Research Chairs, Awards, and Editorial Board Responsibility

Canada Research Chair

Andrew Bauer -


School of Accounting and Finance

Tim BauerÌý– J. Page R. Wadsworth Junior Chair in Accounting and Finance

Efrim BoritzÌý– Ontario Chartered Professional Accountants Chair of Accounting

W. Alec CramÌý– J. Page R. Wadsworth Junior Chair in Accounting and Finance

Elizabeth Demers – Deloitte Professorship

Steve FortinÌý–ÌýKPMG Professorship in Accounting

Alan HuangÌý– Ernst and Young Professorship

Ken KlassenÌý– J. Page R. Wadsworth Senior Chair in Accounting and Finance

Tu NguyenÌý– J. Page R. Wadsworth Junior Chair in Accounting and Finance

Adam PressleeÌý– J. Page R. Wadsworth Junior Chair in Accounting and Finance

Theo StratopoulosÌý– PwC Professorship

Joyce Tian – PKMG Professorship in Taxation

Mingyue Zhang – PWC Fellowship


University of À¶Ý®ÊÓÆµ

Pat O’BrienÌý- ÌýDistinguished Professor Emerita, 2024

Alan WebbÌý- ÌýDistinguished Professor Emeritus, 2024

Christine WiedmanÌý- ÌýDistinguished Professor Emerita, 2024

Upkar AroraÌý- Distinguished TeacherÌýAward, 2022

Steve BalabanÌý- Distinguished Teacher Award, 2019

Tony WirjantoÌý-ÌýUniversity Research ChairÌý- 2009-2016

Nancy Vanden BoschÌý- Distinguished Teacher Award, 2010

Jim BarnettÌý- Distinguished Teacher Award, 2006

Grant RussellÌý- Distinguished Teacher Award, 2000

University of À¶Ý®ÊÓÆµ awards prior to 2000

Morley LemonÌý- Distinguished Teacher Award, 1998

Howard Armitage - Distinguished Teacher Award, 1997

Stan LaikenÌý- Distinguished Teacher Award, 1994


Other selected honours

Tim BauerÌý- Impact on Management Accounting Practice Award, 2024

Tim BauerÌý- Auditing: A Journal of Practice and Theory Best Paper Award, 2024

Jack Hanna – Inductee into the Canadian Accounting Hall of Fame under the Leaders of the Profession Category, 2024

Duane KennedyÌý– George Baxter Award for Outstanding Contributions to the CAAA, 2024

Ken KlassenÌý– ATA Outstanding Service Award, 2023

Ken KlassenÌý- Canadian Academic Accounting Association (CAAA) Haim Falk Award for Distinguished Contribution to Accounting Thought, 2021

Jim BarnettÌý-ÌýCanadian Academic Accounting Association (CAAA) L.S. Rosen Outstanding Educator Award, 2019

Efrim BoritzÌý- Canadian Academic Accounting Association (CAAA) Haim Falk Award for Distinguished Contribution to Accounting Thought, 2018

Alan MacnaughtonÌý

Efrim BoritzÌý- Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal,Ìý2012

Alan MacnaughtonÌý- Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal,Ìý2012

Tom ScottÌý- Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal, 2012

Alan WebbÌý- Canadian Academic Accounting Association (CAAA) L.S. RosenÌýOutstanding Educator Award, 2011

Patricia O’BrienÌý- Canadian Academic Accounting Association (CAAA) Haim Falk Award for Distinguished Contribution to Accounting Thought, 2009

Duane KennedyÌý- Canadian Academic Accounting Association (CAAA) L.S. Rosen Outstanding Educator Award, 2008

Efrim BoritzÌý- Canadian Academic Accounting Association (CAAA) L.S. Rosen Outstanding Educator Award, 2006

Phelim BoyleÌý- IAFE/SUNGARD Financial Engineer of the Year, 2005

Morley LemonÌý- Canadian Academic Accounting Association (CAAA) L.S. Rosen Outstanding Educator Award, 2004

Other selected honours prior to 2000

Stan LaikenÌý- Canadian Academic Accounting Association (CAAA) L.S. Rosen Outstanding Educator Award, 1997

Phelim BoyleÌý- Centennial Gold Medal of the International Actuarial Association

Anthony AtkinsonÌý- Canadian Academic Accounting Association (CAAA) Haim Falk Award for Distinguished Contribution to Accounting Thought, 1989

William ScottÌý- Canadian Academic Accounting Association (CAAA) Haim Falk Award for Distinguished Contribution to Accounting Thought, 1988


Editorial board responsibilities

Andrew Bauer

Editorial Boards

  • Contemporary Accounting Research, 2013 - present
  • The Journal of the American Taxation Association, 2018

Tim Bauer

Editorial Boards

  • Auditing: A Journal of Practice & Theory, 2017 - present
  • Contemporary Accounting Research, 2013 - present

Efrim Boritz

Editorial Boards

  • Journal of Information Systems, 2013 - present
  • Accounting Horizons, 2009 - present
  • Current Issues in Auditing, 2007 - present

ChanglingÌýChen

Editorial Boards

  • Contemporary Accounting Research, Editorial Board Member
  • Asia-Pacific Journal of Accounting & Economics, Association Editor

Elizabeth Demers

  • Editor, Journal of Business Finance & Accounting 2019 – present

  • Associate Editor, Quarterly Journal of Finance & Accounting 2015 – present

  • Editorial Board, Accounting & Finance 2012 – present

Blake Phillips

  • Associate Editor, Journal of Banking and Finance, 2014 - present

Adam Presslee

Editorial Boards

  • Editor-in-Chief, The Canadian Academic Accounting Association (CAAA), 2023 – 2026

Theo Stratopoulos

  • Associate editor for theÌýInternational Journal of Accounting Information Systems
  • Co-senior editor for theÌý

Tony Wirjanto

  • Associate Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Mathematical Finance, since 2012
  • Associate Editor, International Journal of Finance and Accounting Studies (IJFAS), since 2013
  • Editorial Board, Austin Statistics, since 2014
  • Editorial Board, Mathematical Finance Letters, since 2013
  • Editorial Board, Econometrics, since 2012

Former faculty editorial board responsibilities

Alan Macnaughton

  • Editor, Canadian Tax Journal, 2004 - 2011, 2016 - present
  • Editorial Board, Advances in Taxation, 2014 - presentÌý

Patricia O'Brien

  • Consulting Editor, Contemporary Accounting Research, 2017 - 2020
  • Editor-in-Chief, Contemporary Accounting Research, 2013 - 2017

Editorial Boards

  • Accounting Review, 1993 - 2008
  • Journal of Accounting and Public Policy, 1996 - present
  • Journal of Accounting Research, 2003 - 2009

Christine Wiedman

Editorial BoardsÌý

  • Contemporary Accounting Research, 2007 - present
  • Accounting Perspectives, 2004 - present
  • Canadian Journal of Administrative Sciences, 2004- present

Alan Webb

  • Consulting Editor:ÌýContemporary Accounting ResearchÌý(2017 - present)
  • Editorial Boards:ÌýThe Accounting ReviewÌý(2014 - present);ÌýCanadian Journal of Administrative SciencesÌý(2015 - present)