The Fogelman College affords its professors several award programs and chances for promotion.  The Suzanne Downs Palmer Professorships Program, through the generosity of Fogelman College alumnus Dan Palmer, recognizes outstanding individual faculty contributions to achieving the mission of the Fogelman College in the categories of Teaching, Research, and Service.  The annual best paper judging recognizes the success of College faculty members when they have made significant research contributions to their discipline.  And, of course, professors can be promoted and awarded tenure at appropriate career junctures.  See this year’s award winners and those promoted in this article.

Palmer Professorships

The Suzanne Downs Palmer Professorships Program, through the generosity of Fogelman College alumnus Dan Palmer, recognizes outstanding individual faculty contributions to achieving the mission of the Fogelman College in the categories of Teaching, Research, and Service.  This year’s award winners with their citations are:

Research Category:
     Dr. Cyril Chang, Professor of Economics
     Dr. C.S. Pyun, Professor of Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate
           
Teaching Category:
     Prof. Judith Brown, Assistant Professor of Management Information Systems

Service Category:
     Dr. Julia Heath, Professor of Economics

L to R: C.S. Pyun, Judith Brown, Julia Heath, Cyril Chang

Best Paper Awards

During the spring semester of each academic year, the Fogelman College invites its faculty members to submit papers that have been published in the preceding calendar year for the annual best paper competition. The purpose of the annual best paper competition is to recognize the success of College faculty members when they have made significant research contributions to their discipline.  This year’s award winners are:

Empirical Category:
1st Place, Dr. Chen Zhang, Assistant Professor of Management Information Systems,  “Emergence of New Project Teams from Open Source Software Developer Networks: Impact of Prior Collaboration Ties,” Information Systems Research, Vol.,19, No. 3, September 2008.  (co-authors: Jungpil Hahn and Jae Yun Moon.)

2nd Place, Dr. Robin S. Poston, Associate Professor of Management Information Systems,  “Understanding the Determinants of Service Channel Preference in the Early Stages of Adoption: A Social Cognitive Perspective on Online Brokerage Services,” Decision Sciences, Vol. 39, No. 4, November 2008.  (co-authors: Clayton Arlen Looney and Asli Yagmur Akbulut,.)

Conceptual/Theoretical Category
1st Place, Dr. Tina Wakolbinger, Assistant Professor of Marketing and Supply Chain Management , “Multiperiod Effects of Corporate Social Responsibility on Supply Chain Networks, Transaction Costs, Emissions, and Risk,” International Journal of Production Economics, Vol. 116, 2008.  (co-author: Jose M. Cruz.)

2nd Place Dr. Pinaki Bose, “Corruption, Centralization, and the Shadow Economy,” Southern Economic Journal, Vol. 75, No. 2, 2008.  (co-author: Luciana Echazu.)

L to R: Chen Zhang and Tina Wakolbinger	L to R: Robin Poston and Pinaki Bose

Faculty Promotions and Award of Tenure

The Fogelman College’s newly promoted and tenured faculty members for 2008-2009 are:

Dr. Carolyn Callahan, Distinguished Professor of Accountancy and Director of the School of Accountancy
     Award of Tenure

Dr. Robin Poston, Department of Management Information Systems,
     Award of Tenure and Promotion to Associate Professor

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