Award for Excellence in Teaching and the Alumni Undergraduate Teaching Excellence Award. Long’s research has been published in Accounting, Organizations & Society, Auditing: A Journal of Practice & Theory, Behavioral Research in Accounting, Journal of Accounting Literature, Journal of Information Systems, and Journal of Management Accounting Research. He has also published educational articles and cases in Issues in Accounting Education and Journal of Accounting Education, four of which have been recognized with national awards. He holds the CIA, CMA, CPA, ABV, and CGMA designations and is a member of the AAA, the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, the Institute of Internal Auditors, and the Institute of Management Accountants.

Dr. Tina Loraas is the Taylor Professor of Accounting at Auburn University, where she has been on faculty since 2004. She has taught a wide range of undergraduate and graduate courses, including Accounting Information Systems, Cost Accounting, ERP, and technology-focused accounting topics. She also served as a visiting professor at Pforzheim University in Germany. Her research focuses on technology acceptance, self-regulated learning, and cognitive biases in decision-making, with numerous publications in top academic journals. A recognized educator, she has received several awards, including the 2024 AAA’s American Taxation Association Section ATA Teaching Innovation Award and the Journal of Information Systems Best Paper Award. Her work bridges accounting practice and education, often integrating emerging technologies like AI and blockchain into both research and curriculum.

Mollie E. Mathis is an Associate Professor and Dean’s Fellow in the School of Accountancy in the Harbert College of Business at Auburn University. Mathis earned her undergraduate degree, master’s degree and PhD from Oklahoma State University before joining the faculty at Auburn University in the fall of 2017. Mathis’s research focuses on taxation with a heavy emphasis on U.S. taxation of foreign earnings. Her work has been published in Review of Accounting Studies, The Journal of the American Taxation Association, and Issues in Accounting Education. She has received departmental and college wide teaching and research awards as well as the Outstanding Faculty Advisor Award for Auburn University through her work with NABA, Inc.

Jonathan Stanley earned his BSBA, MTA and PhD at The University of Alabama. His research focuses on the determinants of audit quality and the information contained in audit disclosures. His work has been published in various journals, including Accounting Horizons, Auditing: A Journal of Practice & Theory, Current Issues in Auditing, Issues in Accounting Education, and Journal of Accounting and Public Policy. He has received various awards in recognition of research and teaching, including the AAA’s Auditing Section Outstanding Auditing Dissertation Award. He has taught a variety of auditing and financial accounting courses at the undergraduate, masters, and MBA levels. He currently teaches intermediate accounting and advanced accounting topics. He is a licensed CPA (Alabama) and before entering academia he worked with Ernst & Young, LLP.

The Issues in Accounting Education Best Paper Award is presented to the best paper published each calendar year. Editors of Issues in Accounting Education select the select the top five papers published in the calendar year. The award recipient is then selected by online voting which is open to all members of the American Accounting Association. More information about this award is available online at https://aaahq.org/Education/Awards/2025-Best-Paper-Awards. For 2025, the American Accounting Association is honored to be able to present this award to Xu (Joyce) Chen, Ryan T. Dunn, Travis Holt, Kerry Inger, J. Gregory Jenkins, Jefferson Jones, James H. Long, Tina Loraas, Mollie E. Mathis, Jonathan Stanley, and David A. Wood.

Monte Swain to receive the
American Accounting Association 2025 Lifetime Service Award

Lakewood Ranch, FL – May 14, 2025 - The American Accounting Association (AAA) is very proud to congratulate Monte Swain as the recipient of the 2025 Lifetime Service Award. This AAA award will be presented in the form of a unique glass art piece at the Tuesday, August 5 luncheon at the 2025 AAA Annual Meeting to be held in Chicago, IL.

Monte Swain, PhD, CPA, CMA, CGMA, is recently retired as the Deloitte Professor in the School of Accountancy at Brigham Young University (BYU). He has researched and taught management accounting at BYU since graduating from Michigan State University in 1991. He has published in scholarly and practitioner journals, authored textbooks in management accounting, and consults on the effective use of strategic measurement systems. Through his career, Swain has been the recipient of a number of teaching awards, including the Brummet Distinguished Award for Management Accounting Educators from the Institute of Management Accountants (2016) and the MBA Core Professor of the Year at BYU (2021). He has served in advisory roles for the Institute of Management Accountants (IMA), American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA), and the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA). Over the years he has served in various roles with the AAA, specifically with the Management Accounting Section, the Teaching, Learning and Curriculum Section, the AAA Council, and the AAA Board of Directors.

The Lifetime Service Award recognizes service contributions to accounting education over a sustained period of time through service to the AAA, service with the education efforts in the profession through involvement with the AICPA, IMA, and other accounting professional organizations, and service with the education efforts of public accounting firms, corporations, and not-for-profit organizations, and AAA members whose career contributions have made a significant impact beyond their own institutions. More information about this award is available at https://aaahq.org/About/Directories/2024-2025-AAA-Committees-Task-Forces/Award-Committees/Lifetime-Service-Award-Committee/Award-Criteria. For 2025, the American Accounting Association is extremely pleased to honor Monte Swain for his dedicated service to the education and practice of accounting.

William M. Cready, Jiapeng He, Wenwei Lin, Chengdao Shao, Di Wang, and Yang Zhang to receive the Association of International Certified Professional Accountants (AICPA)-sponsored 2025 Notable Contribution to Accounting Literature Award

Lakewood Ranch, FL – May 14- The American Accounting Association (AAA) would like to congratulate William M. Cready, Jiapeng He, Wenwei Lin, Chengdao Shao, Di Wang, and Yang Zhang as the recipients of the 2025 Notable Contribution to Accounting Literature Award for their paper “Is There a Confidence Interval for That? A Critical Examination of Null Outcome Reporting in Accounting Research,” published in the Spring 2022 issue of Behavioral Research in Accounting. This AAA award, which is sponsored by the AICPA, will be presented to the authors in the form of unique glass art pieces, plaques, and a $2,500 prize at the Wednesday, August 6 plenary session at the 2025 AAA Annual Meeting to be held in Chicago, IL.

William M. Cready is the Adolf Enthoven Professor of Accounting and Information Management. He has previously held academic positions at Louisiana State University, Texas A&M University, and The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He received his B.S. degree in accounting from The University of Alabama where he was also advised by Dr. Gary Previts to pursue his PhD. He received his PhD in Accounting under the supervision of Dr. Thomas J. Burns from The Ohio State University in 1985. His publications include numerous articles in leading journals including The Accounting Review, Journal of Accounting Research, Economic Inquiry, Journal of Accounting and Economics, Review of Accounting Studies, and Significance. His research areas span investor trading behavior, special items reporting inclusive of classification and intertemporal expense shifting, abnormal accruals, appropriate use of research methods, and proper understanding of research methodology.

Jiapeng He is an Assistant Professor at the School of Accountancy, CUHK Business School, The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK). He joined CUHK in 2023 after receiving his PhD in Accounting from The University of Texas at Dallas. He also holds BBA and BA degrees from Xiamen University. He is broadly interested in archival accounting research. Currently, his research focuses on government-related topics in accounting and auditing. His work has been published in The Accounting Review and Behavioral Research in Accounting. He received the AAA’s Government and Nonprofit Section 2024 Best Paper Award.

Wenwei Lin is an Assistant Professor of Accounting at the School of Management and Economics, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen. He received his PhD degree in Business Administration (with a concentration in Accounting) from the Carlson School of Management, University of Minnesota in May 2024. Lin's research lies at the intersection of Fintech and Financial Accounting. His recent work has studied issues related to trading innovation and friction, social media disclosure, corporate disclosure, and cryptocurrencies. His research has been published in Review of Financial Studies and Behavioral Research in Accounting. His research has been cited by numerous media outlets, including StarTribune, The FinReg Blog, and The Globe and Mail. His research has been mentioned by several U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's (SEC) proposed rules, including Order Competition Rule and Regulation Best Execution.

Chengdao Shao is a Financial Specialist at Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., researching the global mobility market with a specific focus on smartphones and consumer IoT. He earned his Bachelor of Accounting and Master of Finance degrees from Xiamen University.

Di Wang holds a PhD in Finance from the School of Management, Xiamen University. She has broad research interests in accounting, auditing, and corporate finance. She is currently working at the head office of Postal Savings Bank of China. Her research has been published in journals such as Behavioral Research in Accounting and Abacus.

Yang Zhang will receive his PhD in Management Science with a concentration in Accounting in May 2025 from the Naveen Jindal School of Management at The University of Texas at Dallas, where he also received a Graduate Certificate in Research Foundations in Accounting. He holds a BEng and a BEcon from Xiamen University. Yang has served as an anonymous reviewer for several journals. His research interests include financial reporting, information processing costs, and government transparency. His work has been published in Behavioral Research in Accounting and presented at various conferences and universities. Yang is an award-winning teacher and award-winning singer, and he also plays the violin. His previous honors include receiving the China National Scholarship and selection as an AAA/Deloitte Foundation/J. Michael Cook Doctoral Consortium Fellow. Upon graduation, he will join the School of Accountancy at Shanghai University of Finance and Economics as an assistant professor of accounting.

The Notable Contribution to Accounting Literature Award is intended to recognize work that has the potential to introduce consequential new beliefs or new perspectives that could change the direction of the literature. The award recognizes accounting research based on its potential magnitude of contribution to accounting education, practice, and future accounting research, breadth of potential interest, originality, and innovative content, clarity and organization of exposition, and soundness and appropriateness of methodology. More information about this award is available online at https://aaahq.org/About/Directories/2024-2025-AAA-Committees-Task-Forces/Award-Committees/Notable-Contributions-to-Accounting-Literature-Award-Selection-Committee. For 2025, the American Accounting Association and the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants are very pleased to give this award to William M. Cready, Jiapeng He, Wenwei Lin, Chengdao Shao, Di Wang, and Yang Zhang.

Gail Hoover King and Timothy J. Rupert to receive the PwC US Group LLP-sponsored 2025 Outstanding Accounting Educator Award

Lakewood Ranch, FL – May 14, 2025- The American Accounting Association (AAA) is very pleased to congratulate Gail Hoover King and Timothy J. Rupert as the recipients of the 2025 Outstanding Accounting Educator Award. This AAA award, which is sponsored by the PwC US Group LLP, consists of a unique glass art piece, citation, and a $5,000 prize. There is also an additional $5,000 donation given to the AAA on behalf of each of the recipients which will be used according to their wishes. This award will be presented at the Tuesday, August 5 plenary at the 2025 AAA Annual Meeting to be held in Chicago, IL.

Gail Hoover King is a Visiting Professor of Accounting and Data Analytics at Washburn University, where she developed the Business Data Analytics program. She earned her bachelor’s and master’s degrees from The University of Kansas and her doctorate from the University of Northern Illinois School of Business. Previously, she was an Accounting Professor at Purdue University Northwest. Her research emphasizes learning, assessment, and curriculum development, earning her several awards, including AAA’s Management Accounting Section Jim Bulloch Award for Innovations in Management Accounting Education and the Mark Chain Innovation in Graduate Teaching Award. She has also received the AAA’s Outstanding Service Award and the Hall of Honors Award from the Teaching, Learning and Curriculum Section. Additionally, she served as a Commissioner for the Pathways Commission and has held various positions on boards, committees, and conferences of the AAA. Her professional experience includes roles in financial and cost accounting, as well as consulting.

Timothy (Tim) J. Rupert is a Professor and the Golemme Administrative Chair in the Accounting Group of the D’Amore-McKim School of Business at Northeastern University. He also has an honorary appointment at the University of Pretoria in South Africa. He currently serves as an associate editor of Advances in Accounting and previously served as an editor for The Journal of the American Taxation Association (2020-2023) and as the co-editor of Advances in Accounting Education (2011–2017). He currently serves on the editorial boards of Issues in Accounting Education, Behavioral Research in Accounting, Accounting and the Public Interest, and Advances in Taxation. He is a former editor and current contributing author for Pearson’s Federal Taxation series. He previously received the Outstanding Educator Award from the Massachusetts Society of CPAs and Northeastern University’s Excellence in Teaching Award as well as the D’Amore-McKim School of Business best teacher award multiple times.

The Outstanding Accounting Educator Award is presented to educators with sustained contributions that have significantly impacted accounting education or accounting educators, and whose career contributions include educational innovation, excellence in teaching, publications related to the awards’ intent, research guidance and mentorship to students (at any level) and impactful service to the profession and/or academic community. The award recognizes educators who excel across multiple criteria from a wide variety of academic institutions. More information about this award is available online at https://aaahq.org/About/Directories/2024-2025-AAA-Committees-Task-Forces/Award-Committees/Outstanding-Accounting-Educator-Award-Committee/Award-Criteria. For 2025, the American Accounting Association and the PwC US Group LLP are very pleased to give this award to Gail Hoover King and Timothy J. Rupert.

Anne M. Farrell to receive the American Accounting Association's 2025 Outstanding Service Award

Lakewood Ranch, FL – May 14, 2025- The American Accounting Association (AAA) is very proud to congratulate Anne M. Farrell as the recipient of the 2025 Outstanding Service Award. This AAA award, which may be awarded at any time by the Board of Directors, will be presented to Professor Farrell in the form of a unique glass art piece at the Tuesday, August 5 luncheon at the 2025 AAA Annual Meeting to be held in Chicago, IL.

Anne (Annie) M. Farrell is the PwC Professor and Accountancy Department Chair at Miami University’s Farmer School of Business. She has served in numerous AAA roles, including Vice President-Finance; the Management Accounting Section (MAS) President and Secretary/Treasurer; the Accounting Behavior and Organizations (ABO) Secretary/Treasurer; and co-chair of the Midcareer Faculty Consortium, AAA Publications Processes, and Section Reporting Committees/Task Forces. Her scholarship examines how management accounting systems affect employee decision-making. She is an Editor at Contemporary Accounting Research and Management Accounting Research and former Editor at Behavioral Research in Accounting. She has received several awards for research, teaching, and service, including the AAA’s MAS Notable Contribution to Management Accounting Literature and Greatest Potential Impact on Management Accounting Practice Awards; the IMA/MAS Jim Bulloch Award for Innovations in Management Accounting Education; and the AAA’s Outstanding Service Award (2019). She was formerly on the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign faculty; worked 12 years in New York and Washington; and was an adjunct professor at American University.

The Outstanding Service Award recognizes outstanding services to the American Accounting Association other than educational and research contributions. The prestigious award is intended only for rare events or milestones achieved. More information about this award is available at https://aaahq.org/Education/Awards/Outstanding-Service-Award. For 2025, the American Accounting Association is extremely pleased to be able to present this award to Anne M. Farrell in honor of her dedicated service.

John Harry Evans III, R. Lynn Hannan, Ranjani Krishnan, and Donald V. Moser to receive the American Accounting Association's 2025 Seminal Contribution to Accounting Literature Award

Lakewood Ranch, FL – May 14, 2025 - The American Accounting Association (AAA) is very proud to congratulate John Harry Evans III, R. Lynn Hannan, Ranjani Krishnan, and Donald V. Moser as the recipients of the 2025 Seminal Contribution to Accounting Literature Award for their paper "Honesty in Managerial Reporting," published in the October 2021 issue of The Accounting Review. This AAA award will be presented to Professors Evans, Hannan, Krishnan, and Moser in the form of unique glass art pieces at the Tuesday, August 5 luncheon at the 2025 AAA Annual Meeting to be held in Chicago, IL.

John Harry Evans III graduated from Sharon High School in Sharon, PA in 1965 and was appointed to the United States Air Force Academy, where he graduated in June 1969. He earned a master’s degree in economics from UCLA in 1970. He conducted economic analysis at the Air Force Human Resources Laboratory and the Pentagon from 1970 to 1975. He earned a PhD in Accounting from Carnegie Mellon in 1979 and joined the accounting faculty at the Katz Graduate School of Business, University of Pittsburgh. He taught courses in financial and managerial accounting and published research using economic models in managerial accounting and auditing, as well as empirical and experimental studies. He joined the editorial board of the Journal of Managerial Accounting Research in 2002 and the editorial board of The Accounting Review, where he became an editor in 2008 and then the Senior Editor in 2011.

R. Lynn Hannan is the (retired) Jayne Ritchey Cohen Chair in Business Administration and the Ernst & Young Professor of Accounting at the Freeman School of Business, Tulane University, where she served as Faculty Director of the MACCT program and Accounting Area Head. Her research investigates how to design accounting control systems that motivate employees to behave in ways that benefit their organizations. Her scholarly work has been published in The Accounting Review, Contemporary Accounting Research, Accounting, Organizations and Society, Review of Accounting Studies, and Journal of Labor Economics and has been recognized by several awards, including the AAA’s Notable Contribution to Accounting Literature Award. She has served on several Editorial Boards, including as Editor at Contemporary Accounting Research and Journal of Management Accounting Research. She earned her PhD from the University of Pittsburgh.

Ranjani Krishnan is the Associate Dean for Faculty and Administration and the Schaberg Endowed Chair in Accounting at Broad College of Management at Michigan State University (MSU). Ranjani's research focuses on cost behavior, healthcare cost, and quality. She received Best Paper Awards from the Academy of Management Annual Meeting and the Journal of Management Accounting Research. She won the AAA Management Accounting Section’s Greatest Impact on Practice Award and the Notable Contribution to Management Accounting Literature Award, the AAA’s Notable Contribution to Accounting Research Award, and the McLaughlin Prize for Research in Accounting Ethics. She is an MSU Beal Distinguished University Professor and has won nine college and university-level teaching awards. She was featured as one of the country’s top 10 Executive MBA professors in Poets and Quants. She is the Department Editor of Management Science, and editor of Accounting, Organizations and Society, and Production and Operations Management.

Dr. Donald V. Moser is Professor Emeritus at the University of Pittsburgh. His research focuses on behavioral factors affecting decision making in business contexts, e.g., managerial decision making, investment decisions, labor markets, securities markets, and audit judgment. He has served as a sub-section Editor at The Accounting Review, Associate Editor at Journal of Management Accounting Research, and on numerous editorial boards. His publications include articles in leading accounting (e.g., Journal of Accounting and Economics, The Accounting Review, Contemporary Accounting Research, Accounting, Organizations and Society, and Journal of Management Accounting Research), economics (e.g., Journal of Labor Economics Games and Economic Behavior, and Journal of Risk and Uncertainty), and psychology (e.g., Journal of Personality and Social Psychology) journals. Along with coauthors, his research awards include AAA’s Accounting, Behavior and Organization Section Notable (Lifetime) Contribution to Behavioral Accounting Literature and Management Accounting Section’s Notable Contribution to Management Accounting Literature, AAA’s Notable Contribution to Accounting Literature, Hermes Fund Managers’ Best Paper Award at the HBS/JAE Conference on Corporate Accountability Reporting, and the Glen McLaughlin Prize for Research in Accounting Ethics. He has also received the Provost’s Award for Excellence in Mentoring at Pitt for his work with doctoral students and numerous teaching awards.

The Seminal Contribution to Accounting Literature Award is intended to recognize works that have stood the test of time and have contributed in a fundamental way to later research. Seminal is defined as "having the character of an originative power, principle or source; containing or contribution to the seed of later development." The selected work must have been published at least 15 years prior to the year of the award. One award is given no more frequently than once every three years. More information about this award is available at https://aaahq.org/About/Directories/2024-2025-AAA-Committees-Task-Forces/Award-Committees/Seminal-Contributions-to-Accounting-Literature-Award-Committee/Award-Criteria. For 2025, the American Accounting Association is extremely pleased to be able to present this award to John Harry Evans III, R. Lynn Hannan, Ranjani Krishnan, and Donald V. Moser.

The Accounting Review 2025 Outstanding Reviewer Award

Lakewood Ranch, FL – May 14, 2025 - The American Accounting Association (AAA) would like to congratulate 6 reviewers as recipients of the 2025 Outstanding Reviewer Award for The Accounting Review (TAR). This award will be presented to the recipients in the form of a monetary prize at the Wednesday, August 6 plenary at the 2025 AAA Annual Meeting in Chicago, IL.

The Outstanding Reviewer Award recognizes truly exceptional reviewers who provided many high-quality and timely reviews to The Accounting Review during Kathryn Kadous’ term as Senior Editor. Award recipients were selected by general consensus of a representative committee of journal editors based on consideration of three key TAR reviewer performance metrics—number of completed reviews, average editor-rating of the quality of the reviews, and review timeliness. The recipients are a select group of individuals, who represent the very highest quality of TAR reviewers.

Daniel Aobdia, The Pennsylvania State University
Daniele Macciocchi, University of Miami
James R. Moon, Georgia Institute of Technology
Paige H. Patrick, University of Illinois at Chicago
Andrew V. Sutherland, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Kristen Valentine, The University of Georgia