UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — The Penn State Smeal College of Business has announced the recipients of the 2023 Faculty Teaching Awards.
Award recipients are chosen after a nomination process that includes a statement of teaching philosophy, two letters of recommendation and SRTEs. The awards committee meets over the summer to review the nominee packets and make recommendations to John and Karen Arnold Dean Charles Whiteman.
In the past three years, more awards have been introduced to recognize excellence in teaching at the undergraduate, graduate, doctoral, and online levels, as well as awards for innovation and impact, which are nominated by alumni.
This year, the Teaching Support Award was added to recognize personnel who play an integral role in the classroom.
“We are excited to add the Teaching Support Award this year to recognize the amazing work by members of the Smeal community that greatly enhances our teaching mission but is often behind the scenes,” said Sam Bonsall, Deloitte & Touche Teaching Excellence Professor in Accounting and chair of the Teaching Awards Committee.
2023 Faculty Award Recipients
Fred Brand, Jr. Teaching Award: recognizes a non-tenure track member of the faculty who has demonstrated excellence in the area of undergraduate teaching.
- Johanna Slot, associate clinical professor, marketing
Undergraduate Student Teaching Excellence Award: recognizes a tenure-track member of the faculty.
- Dan Cahoy, Robert G. and Caroline Schwartz Professor of Business, Risk Management
Graduate Student Residential Teaching Excellence Award: recognizes a a Smeal faculty member who teaches graduate credits.
- Wael Jabr, assistant professor, supply chain and information systems
Online Teaching Excellence Award: recognizes a Smeal faculty member who teaches online credits.
- Jennifer Eury, associate clinical professor, management and organization
Ph.D. Student Teaching Award: recognizes a Smeal faculty member who teaches doctoral degree credits
- Karl Muller, Robert and Sandy Poole Teaching Fellow and professor, accounting
Ossian R. MacKenzie Teaching Award: recognizes a Smeal doctoral student teaching a full course or more.
- Siyu Shi, doctoral student, supply chain and information systems
Early Career Award for Teaching Excellence: recognizes a tenure-track assistant professor, clinical assistant professor, or fixed-term instructor level faculty who are within their first five years of teaching at the university level.
- Özge Pala, assistant teaching professor, management and organization
Innovation in Teaching Award: recognizes a faculty member who has contributed to teaching and learning at Smeal through the development and dissemination of innovations in teaching tools and/or methods.
- Neil Fogarty, instructor, management and organization
Faculty RISE Above Award: recognizes a faculty member for their commitment to advancing Smeal’s goals to promote integrity and ethical behavior. This commitment can be demonstrated by upholding integrity in the classroom, incorporating ethics into course activities, exploring ethical issues in the field, and proposing initiatives for implementation to promote integrity and ethical behavior in the department, college, and/or university.
- Karen Maull, clinical assistant professor of business law, risk management
Excellence in Business Ethics Award: recognizes faculty members who integrate business ethics and social responsibility in their courses.
- Sue Purdum, associate teaching professor, supply chain management
Teaching Support Award: recognizes an individual (e.g., teaching assistant, administrative assistant, course designer) who provides invaluable course support.
- Misty Frederick-Ritz, course manager BA342 and MGMT 301, administrative support coordinator, management and organization
- Emily Baxter, instructional designer, eLearning Design and Innovation Group