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Faculty News Roundup: Warrington professors’ successes in 2017-2018

Over the 2017-2018 academic year, Warrington College of Business faculty members reminded us why they’re some of the best in the world. From producing hundreds of new research papers, to teaching countless students the fundamentals of business, to writing or being quoted in the news about trending topics like cryptocurrency, energy, leadership, IPOs, brick-and-mortar retail stores and entrepreneurship, Warrington faculty members continued to elevate the college into one of the most respected in the world.

 

Warrington faculty had 176 papers accepted or published in the 2017-18 academic year, including:

10 Warrington faculty members had 22 books and book chapters accepted or published, including:

  • Joyce Bono, W.A. McGriff, III Professor, Management – “Building Positive Psychological Resources: The Effects of Mindfulness, Work Breaks, and Positive Reflection”
  • Robert Emerson, Huber Hurst Professor, Management – “Law and the Managing of Technology”
  • Debanjan Mitra, City Furniture Professor, Marketing – “Handbook of Research on New Product Development”
  • Michael Schadewald, Clinical Associate Professor, Fisher School of Accounting – “Multistate Corporate Tax Guide”
  • Yanping Tu, Assistant Professor, Marketing – “Hedonomics: On Subtle Yet Significant Determinants of Happiness”

 4 faculty members added their voices to The Conversation:

13 faculty members received awards and honors from higher education institutions and organizations across their industries:

  • Chris Janiszewski, Russell Berrie Eminent Scholar Chair, Marketing
  • Richard Lutz, JCPenney Professor and Chair, Marketing
  • Joyce Bono, W.A. McGriff, III Professor, Management
  • Mo Wang, Lanzillotti-McKethan Eminent Scholar and Chair, Management; Director, Human Resource Research Center
    • Received the 2017 Journal of Management Scholarly Impact Award for the Journal of Management.
  • Robert Emerson, Huber Hurst Professor, Management
  • Amir Erez, W.A. McGriff, III Professor, Management
    • Elected Membership in Society of Organizational Behavior.
  • Gwen Lee, Chester C. Holloway Professor, Management
  • Steve Shugan, McKethan-Matherly Eminent Scholar, Marketing
  • Nitish Kumar, Assistant Professor, Finance, Insurance and Real Estate and Yuehua Tang, Assistant Professor, Finance, Insurance and Real Estate
    • Received the First-Place Paper Award at the 23rd Annual Chicago Quantitative Alliance (CQA) Competition.
  • Brian Ray, Director, Poe Business Ethics Center, and Liangfei Qiu, Assistant Professor, Information Systems and Operations Management
  • Robert Knechel, Frederick E. Fisher Eminent Scholar, Fisher School of Accounting; Director, International Accounting and Auditing Center

Warrington faculty members received some of the highest rankings for their research:

Texas A&M/University of Georgia Rankings in Management

  • Research productivity per capita – #1
  • Research productivity per capita 2012-2016 – #7

University of Texas at Dallas Top 100 Business School Research Rankings

  • Faculty research productivity per capita in Marketing – #4 among U.S. schools; #9 worldwide
  • Overall research productivity – #11 worldwide

Journal of Business Research

  • Steven Shugan, McKethan-Matherly Eminent Scholar, Marketing – #1 top-ranked research author in marketing worldwide
  • Chris Janiszewski, Russell Berrie Eminent Scholar Chair, Marketing – #20 ranked research author in marketing worldwide

Warrington faculty by the numbers:

  • Tenure: 47
  • Tenure track: 22
  • Non-Tenure Track: 42
  • Total: 111
  • Faculty by Department:
    • Administration: 4
    • Management Communication: 6
    • Accounting: 18
    • Finance, Insurance & Real Estate: 26
    • Information Systems & Operations Management: 22
      Management: 21
    • Marketing: 14