DANIEL WRIGHT Daniel Wright, PhD, associate professor in and former chair of the Management and Operations department, was appointed the new vice dean of VSB. As vice dean, Dr. Wright provides oversight and strategic vision on all matters related to VSB operations, faculty, academic programs and professional accreditation. He comes to the role with industry experience as well as over 10 years as a VSB faculty member, a committed excellence in teaching, experience supervising faculty, and a strong working knowledge of VSB and University policies and practices. Dr. Wright brings with him a strong portfolio of research, having won several prestigious awards and having served on the editorial board of Decision Sciences Journal. In his vice dean role, Dr. Wright aims to promote and enhance the student experience at VSB as well as continuing to foster a sense of community among VSB’s faculty and staff.
NARDA QUIGLEY Narda Quigley, PhD, chair of the Management and Operations department, has been awarded a Citation of Excellence Award by Emerald Insight. Dr. Quigley earned this honor for her article, “A longitudinal study of team conflict, conflict management, cohesion, and team effectiveness,” which was published in the journal Group & Organization Management. Dr. Quigley co-authored the article with Paul Tesluk, PhD, the Donald S. Carmichael Professor of Organization and Human Resources at the University of Buffalo, and Amanuel G. Tekleab, PhD, associate professor of management at Wayne State University. The article has been chosen as one of the top 50 articles with proven citation and research impact, since its publication date, from among the top 300 management journals in the world. Together these 300 journals publish approximately 15,000 articles annually, making the Citation of Excellence a prestigious distinction.
JEREMY KEES Poets and Quants named Jeremy Kees, PhD, one of the “40 Most Outstanding B-School Profs Under 40 in the World.” Dr. Kees is a valued associate professor of marketing and the Richard Naclerio Emerging Scholar in Public Policy. He landed on this impressive list for his prolific research in consumer behavior, specifically with regard to cigarette package warnings and food nutrition labels. Dr. Kees spoke about graphic cigarette package warnings on CBS’ Early Show, and he has been quoted in such prominent outlets as Businessweek, Yahoo! News, The Huffington Post, Forbes and MSN Health & Fitness. His research also landed him a role as a special government employee at the federal Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and on the FDA Risk Communication Advisory Committee. Since joining VSB in 2006, Dr. Kees has won the Thomas C. Kinnear Research Award for penning an outstanding article in the Journal of Public Policy & Marketing, and has won VSB’s McDonough Award for Research Excellence and two Center for Global Leadership Research Excellence awards. \V/
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