Special recognition for 2021 Excellence in Reviewing goes to the following:
| Juan Pablo Atal | University of Pennsylvania |
| Martin Boyer | HEC Montreal |
| Martin Eling | University of St. Gallen |
| Cameron Ellis | University of Iowa |
| Molly Frean | University of Pennsylvania |
| Paul Heaton | University of Pennsylvania |
| Yang Lu | Concordia University |
| Anita Mukherjee | University of Wisconsin-Madison |
| Marc Ragin | University of Georgia |
| Peng Shi | University of Wisconsin-Madison |
| Eric Ulm | University of Wellington |
| Xiaoying Xie | California State University, Fullerton |