Honor Roll: Foster faculty recognized for outstanding achievements

Agrawal, the consummate scholar and mentor, is honored by the nation’s leading marketing organization for the impact of her research publications and her tireless coaching and development of doctoral students and junior faculty at Foster.Read more about Nidhi

Avolio, the founding director of the Center for Leadership and Strategic Thinking, is the #18 most-cited researcher of all time—tied with Terry Mitchell—in the field of industrial and organizational psychology for his seminal work in authentic and transformational leadership development.Read more about Bruce

The longtime director of the Buerk Center for Entrepreneurship and catalyst of student and faculty entrepreneurs across campus earns the UW’s highest employee honor. Bourassa-Shaw is also a finalist for Geekwire’s “Geek of the Year.”Read more about Connie

Brogaard’s award-winning 2014 paper linking high-frequency trading with enhanced price discovery in the financial markets is one of the most-cited papers across all business disciplines—a key indicator of the study’s relevance and influence.Read more about Jonathan

Chen, Foster’s associate dean for faculty and academic affairs, is one of only 90 fellows elected this year by the nation’s largest organization of scientists, educators, clinicians, consultants and students in the field of psychology.Read more about Xiao-Ping

The west coast affiliate of the Academy of Management names Farh among a handful of young b-school scholars who have demonstrated an exemplary record of research, teaching and service—and even greater potential.Read more about Crystal

The essential MBA news site counts Gilbert—winner of Foster’s 2017 PACCAR Award for Excellence in Teaching, Charles E. Summer Memorial Teaching Award and Dan Siegel Award for Service—among the most inspiring, innovative and indelible business educators in the world today.Read more about Thomas

Hallen, the founding faculty director of the new MS in Entrepreneurship Program, has been recognized as one of the 40 best young MBA instructors in the world—by the world’s most influential MBA news site.Read more about Ben

Mitchell, a leading mind at Foster since 1969, is the #18 most-cited researcher of all time—tied with Bruce Avolio—in the field of industrial and organizational psychology for his formative research on leadership, motivation, decision making and employee turnover.Read more about Terry

The nation’s premier marketing organization recognizes Palmatier’s extraordinary publication record in the field’s most influential journals over the past decade. One of those papers—enhancing resource-based theory in marketing—was one of the most-cited across all business disciplines last year.Read more about Rob

Tan’s 2010 paper—decoding the dynamics of following friends versus the crowd in online reviews—is recognized for its impact over time by the flagship journal of the Institute for Operations Research and Management Sciences (INFORMS).Read more about Yong

Wagner is lauded for the impact of his paper, “Robust Policies and Information Asymmetry in Supply Chains with a Price-Only Contract,” in the flagship journal of the Institute of Industrial Engineers.Read more about Michael

Wee, a promising newcomer to the Foster faculty, receives highest recognition from the largest division of the premier management organization for his study closing the gap between idea generation and idea implementation.Read more about Elijah

Foster lands at #7 in the world, #6 in the U.S. and #1 among public universities in this index, a factor in the FT’s “2017 Global MBA Rankings,” based on the number of research papers published in the top 45 scholarly journals, representing every business discipline.Read more about Foster’s faculty

The annual index, tallied and published by Texas A&M University, finds Foster’s Department of Management & Organization third in North America in total contributions to the eight most influential management journals, trailing only the Universities of Pennsylvania (Wharton) and Michigan (Ross).Read more about Foster’s management faculty