School of Business Administration

Distinguished Faculty and Staff Awards

Frederick A.P. Barnard Distinguished Professorships

Frederick A.P. Barnard Distinguished Professors are recognized for their excellence and innovation in teaching and research.

• WILLIAM FRANKLIN SHUGHART - Professor Emeritus of Economics (1998)

Distinguished Research and Creative Achievement Award

• Robert A Van Ness - BRUCE MOORE SCHOLAR OF FINANCE, DIRECTOR OF THE DOCTORAL PROGRAM AND PROFESSOR OF FINANCE (2014)

Excellence in Advising Award - Office of the Provost

To recognize outstanding academic advising by a faculty member and to demonstrate the University of Mississippi's commitment to excellent advising.

• Kimberly Epting Phillips - ACADEMIC COUNSELOR (2015)

Staff Council Award - EEO1

• Anthony Paul Fernand Ammeter - DIRECTOR OF OUTREACH AND CONTINUING STUDIES, ASSOCIATE PROVOST, DEAN OF GENERAL STUDIES AND ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF MANAGEMENT AND MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS (2017)
• Mary Ann Connell - UNIVERSITY ATTORNEY EMERITA AND INSTRUCTOR IN BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION AND ADJUNCT PROFESSOR IN LEADERSHIP AND COUNSELOR EDUCATION (1995)

Staff Council Award - EEO4

• Steven Wayne Ridout - INTERNAL AUDITOR (2015)
• DOROTHY ELAINE LITTLE - SENIOR SECRETARY (2012)
• QUINTON FOREMAN - ACCOUNTING ASSISTANT (2008)

Staff Council Award - EEO5

• Precious Pratt Thompson - SENIOR SECRETARY (2010)

Faculty Achievement Award

The Faculty Achievement Award is given annually to recognize unusual effort in the classroom, involvement with students, and active scholarship.

• Robert A Van Ness - BRUCE MOORE SCHOLAR OF FINANCE, DIRECTOR OF THE DOCTORAL PROGRAM AND PROFESSOR OF FINANCE (2006)
• Victoria Bush - DONNA RUTH ROBERTS SCHOLAR AND PROFESSOR (2002)
• Scott J Vitell - HOLDER OF PHIL B.HARDIN CHAIR OF MARKETING AND PROFESSOR OF MARKETING AND PHARMACY ADMINISTRATION (1994)

Frist Service Award

• LARRY A COX - Gwenette P. and Jack W. Robertson, Jr. Chair of Insurance and Associate Professor of Finance (2011)
• SUE L HODGE - ASSISTANT TO THE DEAN (1999)
• KIRK L WAKEFIELD - ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION (1997)

Elsie M. Hood Outstanding Teacher Award

The Elsie M. Hood Outstanding Teacher of the Year for the University is selected from nominations submitted by students, alumni and faculty.

• RODNEY P MALONE - CHAIR AND ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF FINANCE (1989)

School of Business Administration, Outstanding Campus MBA Professor of the Year

• Robert A Van Ness - BRUCE MOORE SCHOLAR OF FINANCE, DIRECTOR OF THE DOCTORAL PROGRAM AND PROFESSOR OF FINANCE (2018)
• Milorad Novicevic - ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF MANAGEMENT (2017)
• Charles Clay Dibrell - WM W GRESHAM JR ENTREPRENEURIAL LECTURER AND PROFESSOR OF MANAGEMENT (2015)
• CHRISTOPHER HOWELL THOMAS - ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF MANAGEMENT (2014)
• Charles Clay Dibrell - WM W GRESHAM JR ENTREPRENEURIAL LECTURER AND PROFESSOR OF MANAGEMENT (2013)
• Robert A Van Ness - BRUCE MOORE SCHOLAR OF FINANCE, DIRECTOR OF THE DOCTORAL PROGRAM AND PROFESSOR OF FINANCE (2012)
• Robert A Van Ness - BRUCE MOORE SCHOLAR OF FINANCE, DIRECTOR OF THE DOCTORAL PROGRAM AND PROFESSOR OF FINANCE (2011)
• Charles Clay Dibrell - WM W GRESHAM JR ENTREPRENEURIAL LECTURER AND PROFESSOR OF MANAGEMENT (2010)
• Robert A Van Ness - BRUCE MOORE SCHOLAR OF FINANCE, DIRECTOR OF THE DOCTORAL PROGRAM AND PROFESSOR OF FINANCE (2009)
• MARK N BING - ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF MANAGEMENT (2008)
• Anthony Paul Fernand Ammeter - DIRECTOR OF OUTREACH AND CONTINUING STUDIES, ASSOCIATE PROVOST, DEAN OF GENERAL STUDIES AND ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF MANAGEMENT AND MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS (2006)
• DARREN CLINTON TREADWAY - ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION (2006)
• CHARLES ARTHUR INGENE - ADJUNCT PROFESSOR OF MARKETING (2005)
• Sam Cousley - INSTRUCTIONAL ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF MARKETING (2004)
• RODNEY P MALONE - CHAIR AND ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF FINANCE (2003)
• CHARLES ARTHUR INGENE - ADJUNCT PROFESSOR OF MARKETING (2002)

School of Business Administration, Outstanding Junior Researcher

• Seong K Byun - ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF FINANCE (2018)
• Saim Kashmiri - ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF MARKETING (2017)
• Richard John Gentry - MAC ELLIOTT CHAIR OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF MANAGEMENT (2016)
• Maria Bailey Berns - ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF MANAGEMENT (2015)
• Christopher Lowe Newman - ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF MARKETING (2015)
• Maria Bailey Berns - ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF MANAGEMENT (2014)
• Christopher Lowe Newman - ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF MARKETING (2014)
• Stephen G Fier - HOLDER OF THE LIBERTO-KING PROFESSORSHIP IN INSURANCE AND ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF FINANCE (2013)
• Richard John Gentry - MAC ELLIOTT CHAIR OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF MANAGEMENT (2012)
• MATTHEW DAVID HILL - J.ED TURNER CHAIR OF REAL ESTATE AND ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF FINANCE (2012)
• CHRISTOPHER HOWELL THOMAS - ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF MANAGEMENT (2011)
• MARK N BING - ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF MANAGEMENT (2010)
• MATTHEW DAVID HILL - J.ED TURNER CHAIR OF REAL ESTATE AND ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF FINANCE (2009)
• JAMES ARTHUR MEURS - ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF MANAGEMENT (2009)
• Kathleen Petrie Fuller - TOM B SCOTT CHAIR AND ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF FINANCE (2008)
• Milorad Novicevic - ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF MANAGEMENT (2007)
• STEPHANIE MICHELLE NOBLE - ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF MARKETING (2006)
• Milorad Novicevic - ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF MANAGEMENT (2005)
• Bonnie Fancher Van Ness - CHAIR OF THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE, HOLDER OF THE OTHO SMITH PROFESSORSHIP AND PROFESSOR (2003)

School of Business Administration, Outstanding Publication

• Saim Kashmiri - ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF MARKETING (2018)
• Richard John Gentry - MAC ELLIOTT CHAIR OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF MANAGEMENT (2017)
• Christopher Lowe Newman - ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF MARKETING (2016)
• HUA CHEN - ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF MARKETING (2015)
• Christopher Lowe Newman - ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF MARKETING (2014)
• Richard John Gentry - MAC ELLIOTT CHAIR OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF MANAGEMENT (2013)
• Victoria Bush - DONNA RUTH ROBERTS SCHOLAR AND PROFESSOR (2012)
• CHRISTOPHER HOWELL THOMAS - ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF MANAGEMENT (2012)
• Douglas William Vorhies - HOLDER OF THE MORRIS LEWIS LECTURESHIP, PROFESSOR OF MARKETING AND MBA PROGRAM DIRECTOR (2012)
• Ivonne Andrea Liebenberg - INSTRUCTIONAL ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF FINANCE (2011)
• FAN CHEN - ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF FINANCE (2010)
• Kathleen Petrie Fuller - TOM B SCOTT CHAIR AND ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF FINANCE (2009)
• MARK N BING - ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF MANAGEMENT (2008)
• NITIKA GARG - ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF MARKETING (2007)
• Robert A Van Ness - BRUCE MOORE SCHOLAR OF FINANCE, DIRECTOR OF THE DOCTORAL PROGRAM AND PROFESSOR OF FINANCE (2007)
• NITIKA GARG - ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF MARKETING (2006)
• Douglas William Vorhies - HOLDER OF THE MORRIS LEWIS LECTURESHIP, PROFESSOR OF MARKETING AND MBA PROGRAM DIRECTOR (2005)
• DOUGLAS O COOK - HEARIN FACULTY FELLOW AND ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION (2004)
• CHARLES HENRY NOBLE - MORRIS LEWIS LECTURER IN MARKETING AND ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF MARKETING (2003)

School of Business Administration, Outstanding Senior Researcher

• Richard John Gentry - MAC ELLIOTT CHAIR OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF MANAGEMENT (2018)
• Andre Peter Liebenberg - GWENETT & JACK W ROBERTSON CHAIR OF INSURANCE AND ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF FINANCE (2018)
• Robert A Van Ness - BRUCE MOORE SCHOLAR OF FINANCE, DIRECTOR OF THE DOCTORAL PROGRAM AND PROFESSOR OF FINANCE (2017)
• VISHAL K GUPTA - ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF MANAGEMENT (2016)
• Charles Clay Dibrell - WM W GRESHAM JR ENTREPRENEURIAL LECTURER AND PROFESSOR OF MANAGEMENT (2015)
• Kendall Brian Cyree - DEAN OF THE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION AND PROFESSOR OF FINANCE (2014)
• Robert A Van Ness - BRUCE MOORE SCHOLAR OF FINANCE, DIRECTOR OF THE DOCTORAL PROGRAM AND PROFESSOR OF FINANCE (2013)
• Douglas William Vorhies - HOLDER OF THE MORRIS LEWIS LECTURESHIP, PROFESSOR OF MARKETING AND MBA PROGRAM DIRECTOR (2012)
• Douglas William Vorhies - HOLDER OF THE MORRIS LEWIS LECTURESHIP, PROFESSOR OF MARKETING AND MBA PROGRAM DIRECTOR (2011)
• Robert A Van Ness - BRUCE MOORE SCHOLAR OF FINANCE, DIRECTOR OF THE DOCTORAL PROGRAM AND PROFESSOR OF FINANCE (2010)
• Douglas William Vorhies - HOLDER OF THE MORRIS LEWIS LECTURESHIP, PROFESSOR OF MARKETING AND MBA PROGRAM DIRECTOR (2009)
• Robert A Van Ness - BRUCE MOORE SCHOLAR OF FINANCE, DIRECTOR OF THE DOCTORAL PROGRAM AND PROFESSOR OF FINANCE (2008)
• Bonnie Fancher Van Ness - CHAIR OF THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE, HOLDER OF THE OTHO SMITH PROFESSORSHIP AND PROFESSOR (2007)
• Bahram Alidaee - INTERIM CHAIR OF THE DEPARTMENT FOR MARKETING, PROFESSOR OF PRODUCTION OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT AND PROFESSOR OF PHARMACY ADMINISTRATION (2006)
• MICHAEL HARVEY - DISTINGUISHED CHAIR OF GLOBAL BUSINESS AND PROFESSOR OF MANAGEMENT (2005)
• Milam W Aiken - CHAIR AND PROFESSOR OF MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS (2004)
• Bahram Alidaee - INTERIM CHAIR OF THE DEPARTMENT FOR MARKETING, PROFESSOR OF PRODUCTION OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT AND PROFESSOR OF PHARMACY ADMINISTRATION (2003)

School of Business Administration, Outstanding PMBA Professor of the Year

• Richard John Gentry - MAC ELLIOTT CHAIR OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF MANAGEMENT (2018)
• Sam Cousley - INSTRUCTIONAL ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF MARKETING (2017)
• Marcia Lynn Phillips Kugele - INSTRUCTIONAL ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF FINANCE (2016)
• Sam Cousley - INSTRUCTIONAL ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF MARKETING (2015)
• Sam Cousley - INSTRUCTIONAL ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF MARKETING (2014)
• Bart L Garner - INSTRUCTIONAL ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS AND DIRECTOR OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SERVICES (2013)
• Richard John Gentry - MAC ELLIOTT CHAIR OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF MANAGEMENT (2012)
• Bart L Garner - INSTRUCTIONAL ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS AND DIRECTOR OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SERVICES (2011)
• Bart L Garner - INSTRUCTIONAL ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS AND DIRECTOR OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SERVICES (2010)
• Sam Cousley - INSTRUCTIONAL ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF MARKETING (2009)

School of Business Administration Outstanding Teacher of the Year

• Andrew Arch Lynch - ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF FINANCE (2018)
• Andrew Arch Lynch - ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF FINANCE (2017)
• Seong K Byun - ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF FINANCE (2016)
• Charles Clay Dibrell - WM W GRESHAM JR ENTREPRENEURIAL LECTURER AND PROFESSOR OF MANAGEMENT (2016)
• Stephen G Fier - HOLDER OF THE LIBERTO-KING PROFESSORSHIP IN INSURANCE AND ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF FINANCE (2015)
• Andre Peter Liebenberg - GWENETT & JACK W ROBERTSON CHAIR OF INSURANCE AND ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF FINANCE (2014)
• Milorad Novicevic - ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF MANAGEMENT (2013)
• Kathleen Petrie Fuller - TOM B SCOTT CHAIR AND ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF FINANCE (2012)
• Charles Clay Dibrell - WM W GRESHAM JR ENTREPRENEURIAL LECTURER AND PROFESSOR OF MANAGEMENT (2011)
• Andre Peter Liebenberg - GWENETT & JACK W ROBERTSON CHAIR OF INSURANCE AND ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF FINANCE (2010)
• Milorad Novicevic - ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF MANAGEMENT (2009)
• Ralph Hugh Hamilton - INSTRUCTIONAL ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF MANAGEMENT (2008)
• Kendall Brian Cyree - DEAN OF THE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION AND PROFESSOR OF FINANCE (2007)
• Anthony Paul Fernand Ammeter - DIRECTOR OF OUTREACH AND CONTINUING STUDIES, ASSOCIATE PROVOST, DEAN OF GENERAL STUDIES AND ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF MANAGEMENT AND MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS (2006)
• Robert K Robinson - CHAIR OF THE DEPARTMENT OF MANAGEMENT, MICHAEL S STARNES CHAIR OF MANAGEMENT AND PROFESSOR OF MANAGEMENT (2005)
• KAREN EPERMANIS - ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF FINANCE (2004)
• DENNIS S TOSH - HOLDER OF THE J. ED TURNER CHAIR OF REAL ESTATE AND ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR (2003)
• Scott J Vitell - HOLDER OF PHIL B.HARDIN CHAIR OF MARKETING AND PROFESSOR OF MARKETING AND PHARMACY ADMINISTRATION (1988)

School of Education Outstanding Service Award

The Exemplary Service Award is presented to a faculty or staff member for exceptional service to the profession, the local or University community, region, state, or national and international scholarly communities during the academic year.

• Melissa Kim Chrestman - SENIOR STAFF ASSISTANT (2014)

School of Law Outstanding Teacher of the Year

• Mercer E Bullard - PROFESSOR OF LAW AND BUTLER, SNOW, OMARA DISTINGUISHED LECTURER (2014)