The 2019 Foster Awards: recognizing extraordinary faculty and staff achievement

Announcing The Fosters for 2019: a collection of awards honoring the best and brightest achievements during the past academic year by faculty and staff at the University of Washington Foster School of Business.

Foster School Faculty/Staff Excellence Awards

PACCAR Award for Excellence in Teaching – Crystal Farh
Dan Siegel Award for Service – Thomas Gilbert
Charles E. Summer Memorial Teaching Award – Lance Young
Lex N. Gamble Family Award for Excellence in Case Development & Curriculum Innovation – Tracey Seslen and Stephen Siegel
William A. & Helen I. Fowler Endowment for Special Achievement in Accounting – Asher Curtis and Stephanie Grant
Pacific Coast Banking School Dean’s Leadership Awards – Amber Turner, Sara Jones, Dan Turner and Steven Hatting
Dean’s Award for Excellence in Graduate Teaching – Michael Johnson, Sarah McVay and Natalie Mizik
Dean’s Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching – Leta Beard and Phil Quinn
Dean’s Award for Excellence in Faculty Research – Kamran Moinzadeh and Jeff Shulman

Graduate Programs Recognitions

Full-Time MBA Professors of the Year – Jennifer Koski (Class of 2019), Thomas Gilbert (Class of 2020)
Full-Time MBA Professors of the Quarter (Autumn 2018) – Jennifer Koski (Class of 2019), Thomas Gilbert (Class of 2020)
Full-Time MBA Professors of the Quarter (Winter 2019) – Stephen Siegel and Tiona Zuzul (Class of 2019), Foad Iravani (Class of 2020)
Full-Time MBA Professors of the Quarter (Spring 2019) – Lance Young (Class of 2019), Mark Hillier (Class of 2020)

Evening MBA Elective Professor of the Year (Class of 2019) – Lance Young
Evening MBA Core Professor of the Year (Class of 2020) – David Sirmon
Evening MBA Core Professor of the Year (Class of 2021) – Weili Ge
Evening MBA Service Award – Crystal Farh

EMBA Robert M. Bowen Excellence in Teaching (Regional 35) – Michael Johnson and Dawn Matsumoto
EMBA Robert M. Bowen Excellence in Teaching (North America 20) – Michael Johnson and Dawn Matsumoto

TMMBA Excellence in Teaching (Monday Section) – Issariya Sirichakwal
TMMBA Excellence in Teaching (Wednesday Section) – Issariya Sirichakwal
TMMBA Professor of the Quarter (Summer 2018) – Debra Glassman
TMMBA Professors of the Quarter (Autumn 2018) – Issariya Sirichakwal and Sarah Shaikh (Class 18), Scott Reynolds (Class 19)
TMMBA Professors of the Quarter (Winter 2019) – Ben Hallen (Class 18), Sarah McVay (Class 19)
TMMBA Professors of the Quarter (Spring 2019) – Michael Johnson (Class 18), Lance Young (Class 19)

Hybrid MBA Faculty of the Quarter (Autumn 2017) – Frank Hodge (Class 19)
Hybrid MBA Faculty of the Quarter (Winter 2018) – Kevin Steensma (Class 19)
Hybrid MBA Faculty of the Quarter (Spring 2018) – Lance Young (Class 19)
Hybrid MBA Faculty of the Quarter (Autumn 2018) – Frank Hodge (Class 20)
Hybrid MBA Faculty of the Quarter (Winter 2019) – Alexis Leon (Class 20)

EDP Excellence in Teaching Award – Pat Bettin

GEMBA Excellence in Teaching Award – Mark Hillier

MSCM Excellence in Teaching Award – Hamed Mamani and Issariya Sirichakwal

MS Entre Excellence in Teaching Award – Elizabeth Umphress
MS Entre Faculty of the Quarter (Summer 2018) – Suresh Kotha
MS Entre Faculty of the Quarter (Autumn 2018) – Dianne Legg
MS Entre Faculty of the Quarter (Winter 2019) – Kevin Boeh
MS Entre Faculty of the Quarter (Spring 2019) – Ben Hallen

Undergraduate Program Recognitions

Undergraduate Faculty of the Year:
Accounting – Crystal Finkelstein
Finance & Business Economics – Avi Kamara
Information Systems & Operations Management – Hamed Mamani
Management & Entrepreneurship – Kira Schabram
Marketing & International Business – Lee Hochberg

Career Services Faculty Partner of the Year – Tracey Seslen
New Faculty of the Year – Yang Song

Staff Recognitions

Staff Excellence Award – Lindsey Bain McCorkle, Natalie Chan, Theresa Maloney and Wil Tutol
Emerging Leader Award – Andrea Pesola
Undergraduate Staff of the Year – Zach McKinlay

Faculty Promotions

Jennifer Koski – Professor of Finance
Hamed Mamani – Professor of Operations Management
Amin Sayedi – Associate Professor of Marketing (with tenure)
Debra Glassman – Principal Lecturer of Business Economics
Elizabeth Weber – Senior Lecturer of Accounting