Tobin Faculty Awarded Dean’s Awards
The Dean’s Award for Research has been given to several faculty members at the Tobin College of Business. The recipients for the Dean’s Award for Research are as follows:
Dr. Mikael Bergbrant from Tobin, along with Dr. Kaysia Campbell of East Carolina University and Dr. Delroy Hunter of the University of South Florida for their co-authored Financial Management article titled, “Firm-Level Competition and Exchange Rate Exposure: Evidence from a Global Survey of Firms.” Dr. Bergbrant used survey data from 55 countries to determine the effect of competition on exchange rate exposure.
Dr. Vincent Shea of the Tobin College of Business, Dr. Kevin E. Dow of Nottingham University Business School in Ningbo, China and Dr. Marcia Weidenmier Watson of Mississippi State University for their co-authored “Understanding the Links Between Audit Risks and Audit Steps: The Case of Procurement Cards” which appeared in the 2013 Issues in Accounting Education. The original manuscript was awarded the AAA Information Systems Section’s Best Case Award in 2011.
Dr. Abraham Stefanidis of the Tobin College of Business, Dr. Moshe Banai of Baruch College, CUNY, Dr. Ana Shetach of Technion Israel Institute of Technology, and Dr. Mehmet Ferhat Özbek of Gümüshane University, for their article in the Journal of Business Ethics, “Attitudes Toward Ethically Questionable Negotiation Tactics: A Two-Country Study.” The article investigated the influence various factors on employees’ attitudes toward ethically questionable negotiation tactics in Israel and Kyrgyzstan.
Drs. Nina Dorata and Cynthia Phillips, both from tobin, article “School District Governance Structures and Fiscal Outcomes: Is School-District Leadership Entrenched?” The article has been accepted for publication in the Journal of Public Budgeting, Accounting and Financial Management. This paper is the second in a series of projects by these two faculty members on school-district finances and governance.
Other award recipients included Dr. Terese Pactwa and Dr. Leonora Fuxman, who both received Dean’s Awards for Teaching, based on their outstanding dedication to the students.
The Dean’s Awards for were awarded to Dr. Nina Dorata for her work with the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance program and to Dr. Benjamin Silliman for his ongoing work leading seminars.
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