Research Chairs, Awards, and Editorial Board Responsibility

Canada Research Chair

Andrew Bauer - Canada Research Chair (Tier 2) in Taxation, Governance and Risk


School of Accounting and Finance

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

Efrim Boritz – Ontario Chartered Professional Accountants Chair of Accounting

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

Elizabeth Demers – Deloitte Professorship

Steve Fortin – KPMG Professorship in Accounting

Alan Huang – Ernst and Young Professorship

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

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

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

Theo Stratopoulos – PwC Professorship

Joyce Tian – PKMG Professorship in Taxation

Mingyue Zhang – PWC Fellowship


University of Waterloo

Ranjini Jha - Distinguished Professor Emeritus, 2025

Pat O’Brien - Distinguished Professor Emeritus, 2024

Alan Webb - Distinguished Professor Emeritus, 2024

Christine Wiedman - Distinguished Professor Emeritus, 2024

Donna Sutherland - Honorary Member of the University, 2024

Upkar Arora - Distinguished Teacher Award, 2022

Sally Gunz - Honorary Member of the University, 2021

Steve Balaban - Distinguished Teacher Award, 2019

Tony Wirjanto - University Research Chair - 2009-2016

Nancy Vanden Bosch - Distinguished Teacher Award, 2010

Jim Barnett - Distinguished Teacher Award, 2006

Grant Russell - Distinguished Teacher Award, 2000

University of Waterloo awards prior to 2000

Morley Lemon - Distinguished Teacher Award, 1998

Howard Armitage - Distinguished Teacher Award, 1997

Stan Laiken - Distinguished Teacher Award, 1994


Other selected honours

Sally Gunz - Canadian Academic Accounting Association (CAAA) L.S. Rosen Outstanding Educator Award, 2026

Alan Webb - Canadian Academic Accounting Association (CAAA) Haim Falk Award for Distinguished Contribution to Accounting Thought, 2026

Patricia O’Brien - Canadian Academic Accounting Association (CAAA) Canadian Accounting Hall of Fame, 2025

Christine Wiedman - Canadian Academic Accounting Association (CAAA) Haim Falk Award for Distinguished Contribution to Accounting Thought, 2025

Alan Macnaughton – Canadian Academic Accounting Association (CAAA) Thomas Schneider Community Impact Research Award, 2025

Tim Bauer - Impact on Management Accounting Practice Award, 2024

Tim Bauer - 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 Kennedy – George Baxter Award for Outstanding Contributions to the CAAA, 2024

Efrim Boritz - Canadian Academic Accounting Association (CAAA) Canadian Accounting Hall of Fame, 2023

Ken Klassen – ATA Outstanding Service Award, 2023

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

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

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

Alan Macnaughton Canadian Tax Foundation, Lifetime Contribution Award, 2017

Efrim Boritz - Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal, 2012

Alan Macnaughton - Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal, 2012

Tom Scott - Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal, 2012

Alan Webb - Canadian Academic Accounting Association (CAAA) L.S. Rosen Outstanding Educator Award, 2011

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

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

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

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

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

Other selected honours prior to 2000

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

Phelim Boyle - Centennial Gold Medal of the International Actuarial Association

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

William Scott - 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

Changling Chen

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, Accounting Perspectives, The Canadian Academic Accounting Association (CAAA), 2023 – 2026

Theo Stratopoulos

  • Associate editor for the International Journal of Accounting Information Systems
  • Co-senior editor for the Journal of Information Systems

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 - present 

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 Boards 

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

Alan Webb

  • Consulting Editor: Contemporary Accounting Research (2017 - present)
  • Editorial Boards: The Accounting Review (2014 - present); Canadian Journal of Administrative Sciences (2015 - present)