Foster Department of Management and Organization ranked #4 in the nation for research productivity
The University of Washington Foster School of Business has the #4 most productive management research faculty in the nation, based in its publication record over... Read More
Alicia DeSantola named one of Poets & Quants’ Top 50 Undergraduate Business Professors
Alicia DeSantola, an assistant professor of management and organization at the University of Washington Foster School of Business, has been named one of the world’s... Read More
Foster ranked #10 in the world for accounting research, #2 for financial accounting
The annual BYU Accounting Rankings list the University of Washington Foster School of Business at #10 in the world (#8 in the United States) for... Read More
Jai-Anana Elliott: the Foster School’s “Transformer of the Century”
Jai-Anana Elliott, who led diversity and recruitment efforts for many years at the UW Foster School of Business, won the 2010 UW Vice President for Minority Affairs... Read More
Nancy Jacob: the Foster School’s “Trailblazer of the Century”
When she was named the ninth dean of the UW School of Business Administration in 1981, Nancy Jacob (BA 1967) became the first woman to... Read More
Theresa McMahon: the Foster School’s “Activist of the Century”
Having joined the UW as a professor of economics in 1911, Theresa Schmid McMahon became the first women to serve on faculty of the College... Read More
Ruth Grant Pearson: foundational faculty, incidental historian
Ruth Grant Pearson (BA 1925, MBA 1928) wasn’t the first woman to serve on the faculty of the UW College of Economics and Business Administration... Read More
Yong Tan is #1, Foster #5 in global ranking of information systems research
When it comes to information systems research, Yong Tan is #1 on the planet. Tan, the Michael G. Foster Endowed Professor of Information Systems at... Read More
Yingfei Wang receives Amazon Research Award for online advertising work
Yingfei Wang, an assistant professor of information systems at the University of Washington Foster School of Business, has received a prestigious—and prodigious—Amazon Research Award. Amazon... Read More
Honor Roll: Foster faculty recognized for outstanding achievements in 2021
Faculty of the UW Foster School of Business have earned numerous awards, accolades and appointments for excellence in research, teaching and leadership in 2021. Here... Read More