I first mentioned the possibility of publishing portions of the 2015 and 2016 Cook Prize winners' applications to Michael Diamond (former AAA president and convener of the 2015–2016 Cook Prize committees) and Terry Shevlin (former AAA vice president for research and publications) at the 2016 AAA Annual Meeting in New York City. We discussed my intent to recognize more fully the contributions these six excellent teachers have made to the field of accounting education, as well as the generosity of J. Michael and Mary Anne Cook and the Deloitte Foundation.
As I reviewed previous editorials appearing in Issues in Accounting Education, I found one introducing a trilogy of articles that David Stout commissioned and published during his tenure (1998–2001) as editor of Issues in Accounting Education. David organized a special panel session at the 1998 AAA Annual Meeting (Stout 1999) titled “Energizing Your Teaching.” Panelists for...
