Lakewood Ranch, FL – The American Accounting Association (AAA) congratulates Lorraine Lee and Jennifer Parlier as the recipients of the 2025 AAA-George Krull EDGE in Teaching Award for their innovation, “DataSnipper and Revenue Existence Testing: Improving Audit Efficiency Without Cutting Corners.”
Wendy M. Tietz, CPA, CMA. Ph.D. will receive Honorable Mention and a monetary prize for her work entitled “AI in Accounting Education: A Practical Guide for Educators and Students.”
These awards will be presented at the Wednesday, August 6 plenary session at the 2025 AAA Annual Meeting to be held in Chicago, IL.
Honorable Mention:
Wendy Tietz, CPA, CMA, Ph.D., is a professor of accounting at Kent State University. She teaches introductory financial and managerial accounting in a variety of formats. She also teaches advanced management accounting and advanced accounting analytics and technology. She has received several national teaching awards and is the co-author of three introductory accounting textbooks. Tietz is passionate about teaching accounting and using educational technology to enhance student engagement. She regularly presents at conferences throughout North America on various topics, including AI, data analytics, and engagement strategies.
Tietz also received the Textbook McGuffey Longevity Award from the Textbook and Academic Authors Association in 2025 and the MAS/IMA Teaching Case Conference Outstanding Case Award for Managerial Accounting Section of AAA and the Institute of Management Accountants in 2024. She received the Bea Sanders AICPA EDGE Teaching Award in 2024 and the Bea Sanders/AICPA Innovation in Teaching Award in 2022.
The intent of AAA-George Krull EDGE in Teaching Award is to both recognize and disseminate successful leading-edge practices in the teaching of junior- and senior-level accounting courses (e.g., undergraduate intermediate and advance financial, cost/managerial, auditing, systems, tax, fraud/forensics, etc.) that continue to enhance accounting majors’ interest in accounting and to encourage pursuing the CPA profession as a career. More information about this award is available online at . For 2025, the American Accounting Association is very proud to bestow this award to Lorraine Lee and Jenny Parlier, with Wendy M. Tietz receiving Honorable Mention.