NEWS BRIEFS: Spring Awards DARDEN FACULTY AWARDS OUTSTANDING FACULTY AWARD: Professor Elena Loutskina GRADUATION FACULTY MARSHALS: Professors Gregory B. Fairchild and Bidhan “Bobby” L. Parmar HONORARY GRADUATION FACULTY MARSHALS: Professors James G. Clawson and Robert E. Spekman EXTERNAL DARDEN FACULTY AWARDS POETS & QUANTS Named Professor Bidhan “Bobby” L. Parmar one of the Top 40 Under 40 B-School Professors in the world. CASE CENTRE AWARDS: Professors Yiorgos Allayannis and Andrew C. Wicks and Senior Researcher Gerry Yemen for Deutsche Bank and the Road to Basel III; Professor Thomas J. Steenburgh for HubSpot: Inbound Marketing and Web 2.0 JEFFERSON TRUST GRANT RECIPIENT: Professor Mary Margaret Frank for her National Debt project Professor Martin Davidson
U.Va. Honors Professor Davidson’s Deep Commitment to Diversity In March, the University of Virginia Office for Diversity and Equity honored Darden Professor Martin Davidson with the prestigious 2014 John T. Casteen III Diversity-Equity-Inclusion Leadership Award. Davidson, who teaches in the area of Leadership and Organizational Behavior, was recognized for his unrelenting dedication to transforming the concepts of diversity and inclusion from intellectual ideas into action in the U.Va. community. “Davidson literally wrote the book on diversity,” said Darden Dean Bob Bruner, who nominated him. “His 2011 book, The End of Diversity as We Know It: Why Diversity Efforts Fail and How Leveraging Difference Can Succeed, is widely referenced in the business world.” Davidson served as Darden’s associate dean for diversity from 2008 to 2011. In 2012, U.Va.’s Office of Equal Opportunity Programs recognized him with an EOP Champion Award for his efforts to improve diversity and equity on Grounds.
ACADEMY OF MANAGEMENT BEST CONFLICT MANAGEMENT PAPER AWARD: Professor Kristin J. Behfar CFA INSTITUTE GRAHAM AND DODD AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE FOR 2013: Professor Richard B. Evans for “Shedding Light on ‘Invisible’ Costs: Trading Costs and Mutual Fund Performance” WELLS FARGO AWARDS HIGH IMPACT CASES: Professor Marian Chapman Moore for Positioning: The Essence of Marketing Strategy; Professor Erika Hayes James and Senior Researcher Gerry Yemen for Decision-Making and Leading Through Crisis DISTINGUISHED CASE WRITER: Professor Susan Chaplinsky CASE SERIES: Professors Yiorgos Allayannis, Richard B. Evans and Pedro Matos for Gold as a Portfolio Diversifier, The Market for Gold and Betting on Gold Using a Futures-Based Fold ETF 2014 STUDENT AWARDS THEO HERBERT INTERNATIONAL AWARD: Sim Siew Han 2014 GRADUATION SPEAKERS FULL-TIME MBA: Brandon Guichard MBA FOR EXECUTIVES: Alfred “Gus” Nicoll GLOBAL MBA FOR EXECUTIVES: Stephanie Scuderi
Professor Elena Loutskina received the Outstanding Faculty Award from the Class of 2014.
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Darden’s GEMBA Class of 2014 elected Stephanie Scuderi its class graduation speaker.