On November 27, 2012, faculty members of the College of Business at Florida International University (FIU) were recognized for their teaching excellence, their research contributions and their dedication to service. The annual Faculty Awards Reception holds special significance for faculty members because it is the students who select the recipients of the teaching awards—an expression of their appreciation for the efforts the faculty makes on their behalf.
Dean David R. Klock welcomed the attendees and introduced Gloria Deckard, associate dean, Landon Undergraduate School of Business, who presented the 2011-2012 Undergraduate Teaching Awards.
Teaching: Undergraduate
Beta Alpha Psi—Fall 2011
Best professor: Jimmy Carmenate
Beta Alpha Psi—Spring 2012
Best professor: Jimmy Carmenate
ALPFA FIU—Fall 2011
Most supportive faculty: Tessie Brunken
ALPFA FIU—Spring 2012
Most supportive faculty: Dawn Lazar
Finance and Management Association—Fall 2011
Best professor: Anastasios Moysidis
Financial Management Association—Spring 2012
Best professor: Marcos Kerbel
American Marketing Association—Fall 2011
Best overall professor: Tim Dugan Birrittella
American Marketing Association—Spring 2012
Best overall professor: Kimberly Taylor
Professional BBA Weekend—Spring 2012 (Cohort 29)
Best professor: S. Christopher Ellis
Professional BBA Sunrise—Spring 2012 (Cohort 8)
Best professor: S. Christopher Ellis
Dean Klock presents the Graduate Teaching Awards.
The awards for faculty members teaching in the college’s graduate programs—both the MBA programs and the specialized master’s programs—were presented by Dean Klock. As is the case with the recognition by undergraduates, the awards are highly competitive and the winners are chosen by students.
Teaching: Graduate
Master of Accounting—Fall 2011
Best professor: Clark Wheatley
Master of Accounting—Summer 2012
Best professor, MACC 23 and MACC 24: Kannan Raghunandan
Executive Master of Science in Taxation—Fall 2011
Best professor: Ed Arista
Executive Master of Science in Taxation—Summer 2012
Best professor: Andrew Sbaraglia
Master of Science in Finance—Fall 2011
Best professor: Edward Lawrence
Best course: Portfolio Management, taught by Edward Lawrence
Master of Science in Finance—Summer 2012 (Cohort 27)
Best professor: Shahid Hamid
Best course: Financial Risk Management, taught by Robert Diagler
Master of Science in Finance—Summer 2012 (Cohort 28)
Best professor: Chun Hao Chang
Best professor: Arun Prakash
Best course: Security Analysis, taught by Shahid Hamid
Master of Science in Human Resource Management—Fall 2011
Best professor: Robert Soloff
Best course: Employment Law and Human Resource Management, taught by Robert Soloff and Galen Kroek
Master of Science in Human Resource Management—Summer 2012
Best professor: Juan I. Sanchez
Best course: Labor Issues and Conflict Management, taught by Robert Soloff
Master of Science in International Real Estate—Summer 2012
Best professor: John Zdanowicz
Best course: Real Estate Markets, Institutions and Practices, taught by Ken H. Johnson
Master of Science in Management Information Systems
Best professor: Weidong Xia
Best course: Business Intelligence Applications, taught by Monica Chiarini Tremblay
Master of International Business—Fall 2011
Best professor: Wendy Gelman
Best course: International Business Law, taught by Wendy Gelman
Master of International Business—Spring 2012
Best professor: Sumit Kundu
Best course: International Business Policy, taught by Sumit Kundu
Master of International Business—Summer 2012
Best professor: S. Christopher Ellis
Best course: International Business Law, taught by Wendy Gelman
Professional MBA Downtown—Cohort 7A
Best professor: Peter Dickson
Best course: Corporate Simulation, taught by Robert Plouffe
Professional MBA Downtown—Cohort 7B
Best professor: Peter Dickson
Best course: Marketing Management in the Global Environment, taught by Peter Dickson
Professional MBA Pines—Fall 2011
Best professor: Susan Clemmons
Best course: Financial Reporting and Analysis, taught by Clark Wheatley
Professional MBA Pines—Summer 2012
Best professor: Peter Dickson
Best course: Corporate Simulation, taught by Tiger Li
Executive MBA
Best professor: John Wrieden
Best course: Strategic Management, taught by Gregory Greene
Corporate MBA—Fall 2011 (Cohort 3)
Best professor: Deanne Butchey
Best professor: Gloria Deckard
Best course: Organizational Behavior, taught by Gloria Deckard
Best course: Corporate Simulation, taught by Barnett Greenberg
Corporate MBA—Fall 2011 (Cohort 4)
Best professor: Charles Newman
Best course: Strategic Management, taught by Charles Newman
Corporate MBA—Spring 2012 (Cohort 5)
Best professor: Gloria Deckard
Best course: Organization Information Systems, taught by Susan Clemmons
Best course: Organizational Behavior, taught by Gloria Deckard
Corporate MBA—Spring 2012 (Cohort 6)
Best professor: Susan Clemmons
Best professor: Barnett Greenberg
Best course: Corporate Simulation, taught by Barnett Greenberg
Corporate MBA—Summer 2012 (Cohort 7)
Best professor: Susan Clemmons
Best course: Organization Information Systems, taught by Susan Clemmons
International MBA—Gold Cohort
Best professor: Frederick Perry
Best course: Master’s Project in International Business, taught by Dileep Rao
International MBA—Blue Cohort
Best professor: Dileep Rao
Best course: Corporate Finance, taught by John Zdanowicz
Global MBA: Professional MBA—Panama
Best professor: Cecilia Alvarez
Best course: Marketing Management in the Global Environment, taught by Cecilia Alvarez
Global MBA: Executive MBA—Jamaica
Best professor: Ali Parhizgari
Best course: Global Finance, taught by Ali Parhizgari
Global MBA: Professional MBA—Dominican Republic
Best professor: Clark Wheatley
Best course: Corporate Simulation, taught by Walfried Lassar
Michael Munro was awarded the John Nichols Innovation in Teaching Excellence Award in Marketing.
Research
Senior Associate Dean Christos Koulamas next recognized faculty members for their successful publication record in premier journals, the most prestigious category of academic journals. Nineteen were published once in a premier journal.
Joel Barber
Dinesh Batra
Robert Diagler
Nathan Hiller
Xiaoquan Jiang
Ken H. Johnson
Jung Hoon Kim
Christos Koulamas
Edward Lawrence
Suchismita Mishra
Ozde Oztekin
Arun Prakash
Kannan Raghunandan
Dasartha Rama
Antoinette Smith
John Tsalikis
Changjiang Wang
Kimberly Westermann
Weidong Xia
Four faculty members published two premier journal articles.
Wen-Hsiu Chou
Stephen Lin
Juan I Sanchez
Zhonghua Wu
Finally, three faculty members had three premier journal publications, a difficult and impressive achievement.
William Hardin
Monica Chiarini Tremblay
Debra VanderMeer
Service
Dean Klock also recognized one faculty member from each department for his or her outstanding contributions in 2010-2011 to the college, FIU and the community.
Decision Sciences and Information Systems—Monica Chiarini Tremblay
School of Accounting—Antoinette Smith
Finance—Arun Prakash
Management—William Newburry
Marketing—Bruce Seaton
