2012–2013 New Faculty COLLEGE OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION Elina Ibrayeva Management. Ph.D., University of Nebraska–Lincoln, 1999; Ph.D., Kazakh National State University, 1989; B.A., Kazakh National State University, 1983. Area of focus: International organizational behavior. Representative publications: Coauthored, “Entrepreneurial Self-Efficacy in Central Asian Transition Economies: Quantitative and Qualitative Analyses,” Journal of International Business Studies, 37, 92-100, 2006; coauthored, “Environmental and psychological challenges facing entrepreneurial development in transitional economies,” Journal of World Business, 35 (1), 95-110, 2000. Representative grants: Management Training for University Instructors in Central Asian Countries, Eurasia Foundation ($175,000), 1996; Women’s Leadership Grant to Promote Women’s Grassroots Activities in Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan, USIA ($200,000),1998. Representative awards: The M. Scott Myers Award for Applied Research in the Workplace, The Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology (SIOP), 2005; Southwest Minnesota State University Honor Roll faculty award for excellence in teaching four years in a row, 1999-2002.
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Laurie Miller Economics. Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 2012. Area of focus: Labor economics. Representative publications: “Teams, Wages and Wage Dispersion,” International Journal of Manpower, forthcoming.
Scott Murray Finance. Ph.D., Baruch College, 2012; M.A., Columbia University, 2006; B.A., Swarthmore College, 2001. Area of focus: Empirical asset pricing. Representative publications: “Does RiskNeutral Skewness Predict the Cross-Section of Equity Option Portfolio Returns?” Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, forthcoming. Representative awards: Best Paper in Investments, Southwestern Finance Association, 2012; Oscar Landon Memorial Award for Best Doctoral Dissertation in Finance, Baruch College, 2012.
Samuel Nelson Management. Ph.D., University of Nebraska–Lincoln, 2011; M.B.A., University of Mexico, 2001; B.B.A., University of Mexico, 1997. Representative awards: UNL Parent’s Association Award for Outstanding Contribution to Students, 2011; Graduate Teaching Assistant of the Year (Honorable Mention) Graduate Studies, 2011.