Awards and Honors

A full list of nominations is below. Award recipients are noted by an asterisk (*).

Poole College of Management Awards | Nominees and Recipients

Poole College Teaching Excellence Award

• Christina Lewellen, Accounting Department: assistant professor of accounting
• Jesse Ellis, Business Management Department: associate professor of finance
• Steve Barr, Management, Innovation and Entrepreneurship Department: professor of technology management *

Poole College Research Leadership Award

• Rob Whited, Accounting Department: assistant professor of accounting
• Thayer Morrill, Economics Department: associate professor of economics
• Elena Kulchina, Management, Innovation and Entrepreneurship Department: assistant professor of strategic management
• Jesse Ellis, Business Management Department: associate professor of finance *

Poole College Research Growth and Innovation Award

• Andy Schmidt, Accounting Department: associate professor of accounting 
• Jared Smith, Business Management Department: assistant professor of finance
• Beverly Tyler, Management, Innovation and Entrepreneurship Department: professor of strategic management
• Umut Dur, Economics Department: assistant professor of economics *

Poole College Summer Research Award Recipients

• Umut Dur, Economics Department: assistant professor of economics
• Jesse Ellis, Business Management Department: associate professor of finance
• Thayer Morrill, Economics Department: professor of economics
• Christina Lewellen, Accounting Department: assistant professor of accounting
• Andy Schmidt, Accounting Department: associate professor of accounting
• Jared Smith, Business Management Department: associate professor of finance
• Stefanie Robinson, Business Management Department: associate professor of marketing
• Jeff Pollack, Management, Innovation and Entrepreneurship Department: associate professor of entrepreneurship
• Bill Rand, Business Management Department: associate professor of marketing 
• Eileen Taylor, Accounting Department: associate professor of accounting 

Poole College Awards for Excellence

• Robert Sandruck, director of global programs *
• Terry K. Price, student records and academic programs coordinator *
• Beth Shepherd, director of instructional design
• Jenny Hammond, chief marketing and communications officer
• Kimberly Whitfield, executive assistant to the dean
• Susan Ebbs, CRM program manager
• Tayah Butler, director of diversity and inclusion

NC State University Awards | Nominees and Recipients

Outstanding Teacher Award 

• Heather Dretsch, Business Management Department: assistant professor of marketing *
• Roby Sawyers, Accounting Department: professor of accounting *

University Faculty Scholar Award

• Eileen Taylor, Accounting Department: professor of accounting 
• Umut Dur, Economics Department: assistant professor of economics *

University of North Carolina Board of Governors Award for Excellence in Teaching 

• Paul Mulvey, Management, Innovation and Entrepreneurship Department: professor of human resource management

Risley Entrepreneur of the Year Award

• Lisa Chang, Management, Innovation and Entrepreneurship Department: lecturer and director of the Technology Entrepreneurship and Commercialization (TEC) *

Outstanding Global Engagement Award

• Roger Mayer, Management, Innovation and Entrepreneurship Department: professor of leadership

Alumni Distinguished Undergraduate Professor Award

• Don Pagach, Accounting Department: professor of accounting and director of research for the ERM Initiative 
• Stefanie Robinson, Business Management Department: assistant professor of marketing