2025-2026 Notable 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 Notable 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, research studies, or accounting literature appearing in other types of publications of exceptional merit.
  • At its meeting in March 1990, the AAA Executive Committee voted that the Notable Contribution to Accounting Literature Award and the Deloitte Foundation Wildman Medal Award recognize contributions to the literature and practice, respectively, and it would be rare that one work would be the recipient of both of these awards.
  • 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.
  • 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

  • The Committee consists of nine members including a voting Chair.
  • Committee members are appointed annually prior to the Annual Meeting by the Council Committee on Awards Committee.
  • 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

Holly Hawk
Clemson University

Hrhawk@clemson.edu

1

08/2026

Members

Sudipta Basu
Temple University

sudipta.basu@temple.edu

2

08/2026

Nicole Cade
University of Pittsburgh

ncade@katz.pitt.edu

1

08/2026

Lisa De Simone
The University of Texas at Austin

lisa.desimone@mccombs.utexas.edu

1

08/2026

Michal Matejka
Arizona State University

Michal.Matejka@asu.edu

1

08/2026

A. Faye Borthick
Georgia State University

borthick@gsu.edu

1

08/2026

Julia Higgs
Florida Atlantic University-Boca

jhiggs@fau.edu

1

08/2026

Mary Stone
University of Alabama-Tuscaloosa

mstone@ua.edu

1

08/2026

David Wood
Brigham Young University

davidwood@byu.edu

1

08/2026

Board of Directors Liaison

Jackie Hammersley
University of Georgia
Vice President–Research & Publications

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.