Faculty Awards

At the recent Kennesaw State University awards ceremony, Coles College of Business faculty came up with the largest tally of awards. This included:

KSU Distinguished Scholarship and Creative Activity Award- Prof. Lucy Ackert, Dept. of Economics, Finance and Quantitative Analysis. Prof. Ackert is among the top twenty women finance researchers worldwide and has received many awards for her numerous publications in the highest ranked journals in finance and economics. She is a leading scholar in the area of Experimental Finance.

KSU Professional Service Award- Prof. Hope Baker, Dept. of Economics, Finance and Quantitative Analysis. Prof. Baker has provided years of leadership and applied scholarship in Assurance of Learning at the Coles College. She has also been a recipient of the Southeast Decision Science Institute ’s service award for her work in various executive capacities.

Foundation Prize for Publications or Creative activity- Prof. Brett Katzman,  Dept. of Economics, Finance and Quantitative Analysis. Prof Katzman’s research on Medicare Auctions was published in the Southern Economics Journal and also received the Southern Economics Association’s prestigious Roegen award.

New Course Development Award- Prof. Elke Leeds, School of Accountancy for her work in developing outstanding courses for the Web MBA.

In addition, Coles faculty were finalists in many of the award categories. 

Dana Hermanson The American Accounting Association (AAA) is pleased to congratulate Dana R. Hermanson, recipient of the Issues in Accounting Education Best Paper Award for his paper, “What I Have Learned So Far: Observations on Managing an Academic Accounting Career.” Read More Here

Dr. Kathryn Epps received the "Exemplary Service for Advancing Diversity in the Accounting Profession" Award from the American Accounting Association and was voted as President-Elect of the Diversity Section of the American Accounting Association.

Dr. Joe Astrachan received the International Award from the Family Firm Institute for outstanding achievement in furthering the understanding of family business issues which occur between two or more countries. 

Dr. Elke Leeds of the Coles College and Elena Kashtanova from Anhalt University of Applied Sciences, won the Tommy & Beth Hoder award for developing a team-taught course on International Communications.

Distinctions

Congratulations to Satya Chakravorty
Dr. Satya Chakravortys' paper, "Why Process Improvement Programs Fail" has been accepted by MIT Sloan Management Review (MIT SMR) for publication in a section of The Wall Street Journal called Business Insight, a highly selective lineup of scholarly management articles which the MIT Sloan Management Review (MIT SMR) co-produces with WSJ editors every other month. Business Insight reaches more than 2 million readers.

Congratulations to Govind Hariharan
His article, "Risk Tolerance and Asset Allocation for Investors Nearing Retirement", was ranked in the top ten most cited articles in Financial Services Review. This is quite an honor and a tribute to the impact of Govind's work.

Faculty Ambassadors of the Coles Mission

Dr. James G. Tompkins of the Coles College of Business recently served as a Corporate Governance expert witness on the Enron case. His work not only was critical to the case but enhanced his classroom and applied scholarship.

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