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 Graduate Programs and Distinguished 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 Advisor II (2015)

Staff Council Award - EEO1

• Anthony Paul Fernand Ammeter - Director of Outreach & Continuing Studies, Associate Provost, Dean of General Studies and Associate Professor of Management & Management Information Systems (2017)
• Mary Ann Connell - Adjunct Professor Emeritus of Leadership & Counselor Education (1995)

Staff Council Award - EEO4

• Lila McRight Neely - Program Coordinator (2019)
• Steven Wayne Ridout - Audit Manager (2015)
• DOROTHY ELAINE LITTLE - SENIOR SECRETARY (2012)
• QUINTON FOREMAN - ACCOUNTING ASSISTANT (2008)

Staff Council Award - EEO5

• Precious Pratt Thompson - ID Center Coordinator (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 Graduate Programs and Distinguished Professor of Finance (2006)
• Victoria Bush - Donna Ruth Roberts Scholar and Professor of Marketing (2002)
• Scott J Vitell - Professor Emeritus of Marketing (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 Accountancy Outstanding Teacher of the Year

• Thomas Z Webb - Clinical Assistant Professor of Accountancy (2021)

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

• Charles Clay Dibrell - Chair of Entrepreneurial Excellence, Co-Director of the Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, and Professor of Management (2023)
• Milorad Novicevic - Associate Professor Emeritus of Management (2019)
• Robert A Van Ness - Bruce Moore Scholar of Finance, Director of Graduate Programs and Distinguished Professor of Finance (2018)
• Milorad Novicevic - Associate Professor Emeritus of Management (2017)
• Charles Clay Dibrell - Chair of Entrepreneurial Excellence, Co-Director of the Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, and Professor of Management (2015)
• CHRISTOPHER HOWELL THOMAS - ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF MANAGEMENT (2014)
• Charles Clay Dibrell - Chair of Entrepreneurial Excellence, Co-Director of the Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, and Professor of Management (2013)
• Robert A Van Ness - Bruce Moore Scholar of Finance, Director of Graduate Programs and Distinguished Professor of Finance (2012)
• Robert A Van Ness - Bruce Moore Scholar of Finance, Director of Graduate Programs and Distinguished Professor of Finance (2011)
• Charles Clay Dibrell - Chair of Entrepreneurial Excellence, Co-Director of the Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, and Professor of Management (2010)
• Robert A Van Ness - Bruce Moore Scholar of Finance, Director of Graduate Programs and Distinguished Professor of Finance (2009)
• MARK N BING - ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF MANAGEMENT (2008)
• Anthony Paul Fernand Ammeter - Director of Outreach & Continuing Studies, Associate Provost, Dean of General Studies and Associate Professor of Management & 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

• John P Berns - School of Business Fellow and Associate Professor of Management (2023)
• John P Berns - School of Business Fellow and Associate Professor of Management (2022)
• Cong Feng - Morris Lewis Lecturer and Associate Professor of Marketing (2022)
• Kristin Leigh Cullen-Lester - School of Business Fellow and Associate Professor of Management (2021)
• Cong Feng - Morris Lewis Lecturer and Associate Professor of Marketing (2020)
• Jeremy Lee Bowers Schoen - ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF MANAGEMENT (2019)
• David Marius Gligor - Professor of Marketing and Yvonne and Clyde Edwards Lecturer (2019)
• Seong K Byun - ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF FINANCE (2018)
• Saim Kashmiri - Mr & Mrs James E King Lecturer and Associate Professor of Marketing (2017)
• Richard John Gentry - Chair and Professor of Management, FNC Founders Chair of Entrepreneurship, and Co-Director of Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (2016)
• Maria Bailey Berns - Associate Professor of Management (2015)
• Christopher Lowe Newman - Self Chair of Free Enterprise and Associate Professor of Marketing (2015)
• Maria Bailey Berns - Associate Professor of Management (2014)
• Christopher Lowe Newman - Self Chair of Free Enterprise and Associate Professor of Marketing (2014)
• Stephen G Fier - Holder of the Liberto-King Professorship in Insurance and Associate Professor of Finance (2013)
• Richard John Gentry - Chair and Professor of Management, FNC Founders Chair of Entrepreneurship, and Co-Director of Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (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 Professor of Finance (2008)
• Milorad Novicevic - Associate Professor Emeritus of Management (2007)
• STEPHANIE MICHELLE NOBLE - ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF MARKETING (2006)
• Milorad Novicevic - Associate Professor Emeritus of Management (2005)
• Bonnie Fancher Van Ness - Chair and Professor of Finance, Holder of the Otho Smith Professorship (2003)

School of Business Administration, Outstanding Publication

• Cynthia K Maupin - Assistant Professor of Management (2023)
• Andre Peter Liebenberg - Gwennette P. and Jack W. Robertson Chair of Insurance, Professor of Finance, and Director of the Center for Insurance Transformation (2022)
• Robert A Van Ness - Bruce Moore Scholar of Finance, Director of Graduate Programs and Distinguished Professor of Finance (2021)
• Anthony Paul Fernand Ammeter - Director of Outreach & Continuing Studies, Associate Provost, Dean of General Studies and Associate Professor of Management & Management Information Systems (2020)
• Walter D Davis - William W Gresham Jr Entrepreneurial Professor and Professor of Management (2020)
• Charles Clay Dibrell - Chair of Entrepreneurial Excellence, Co-Director of the Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, and Professor of Management (2020)
• Richard John Gentry - Chair and Professor of Management, FNC Founders Chair of Entrepreneurship, and Co-Director of Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (2019)
• Saim Kashmiri - Mr & Mrs James E King Lecturer and Associate Professor of Marketing (2018)
• Richard John Gentry - Chair and Professor of Management, FNC Founders Chair of Entrepreneurship, and Co-Director of Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (2017)
• Christopher Lowe Newman - Self Chair of Free Enterprise and Associate Professor of Marketing (2016)
• HUA CHEN - ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF MARKETING (2015)
• Christopher Lowe Newman - Self Chair of Free Enterprise and Associate Professor of Marketing (2014)
• Richard John Gentry - Chair and Professor of Management, FNC Founders Chair of Entrepreneurship, and Co-Director of Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (2013)
• Victoria Bush - Donna Ruth Roberts Scholar and Professor of Marketing (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 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 Graduate Programs and Distinguished 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

• Hyun Soo Woo - School of Business Fellow and Associate Professor of Management (2023)
• Richard John Gentry - Chair and Professor of Management, FNC Founders Chair of Entrepreneurship, and Co-Director of Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (2022)
• David Marius Gligor - Professor of Marketing and Yvonne and Clyde Edwards Lecturer (2021)
• Charles Clay Dibrell - Chair of Entrepreneurial Excellence, Co-Director of the Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, and Professor of Management (2020)
• Richard John Gentry - Chair and Professor of Management, FNC Founders Chair of Entrepreneurship, and Co-Director of Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (2019)
• Richard John Gentry - Chair and Professor of Management, FNC Founders Chair of Entrepreneurship, and Co-Director of Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (2018)
• Andre Peter Liebenberg - Gwennette P. and Jack W. Robertson Chair of Insurance, Professor of Finance, and Director of the Center for Insurance Transformation (2018)
• Robert A Van Ness - Bruce Moore Scholar of Finance, Director of Graduate Programs and Distinguished Professor of Finance (2017)
• VISHAL K GUPTA - ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF MANAGEMENT (2016)
• Charles Clay Dibrell - Chair of Entrepreneurial Excellence, Co-Director of the Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, 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 Graduate Programs and Distinguished 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 Graduate Programs and Distinguished 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 Graduate Programs and Distinguished Professor of Finance (2008)
• Bonnie Fancher Van Ness - Chair and Professor of Finance, Holder of the Otho Smith Professorship (2007)
• Bahram Alidaee - School of Business Fellow and Professor of Operations, Supply Chain Management and Pharmacy Administration (2006)
• MICHAEL HARVEY - DISTINGUISHED CHAIR OF GLOBAL BUSINESS AND PROFESSOR OF MANAGEMENT (2005)
• Milam W Aiken - Professor Emeritus of Management Information Systems (2004)
• Bahram Alidaee - School of Business Fellow and Professor of Operations, Supply Chain Management and Pharmacy Administration (2003)

School of Business Administration, Outstanding PMBA Professor of the Year

• Walter D Davis - William W Gresham Jr Entrepreneurial Professor and Professor of Management (2023)
• Anthony Paul Fernand Ammeter - Director of Outreach & Continuing Studies, Associate Provost, Dean of General Studies and Associate Professor of Management & Management Information Systems (2022)
• Charles Clay Dibrell - Chair of Entrepreneurial Excellence, Co-Director of the Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, and Professor of Management (2019)
• Richard John Gentry - Chair and Professor of Management, FNC Founders Chair of Entrepreneurship, and Co-Director of Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (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 Associate Professor of Management Information Systems (2013)
• Richard John Gentry - Chair and Professor of Management, FNC Founders Chair of Entrepreneurship, and Co-Director of Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (2012)
• Bart L Garner - Instructional Associate Professor of Management Information Systems (2011)
• Bart L Garner - Instructional Associate Professor of Management Information Systems (2010)
• Sam Cousley - Instructional Associate Professor of Marketing (2009)

School of Business Administration Outstanding Teacher of the Year

• Violetta Yevgenyvna Davydenko - Instructional Assistant Professor of Finance (2022)
• Sam Cousley - Instructional Associate Professor of Marketing (2020)
• Arup Ganguly - Assistant Professor of Finance (2020)
• Robert K Robinson - Professor Emeritus of Management (2019)
• 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 - Chair of Entrepreneurial Excellence, Co-Director of the Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, 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 - Gwennette P. and Jack W. Robertson Chair of Insurance, Professor of Finance, and Director of the Center for Insurance Transformation (2014)
• Milorad Novicevic - Associate Professor Emeritus of Management (2013)
• Kathleen Petrie Fuller - Tom B. Scott Chair and Professor of Finance (2012)
• Charles Clay Dibrell - Chair of Entrepreneurial Excellence, Co-Director of the Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, and Professor of Management (2011)
• Andre Peter Liebenberg - Gwennette P. and Jack W. Robertson Chair of Insurance, Professor of Finance, and Director of the Center for Insurance Transformation (2010)
• Milorad Novicevic - Associate Professor Emeritus 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 & Continuing Studies, Associate Provost, Dean of General Studies and Associate Professor of Management & Management Information Systems (2006)
• Robert K Robinson - Professor Emeritus 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 - Professor Emeritus of Marketing (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 - Operations Coordinator II (2014)

School of Law Outstanding Teacher of the Year

• Mercer E Bullard - Assistant Professor of Finance (2014)