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

Pat O’Brien -  Distinguished Professor Emerita, 2024

Alan Webb -  Distinguished Professor Emeritus, 2024

Christine Wiedman -  Distinguished Professor Emerita, 2024

Upkar Arora - Distinguished Teacher Award, 2022

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

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

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

Theo Stratopoulos

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)