Deloitte Foundation and American Accounting Association Present 2014 Wildman Medal and American Taxation Association Teaching Innovation Award

WILTON, Conn., Sept. 15, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Professors Joe Brazel from North Carolina State University, Tina Carpenter from the University of Georgia and Greg Jenkins from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University received the 2014 Wildman Medal at the recent American Accounting Association (AAA) Annual Meeting in Atlanta, Georgia.  Sponsored by the Deloitte Foundation, the awardees were recognized for their paper entitled "Auditors' Use of Brainstorming in the Consideration of Fraud: Reports from the Field" which was published in The Accounting Review (2010) Vol. 85, Issue 4. 

The Wildman Medal is named in honor of the late John R. Wildman, a partner of a Deloitte predecessor firm, a professor of accounting at New York University and the first president of the American Association of Accounting Instructors which later became the AAA. In addition to receiving the Wildman Medal, a $7,500 honorarium was bestowed.

The American Taxation Association (ATA) Teaching Innovation Award was also presented during the AAA Annual Meeting at the ATA luncheon.  This year, Professors G. Ryan Huston and Janet M. Huston from the University of South Florida and Janell Blazovich, professor at the University of St. Thomas, were honored for their submission titled "Creating an Executive Compensation Plan:  A Corporate Tax Planning Case."

Established in 1994, the ATA Teaching Innovation Award is presented annually to tax professors whose innovative teaching techniques encourage critical thinking and enhance the overall learning experience.  The faculty award recipients were presented with a plaque and a $5,000 award.

"Recognizing educators with these awards for their leading edge research and unwavering commitment to teaching excellence is important to the growth of the accounting profession and its practitioners," said Carol Lindstrom, president of the Deloitte Foundation. "We congratulate this year's recipients of the Wildman Medal and the ATA Teaching Innovation Award as their work exemplifies the thinking and teaching necessary to train the next generation of talent."

About the Deloitte Foundation
The Deloitte Foundation, founded in 1928, is a not-for-profit organization which supports education in the U.S. through a variety of initiatives that help develop the talent of the future and their influencers and promote excellence in teaching, research and curriculum innovation. The Foundation sponsors an array of national programs relevant to a variety of professional services, benefitting middle/high school students, undergraduates, graduate students and faculty.  For more information, please visit the Deloitte Foundation web page at www.deloitte.com/us/df.

About the American Accounting Association
The American Accounting Association is the largest community of accountants in academia. Founded in 1916, it has a rich and reputable history built on leading-edge research and publications. The diversity of its membership creates a fertile environment for collaboration and innovation. Collectively, the AAA shapes the future of accounting through teaching, research and a powerful network, ensuring our position as thought leaders in accounting. For more information about the AAA, please visit http://aaahq.org.

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