Faculty & Staff Highlights

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  Marketing Professors Publish Article in AMS Review

  Jeffrey Carlson, assistant professor of marketing, and Adam Marquardt, associate professor of marketing, along with Bill Ross and Robin Coulter from the University of Connecticut, published an article ("About time in marketing: an assessment of the study of time and conceptual framework") in the Academy of Marketing Science Review, 2019, Vol 9, Issue 3/4.

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  Professor of Finance Recognized with Lifetime Achievement Award

  Jerry Stevens was recognized by the Financial Education Association (FEA) and Academy of Business Education with a lifetime achievement award in financial education. The FEA sponsors the oldest and best known journal in financial education, the Journal of Financial Education. Stevens has long served these groups in a wide variety of roles.

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  Violet Ho Named 2019 Distinguished Educator

  Violet Ho, professor of management, was named a 2019 Distinguished Educator. This distinction honors outstanding contributions to excellence in education by University faculty.

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  Alexander Persaud wins best paper in Journal of Economic History

  Alexander Persaud, assistant professor of economics, won the research prize for best paper at the annual Economic History Association conference. The Arthur H. Cole Prize is awarded annually by the Editorial Board of the Journal of Economic History for the best article in the previous year’s volume of the Journal.

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  Tom Cosse appointed to the EQUAA International Peer Review Team EQUAA (Education Quality Accreditation Agency) is a non-profit, non-governmental organization base in Lima, Peru.  It is an international accreditor focused on increasing the academic quality of the business programs of schools, institutes, careers, colleges, universities and other educational units of Latin America and the world. 
• Robins School named in Money Magazine's Top 10

  Money Magazine named the Robins School #6 in its ranking of best colleges for business majors for the second year in a row.

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  Ashley Austin awarded research award by American Institute of CPAs

  Assistant professor of accounting focuses research on blockchain technology.

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  International Programs Associate Dean named to IES Abroad Curriculum Committee

  Tom Cosse will serve a three-year term for the Institute for the International Education of Students Abroad Curriculum Committee, which reviews all of the syllabi that are taught by IES faculty around the world. 

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  Accounting Professor awarded Foundation for Audit Research Grant

  Marshall Geiger, CSX Chair in Management and Accounting, was awarded a grant from the Foundation for Audit Research in the Netherlands to review the global academic literature on auditor reporting on financially distressed companies in order to identify best practices and areas in need of further research.

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  Governor's Administration Appointee Nancy Bagranoff, dean of the Robins School, was named to Governor Northam's Advisory Council on Revenue Estimates.