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2009 Ph.D. teaching and dissertation awards announced

Thursday, June 11, 2009


The School of Business doctoral program has announced the spring teaching and dissertation awards. This year, Ph.D. students published more than ten articles in major business journals and traveled to fourteen conferences or universities to present their research. In addition to having their work published, many doctoral students received dissertation or teaching awards.

The John O. Tollefson Teaching Award, which includes a $750 prize, went to Ze Wang, from Beijing, China, and Math Luth, from Kansas City, Missouri. To qualify for the award, Ph.D. students have to serve as graduate teaching assistants for at least two of the past three semesters, make progress towards their degree completion, and be recommended by their faculty advisors.

Wang also received the Holmes Teaching Excellence award, in the amount of $4050, based on teaching evaluations, academic performance, and progress toward degree completion. The award was made possible by a gift from School of Business graduate Wendell Holmes.

Shane Moser of Olathe received the Constance B. Ducey teaching award. This award comes with a $500 prize and recognizes outstanding teaching by a doctoral student. Selection is based on teaching evaluations, good progress toward the degree, and recommendation from the student's faculty advisor. Moser also received a School of Business Dissertation Fellowship, along with Ying Huang of Wuhan, Hubei China, and Sunita Rao of New Delhi, India. Dissertation Fellowships are awarded in the amount of $7500.

Qian Want of Wuhan, Hubei China received the Max E. Fessler Dissertation Award in the amount of $500. This award is a gift from Margaret Fessler and Sally K. Fessler for Max Fessler, a former School of Business professor. Criteria for this award include academic progress and the potential quality for the doctoral dissertation research.

Alex Martynov of Perm, Russia received the John O. Tollefson Best Paper Award, which includes a $500 monetary prize. Martynov submitted his paper, "Agents or stewards? Linking managerial behavior and moral development," to be published in the Journal of Business Ethics.

The Ph.D. program offers concentrations in Accounting, Information Systems, Finance, Marketing, Decision Sciences, Human Resources Management, Organizational Behavior, and Strategic Management. The small size of the School of Business doctoral program makes individualized attention possible. The mission of the Ph.D. program is to develop effective teachers and proficient researchers, well-educated in substance and methods of business research and capable of pursuing successful careers in academia or business.



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