Faculty Awards

SBA faculty are regularly recognized for their outstanding achievements at the School of Business and professionally.

Faculty Dual Excellence Award

Steve Conroy was recognized for varied and insightful work, including a paper in the Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics discussing the premium paid for top-tier coastal property, and a Journal of Business Ethics paper on ethical attitudes of accounting professionals.  Professor Conroy had four course preparations during the course of the academic year, one of which was entirely new – Economic Development of Latin America; he took students to Mexico, and taught an innovative Microfinance course.  

Johan Perols received this award in recognition for research published in Management Science, Journal of Computer Information Systems, and Auditing: A Journal of Practice & Theory, as well as two best-paper awards.  In addition, Professor Perol’s courses, including Accounting Information Systems, are rigorous, relevant, and extremely well-received. 

Senior Faculty Research Award

Simon Croom was recognized for the impact his research has had on the academic community.  His paper, Supply Chain Management:  An Analytical Framework for Critical Literature Review, has nearly 400 citations; His paper on the impact of web-based procurement has 140 citations, and several other papers have more than 50 citations each. 

Bob Johnson had four papers accepted for publication or published in academic journals over the course of the year.  His research examines global issues, and in particular global integration and its interaction with equity markets.  His interesting work is supportive of the mission to create a global mindset at the School of Business Administration.

Junior Faculty Research Award

Alyson Ma was recognized for her innovative research on the effect that the United States’ trade relationship with China has on trade with Mexico, which has led to two invited briefs on the effect of the global recession in China.  Professor Ma also published research on Global Production Networks and China’s Processing Trade in the Journal of Asian Economics, and is developing a reputation for expertise on these topics in global economics.

Kenny Bates received this award in recognition of his consumer behavior research.  His paper on consumer responses to nutrition information on menus was published in the Journal of Consumer Research, and his paper on Gender and Motivation Moderators of the Effects of Calorie and Nutrient Information in Journal of Consumer Affairs contributed significantly to knowledge in his field. 

Faculty Service Award

Alan Gin received this award for his outstanding service to the business school, the university, and to the San Diego community.  Professor Gin goes above and beyond with his willingness to grant interview requests, write opinion pieces, and inform business and government in the region with his index of leading economic indicators.  He performed his duties as president of USD’s Faculty Senate with grace and rigor.  He has also served on the Advisory Board of the Asian Business Association and the Hong Kong Association of San Diego. 

Chuck Teplitz was recognized for his many contributions to the school.  In addition to his duties as Chair of the OSIM area, he have served as a journal reviewer, participated on the Faculty Senate, served on the MS-SCM and MSGL Advisory Boards, and played a leading role on the MBA Curriculum Review Task Force.  In addition, he readily agreed to serve on the Strategy Monitoring Committee and worked hard to develop an innovative approach to training students in complex problem solving. 

Dirk Yandell has served the school and university in many ways beyond his responsibilities as Chair of the Economics / Real Estate area.  He served on the MSGL Executive Committee and the University Professorship Committee, and participated in USD seminars on Catholic identity and TEC brownbag lunch discussions.  Professor Yandell’s longstanding service and leadership on the ARRT Committee also contributed to his selection for the Faculty Service Award. 

2011 Graduate Faculty Teaching Awards

Professor of the Year Award
This annual award is given by the May graduating class of the MBA and IMBA students to the School of Business Administration professor who had the greatest positive impact on their overall graduate experience at USD. Each year, the professor that is selected will be announced at the graduation celebration in May.

The recipient of the 2011 Professor of Impact Award was Craig Barkacs, J.D./MBA, professor of Business Law. Upon attaining his J.D./MBA, Professor Barkacs embarked on an exciting and illustrious career spanning the legal profession, the business world, and academia. As an attorney who often represented the underdog in high-profile civil and business litigation cases, he and his law partner wife, Linda, consistently achieved outstanding results litigating opposite some of the largest and most powerful law firms in the country. As an educator, Professor Barkacs has designed and taught numerous courses on negotiation, corporate social responsibility, ethics, law, and international business, and has published extensively in those disciplines. He has been very active in teaching in USD’s study abroad programs, and in the numerous graduate programs in the School of Business at the University of San Diego. In addition, he is often sought out by the media to provide commentary on business, legal, ethical, and political issues. As a way of connecting with the broader business community and as a way of keeping his skills honed and relevant, Professor Barkacs and his wife are principals in The Barkacs Group (www.tbgexecutivetraining.com), a business consulting firm that provides negotiation and ethics training for the private sector.

Professor Barkacs has won many awards for his research and publications and has been awarded a prestigious University Professorship by USD for outstanding career achievement in teaching, scholarship and service (the highest award given to an actively teaching professor).

Professor of Impact Award
Each year, the Graduate Business Student Association (GBSA) presents a "Professor of the Year Award." This award helps to recognize a USD Graduate School of Business Administration educator whose dedication to teaching over the last year has added great value to the experience of the students and has proved exceptional in their role as a professor.

The 2010-2011 Professor of the Year award went to Barbara Lougee, Ph.D., assistant professor of accounting. She joined USD in the fall 2007. She has received numerous awards for research and teaching excellence. She received her PhD, MBA, and MS from Cornell University and her BA in Geology from Colgate University. Her principal areas of expertise are financial statement analysis, financial reporting, and interactive reporting (XBRL). Dr. Lougee has published in the disciplines of accounting, finance, and corporate social responsibility, and teaches the core financial accounting course and the financial statement analysis elective in the MBA programs. These courses draw upon her work at Morgan Stanley and teach students to scrutinize corporate financial statements to determine how firms manage earnings and hide losses or debt and also how to detect warning signs that their investments may be in jeopardy. Dr. Lougee’s consulting work for the Financial Accounting Standards Board on the XBRL Project keeps her abreast of current financial reporting practice.

Previous Award Recipients:

Professor of the Year
2009-2010 Marko Svetina, Ph.D., assistant professor of finance

2008-2009 Barbara Lougee, Ph.D., assistant professor of accountancy

2007-2008 Tom Dalton, Ph.D., professor of accountancy

2006-2007 Dirk Yandell, Ph.D., professor of economics

Professor of Impact
2010 Carsten Zimmermann, Ph.D., assistant professor of strategic management

2009 Carsten Zimmermann, Ph.D., assistant professor of strategic management

2008 Dirk Yandell, Ph.D., professor of economics

2007 Dennis Zocco, Ph.D., professor of finance

IMBA Cohort Recognized Professor
2009 Marko Svetina, Ph.D., assistant professor of finance

2008 Tom Dalton, Ph.D., professor of accountancy

2007 Denise Dimon, Ph.D., professor of economics and international business

2006 Manzur Rahman, Ph.D., professor of finance

MBA Cohort Recognized Professor
2009 Dirk Yandell, Ph.D., professor of economics

2008 Stephen Conroy, Ph.D., associate professor of economics

2007 Thomas Dalton, Ph.D., professor of accountancy

2006 Dirk Yandell, Ph.D., professor of economics

2008 Undergraduate Teaching Awards

Outstanding Undergraduate Business Education Award
The Outstanding Undergraduate Business Education Award is an annual award given to a faculty member who delivers relevant, rigorous, and complete course content, provides for significant opportunities for individualized student learning, links theory to realworld applications, and provides learning that is in concert with the goals and mission of the university. Linda L. Barkacs, J.D., assistant professor of business law, is the 2008 recipient of the Outstanding Undergraduate Business Education Award. Barkacs’ primary undergraduate classes include Business Law and Negotiation.

Innovative Undergraduate Business Education Award
The Innovative Undergraduate Business Education Award is given to a faculty member who has introduced a new teaching practice or method shown to improve the current practice of teaching. Dirk Yandell, Ph.D., professor of economics, is the 2008 award recipient.

Professor of the Year
USD's Senior Class of 2008 recognized professor Linda Barkacs, J.D., as Professor of the Year for the School of Business Administration. This award was presented to Barkacs in May, 2008 at USD's 26th Annual Senior Banquet.

Previous Award Recipients

2007 Outstanding Undergraduate Business Education Award
Stephen Conroy, Ph.D., associate professor of economics

2007 Innovative Undergraduate Business Education Award
Scott Kunkel, Ph.D., associate professor of management

2007 Professor of the Year
Linda Barkacs, J.D., assistant professor of business law