Faculty Awards - Previous Years

Madison Scholar Award

One individual from each college is nominated by colleagues. Award winners exemplify excellence in scholarly achievement in their respective disciplines. Winners present a lecture on their area of expertise during the academic year.

• 2023 recipient: Adam Vanhove, Associate Professor and Advisor, School of Strategic Leadership Studies
• 2022 recipient: Marshall Pattie, Professor, Business Management
• 2021 recipient: Vipul Bhatt, Economics
• 2020 recipient: Mikihiro Sato, Sport and Recreation Management

Distinguished Teacher Award

Award established to honor faculty members annually for exemplary teaching. Each year, the university presents the award to one faculty member in each college. 

• 2023 recipient: James Irving, Associate Professor, Accounting; Keiter Faculty Scholar
• 2022 recipient: Luis Novoa, Assistant Professor, Computer Information Systems and Business Analytics
• 2021 recipient: Bud Clarke, Director and Professor, International Business; Professor, Marketing
• 2020 recipient: Carl Larsson, Finance and Business Law 

Distinguished Service Award

Individual is recognized for outstanding “local” service. This might involve service to the College of Business, JMU and/or the Harrisonburg/Rockingham area.

• 2023 recipient: Julia Wallace Carr, Professor, Hart School of Hospitality, Sport & Recreation Management
• 2022 recipient: Susan Palocsay, Professor, Computer Information Systems and Business Analytics
• 2021 recipient: Nancy Nichols, Director, M.S. in accounting program
• 2020 recipient: Ina Markham, Computer Information Systems

Dr. Otto C. Brenner Memorial Award

Individual is chosen for outstanding teaching by juniors and seniors in the College of Business at the end of each academic year. Award is in honor of Dr. Otto C. Brenner, who won the award for Outstanding Undergraduate Professor more times than any other professor in the history of the College of Business.

• 2023 recipient: Richard Tate, Director, Center for Professional Sales; Lecturer, Marketing 
• 2022 recipient: Elias Semaan, Professor, Finance and Business Law
• 2021 recipient: James Irving, Accounting
• 2020 recipient: Eugene McCarthy, Business Law

Accenture Professional Service Award

Individual is recognized for service to the profession or discipline. This can include service associated with professional associations, journals or similar activities. 

• 2023 recipient: Margaret Sloan, Director and Professor, School of Strategic Leadership Studies
• 2022 recipient: Mert Tokman, Professor, Marketing and MBA Programs
• 2021 recipient: David Shonk, Sport and Recreation Management 
• 2020 recipient: Irana Scott, Accounting

Kenneth R. Bartee Award for Teaching Innovation

Individual is recognized for innovation in curriculum development and/or assessment of learning activities.

• 2023 recipient: Baback Vaziri, Associate Professor, Computer Information Systems & Business Analytics; MBA Program
• 2022 recipient: William “Bill” Ritchie, Professor, Business Management
• 2021 recipient: Kristin Fink, Finance
• 2020 recipient: Vipul Bhatt, Economics

MBA Graduate Teaching Award

Individual is recognized for outstanding teaching and/or service to the MBA Program. 

• 2023 recipient: Irana Scott, Associate Professor, Accounting and MBA Program; RFC Faculty Scholar
• 2022 recipient: Fariss Mousa, Professor, Business Management
• 2021 recipient: Mert Tokman, Marketing and MBA program
• 2020 recipient: Wilson Liu, Finance and Business Law

Professional Staff Service Award

Individual is recognized for outstanding work in support of the JMU College of Business.

• 2023 recipient: Amy Smith, Administrative Assistant, Economics and International Business
• 2022 recipient: Katrina Spickler, Fiscal Technician, Dean's Office
• 2021 recipients: Judy Onestak, Administrative Assistant, Dean's Office; Sara Hodges, Hart School
• 2020 recipients: Kristen Herring, Building Manager, Dean's Office; Dave Jones, Lecturer, Computer Information Systems and Business Analytics; Technology Coordinator

Administrative and Professional Faculty Service Award

Individual is recognized for outstanding work in support of the JMU College of Business.

• 2023 recipient: Emilie Bradshaw, Academic Advisor for Marketing, Advising and Support Center 
• 2022 recipient: Carolyn "Carrie" Wood, Director of Marketing and Communications, Dean's Office
• 2020 recipient: Samantha Collier, Director, Office of Professional Development and Engagement

Basic or Discovery Publication Award

This award celebrates the generation and communication of new knowledge and understanding and/or development of new methods, often referred to as discipline-based scholarship. Intellectual contributions in this category are normally intended to impact thetheory, knowledge, and/or practice of business and management.

• 2023 recipients:
  • 1st Place: Sergiy Dmytriyev, Assistant Professor, Business Management and MBA Program
  • 2nd Place: Charlene Kalenkoski, Academic Unit Head and Professor, Economics
  • 3rd Place: Raktim Pal, Professor, Computer Information Systems and Business Analytics and MBA Program
• 2022 recipients:
  • 1st place: Sergiy Dmytriyev, Business Management
  • 2nd place: Corbin Fox, Finance
  • 3rd place: Matthew Reidenbach, Accounting
• 2021 recipients:
  • 1st place: Chengqi (John) Guo, Computer Information Systems
  • 2nd place: Janna Parker, Marketing
  • 3rd place: Raktim Pal, Computer Information Systems
• 2020 recipients:
  • 1st place: Vipul Bhatt, Economics
  • 2nd place: Amy Connolly, Computer Information Systems; MBA Program
  • 3rd place: Nicole Wright, Accounting

Applied or Integration/Application Publication Award

This award recognizes scholarship that synthesizes new understandings or interpretations of knowledge or technology; develops new technologies, processes, tools or uses; and/or refines, develops or advances new methods based on existing knowledge. Intellectual contributions in this category are normally intended to contribute to and impact the practice of business and management.

• 2023 recipients
  • 1st Place: Jason Fink, Professor, Finance; Wallace Chandler/Universal Corporation Eminent Scholars Professorship in Banking, and Kristin Fink, Professor, Finance
  • 2nd Place: William Ritchie, Professor and CSX Professor, Business Management, and Eric Stark, Associate Professor, Business Management and MBA Program
  • 3rd Place: Ping Wang, Professor, Computer Information Systems and Business Analytics, and Raktim Pal, Professor, Computer Information Systems and Business Analytics and MBA Program
• 2022 recipients:
  • 1st place: Kelly Naletelich, Marketing
  • 2nd place: Ping Wang, Computer Information Systems and Business Analytics; Raktim Pal, Computer Information Systems and Business Analytics
• 2021 recipients:
  • 1st place: Michel Mitri, Computer Information Systems
  • 2nd place: Fariss Mousa, Management; Jaideep Chowdhury, Finance; Scott Gallagher, Associate Dean
  • 3rd place: Marshall Pattie, Management
• 2020 recipient: Laura Leduc, Academic Unit Head, Management

Teaching and Learning Publication Award

This individual develops and advances new understandings, insights and teaching content and methods that impact learning behavior. Intellectual contributions in this category are normally intended to impact the teaching and/or pedagogy of business and management.

• 2023 recipients
  • 1st Place: Janna Parker, Associate Professor, Marketing
  • 2nd Place: Carl Larsson, Associate Professor, Finance; Blue Ridge Bank Faculty Fellow, and William Ritchie, Professor and CSX Professor, Business Management
  • 3rd Place: Baback Vaziri, Associate Professor, Computer Information Systems and Business Analytics and MBA Program, and Luis Novoa, Assistant Professor, Computer Information Systems and Business Analytics and MBA Program, and Elham Torabi, Associate Professor, Computer Information Systems and Business Analytics
• 2022 recipients:
  • 1st place: Laura Leduc, Business Management; Matthew Rutherford, Business Management; Director of MBA Programs
  • 2nd place: Dmytro Babik, Computer Information Systems & Business Analytics; Diane Lending, Computer Information Systems & Business Analytics
• 2021 recipients:
  • 1st Place: William Faranda, Marketing; Theresa Clarke, Academic Unit Head, Marketing; Bud Clarke, Marketing
  • 2nd Place: Benjamin Selznick, Strategic Leadership Studies
  • 3rd Place: Susan Palocsay, Computer Information Systems; Scott Stevens, Computer Information Systems; Luis Novoa, Computer Information Systems
• 2020 recipient: David Hayes, Accounting