The Poole College of Management recognized extraordinary faculty this spring with college and university awards. Meet the nominees and recipients.
Poole College Awards
Teaching Excellence Award

- Marianne Bradford, professor of accounting
- Melissa Hart, senior lecturer in finance (recipient)
- Leigh Shamblin, director of leadership and professor of practice, MIE (recipient)
- Thayer Morrill, professor of economics
Research Leadership Award

- Nathan Goldman, associate professor of accounting (recipient)
- Sebastian Heese, Owens Distinguished Professor of Supply Chain Management
- Luca David Opromolla, Owens Distinguished Professor of International Economics
- Rishika Rishika, associate professor of marketing
- Tom Zagenczyk, professor of management
Research Impact Award

- Bruce Branson, professor of accounting and associate director of Enterprise Risk Management Initiative
- Heather Dretsch, assistant professor of marketing
- Ayse Dur, assistant professor of economics
- Rob Handfield, Bank of America University Distinguished Professor of Operations and Supply Chain Management and executive director of Supply Chain Resource Cooperative (recipient)
- Brad Kirkman, General (Ret.) H. Hugh Shelton Distinguished Professor of Leadership
Dean’s Award for Excellence in Teaching and Advising

- Jay Arrington, director of admissions (recipient)
- Scott Showalter, director of Master of Accounting program and professor of practice in accounting (recipient)
Poole Student Advisory Board Outstanding Faculty Award Recipient

- Tom Byrnes, senior lecturer in marketing (recipient)
Teaching Fellows

- Bruce Branson, professor of accounting and associate director of Enterprise Risk Management Initiative (recipient)
- David Henard, professor of marketing
- Jessica Thomas, director of Business Sustainability Collaborative and associate professor of practice
- Melinda Morrill, professor of economics and director of graduate programs in economics
University Awards
University Faculty Scholars

- Nathan Goldman, associate professor of accounting (recipient)
- Elena Kulchina, associate professor of strategic management
Outstanding Teacher Awards

- Christina Lewellen, associate professor of accounting (recipient)
- Tom Byrnes, senior lecturer in marketing
Provost’s Award for Excellence in Teaching

- Scott Showalter, professor of practice in accounting (nominee)
Board of Governors Award for Excellence in Teaching

- Mark Beasley, Alan T. Dickson Distinguished Professor of Accounting (nominee)
This post was originally published in Poole College of Management News.
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