The American Accounting Association has presented its 2018 awards across ten
award categories. The association recognized 19 individuals for making an impact
on the accounting profession through their research, teaching, and service.
Susan Scholz of the University of Kansas received the Deloitte Foundation
Wildman Medal Award for her 2014 paper “Financial Restatement Trends in the
United States: 2003–2012.” Mario Schabus of the University of Melbourne in
Australia and Benjamin Yost of Boston College won the Competitive Manuscript
Award for “Do Director Networks Help Managers Plan and Forecast Better?”
Michael S. Drake and Jacob R. Thornock of Brigham Young University
and Phillip J. Quinn of the University of Washington won the AAA Accounting
Horizons Best Paper Award for “Who Uses Financial Statements? A Demographic
Analysis of Financial Statement Downloads from EDGAR.”
Ann Dzuranin of Northern Illinois University received the Innovation in
Accounting Award for “Data & Analytics in Accounting: Innovation and Impact
in Accountancy Education.” Allen D. Blay and M.G. Fennema of Florida State
University earned the Issues in Accounting Education Best Paper Award for “Are
Accountants Made or Born? An Analysis of Self-Selection into the Accounting
Major and Performance in Accounting Courses and on the CPA Exam.” Urooj Khan
and Shivaram Rajgopal of Columbia Business School, Bin Li of the University of
Oklahoma, and Mohan Venkatachalam of Duke University received the Notable
Contributions to Accounting Literature Award for the paper “Do the FASB’s Standards
Add Shareholder Value?”
Gary J. Previts of Case Western Reserve University and G. Peter Wilson of
Boston College took home Lifetime Service Awards. Mahendra R. Gujarathi of
Bentley University and Jan R. Williams of the University of Tennessee received
the Outstanding Accounting Educator Award. Feng Li of Shanghai Jiao Tong
University in China won the AAA Distinguished Contributions in Accounting
Literature Award, and Guido L. Geerts of the University of Delaware received the
Outstanding Service Award.
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