{"id":4880,"date":"2009-10-16T10:54:05","date_gmt":"2009-10-16T14:54:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/?p=4880"},"modified":"2014-11-14T16:00:30","modified_gmt":"2014-11-14T21:00:30","slug":"faculty-gathers-to-celebrate-each-others-achievements","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/2009\/10\/faculty-gathers-to-celebrate-each-others-achievements\/","title":{"rendered":"Faculty gathers to celebrate achievements."},"content":{"rendered":"

On September 25, 2009, the Faculty Awards Luncheon reinforced that students truly appreciate the efforts that faculty members in the College of Business Administration make on their behalf. Undergraduate and graduate students as well as those from student organizations selected the recipients for a series of highly competitive teaching awards.<\/p>\n

\"Faculty<\/a>
At a recent luncheon and awards ceremony, faculty members were honored for their accomplishments.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The event also provided the occasion for faculty members to be acknowledged for recently-bestowed university-wide awards, research excellence and service contributions.<\/p>\n

Executive Dean Joyce Elam welcomed the guests, and recognized two members of the business school who had received Florida International University (FIU) awards at the Faculty Convocation<\/a> on September 17, 2009: Donald Roomes, former director of the BBA+ program, the only individual honored for excellence in advising, and Laureano Martinez, Department of Finance and Real Estate, one of three adjuncts honored for excellence in teaching.<\/p>\n

Clifford Perry<\/strong>, associate dean, Landon Undergraduate School, presented the undergraduate teaching awards, and Dean Elam presented the graduate and service awards, in addition to recognizing the substantial presence of faculty research in premier publications.<\/p>\n

TEACHING<\/h2>\n

Beta Alpha Psi—Fall 2008<\/strong>
\nMost Dedicated Faculty—Divesh Sharma
\nMost Outstanding Professor—Abhijit Barua<\/p>\n

Beta Alpha Psi—Spring 2009<\/strong>
\nMost Dedicated Faculty—Desiree Elias
\nMost Outstanding Professor—Abhijit Barua<\/p>\n

FIU Accounting Association—Fall 2008<\/strong>
\nMost Supportive Faculty—Sharon Lassar<\/p>\n

FIU Accounting Association—Spring 2009<\/strong>
\nMost Supportive Faculty—Tessie Brunken<\/p>\n

Financial Management Association—Spring 2009<\/strong>
\nMost Challenging and Educative Professor—Marcos Kerbel
\nMost Knowledgeable Professor—Constantine Kalogeras
\nProfessor of the Semester—Deanne Butchey<\/p>\n

American Marketing Association—2008-2009<\/strong>
\nMost Creative Professor—Tim Birrittella
\nMost Knowledgeable Professor—Michael Munro
\nBest Overall Professor—Tim Birrittella<\/p>\n

BBA+ Weekend—Fall 2008<\/strong>
\nBest Professor—Emmanuel Roussakis<\/p>\n

BBA+ Sunrise—Spring 2009<\/strong>
\nBest Professor—Wendy Gelman<\/p>\n

BBA+ Weekend—Summer 2009<\/strong>
\nBest Professor—Constance Bates<\/p>\n

Master of Accounting—Cohort 12<\/strong>
\nBest Professor—Kannan Raghunandan<\/p>\n

Master of Accounting—Cohort 13<\/strong>
\nBest Professor—Divesh Sharma<\/p>\n

Executive Master of Science in Taxation—Cohort 18<\/strong>
\nBest Professor—Sharon Lassar<\/p>\n

Executive Master of Science in Taxation—Cohort 19<\/strong>
\nBest Professor—Sharon Lassar<\/p>\n

Master of Science in Finance—Cohort 17 Pembroke Pines<\/strong>
\nBest Course—Chun-Hao Chang
\nBest Professor—Shahid Hamid<\/p>\n

Master of Science in Finance—Cohort 18 Downtown<\/strong>
\nBest Course—Robert Daigler
\nBest Professor—Brice Dupoyet<\/p>\n

Master of Science in Finance—Cohort 19 University Park<\/strong>
\nBest Course—Robert Daigler
\nBest Professor—Arun Prakash<\/p>\n

Master of Science in Human Resource Management—Fall 2008 Cohort 12<\/strong>
\nBest Course—Robert Soloff and Galen Kroeck
\nBest Professor—Dana Farrow<\/p>\n

Master of Science in Human Resource Management—Summer 2009 Cohort 13<\/strong>
\nBest Course—Dana Farrow
\nBest Professor—Robert Soloff<\/p>\n

Master of Science in Human Resource Management—Jamaica—Cohort 4<\/strong>
\nFaculty of the Year—Ron Gilbert<\/p>\n

Master of Science in International Real Estate—Cohort 3<\/strong>
\nBest Course—George Wu
\nBest Professor—Ken H. Johnson<\/p>\n

Master of Science in Management Information Systems—Cohort 17 (Fall 2008)<\/strong>
\nBest Course—Susan Clemmons
\nBest Professor—Faisal Kaleem<\/p>\n

Master of Science in Management Information Systems—Cohort 18 (Summer 2009)<\/strong>
\nBest Course—Monica Tremblay
\nBest Professor—Faisal Kaleem<\/p>\n

Master of International Business—Fall 2008<\/strong>
\nBest Professor—Walfried Lassar and Christopher Ellis<\/p>\n

Master of International Business—Spring 2009<\/strong>
\nBest Professor—Christopher Ellis<\/p>\n

Downtown MBA Class of 2009<\/strong>
\nBest Professor—Sungu Armagan<\/p>\n

Professional MBA—2009<\/strong>
\nBest Course—Peter Dickson
\nBest Professor—William Schneper<\/p>\n

International Executive MBA—Jamaica 2009<\/strong>
\nFaculty of the Year—Ron Gilbert<\/p>\n

Executive MBA—2009<\/strong>
\nBest Course—Jose de la Torre
\nBest Professor—John Wrieden<\/p>\n

International MBA—Blue Cohort<\/strong>
\nBest Professor—Dana Farrow
\nBest Course—John Zdanowicz<\/p>\n

International MBA—Gold Cohort<\/strong>
\nBest Professor—John Wrieden <\/strong><\/p>\n

RESEARCH<\/h2>\n

In addition to the awards from students, Dean Elam recognized those faculty members who have published in premier journal publications.<\/p>\n

Faculty members who have published one premier journal publication:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Alexandra Aguirre Rodriguez
\nAya Chacar
\nRobert Daigler
\nPeter Dickson
\nCarolina Gomez
\nNathan Hiller
\nXiaoquan Jiang
\nKen H. Johnson
\nSumit Kundu
\nWalfried Lassar
\nEdward Lawrence
\nRonald Lee
\nAntoinette Lynch
\nRobert McGee
\nSuchismita Mishra
\nWilliam Newburry
\nArun Prakash
\nJuan Sanchez
\nDivesh Sharma
\nVineeta Sharma
\nJohn Tsalikis
\nDeborah Vidaver-Cohen
\nWeidong Xia
\nSteve Zanakis<\/p>\n

Faculty who have published two premier journal publications:<\/strong><\/p>\n

William Hardin
\nKuldeep Kumar
\nGeorge Kyparisis
\nStephen Lin
\nAnthony Miyazaki
\nDasaratha Rama
\nBruce Seaton
\nGeorge Wu<\/p>\n

Faculty who have published three premier journal publications:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Christos Koulamas
\nKannan Raghunandan<\/p>\n

SERVICE<\/h2>\n

One faculty member from each department also was recognized for his or her outstanding contributions in 2008-2009 to the college, the university and the community-at-large.<\/p>\n

Sushil Gupta—Decision Sciences and Information Systems
\nStephen Lin – School of Accounting
\nShahid Hamid—Finance and Real Estate
\nConstance Bates—Management and International Business
\nKimberly Taylor—Marketing<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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