Assistant Professor of Business Administration and MIS, received the Silver Wheaton Best Paper Award for “Online VS Live Taught: Analysis of Gender and Course Format in Undergraduate Business Statistics Courses,” in Management, Marketing, and MIS for the Academy of Business…

Assistant Professor of Business Law Studies, recently traveled to India and made two presentations. He was also invited to Punjabi University as the guest of honor at an international symposium on women's rights and the security of women at which…

Assistant Professor of Marketing and Management, won the spring 2012 Student Recognition Award for Teaching and 2012 Junior Faculty Research Award for outstanding and innovative efforts in scholarly activities. She published “High Performance Executive Teams” in American Journal of Management…

Professor of Management and Faculty Mentor, won an outstanding research award from the International Academy of Business and Public Disciplines for an article entitled “Strategic Leadership and Scenario Building: What Happens When You Don't Know What You Don't Know?” Co-authors…

Instructor of Management Information Systems and MIS Advisor, completed the SAP TERP10 course during August 2012. This course led to her certification as a SAP Associate Consultant. With this certification, qualified students at A&M-Commerce will be offered the TERP10 certification…

(BBA/MIS 2012) Dennis Pitalua was one of the first students to receive the SAP University Alliances Certificate of Completion, which the Department of Business Administration and Management and Information Systems began offering in 2011. Dennis is using his knowledge of…

Instructor in the Department of Health and Human Performance, was recently chosen as the President-Elect for the Texas Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance (TAHPERD). TAHPERD is one of the largest membership-driven organizations in the state. Dr. Ross…

Dr. Curt A. Carlson, of the Department of Psychology, Counseling, and Special Education, is a cognitive psychologist, and he conducts experimental research in the area of eyewitness identification, emphasizing the roles of specific memory and decision-making processes. He recently received…

Dr. Barbara Hammack, Associate Professor of Early Childhood Education in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction, was selected into the Chancellor's Academy of Teacher Educators. The Academy is a recently-developed initiative of the Texas A&M University-System acknowledging teaching excellence. Only…

Dr. Shonda Gibson, the Executive Director of Global Learning, Quality Enhancement Planning Coordinator and professor of Psychology and Management, has recently worked with two international students, Natalia Assis and Andrea Slobodnikova, to get them involved in research. Through this work,…

Betty A. Block, Department Head and Professor in the Department of Health and Human Performance, was awarded the 2012 National Distinguished Administrator Award from the National Association for Kinesiology in Higher Education for her outstanding leadership as an administrator in…

Dr. Maria Hinojosa, Assistant Professor of Educational Leadership, received the Distinguished University Faculty award at the Texas Association of Chicanos in Higher Education conference in January 2013. The award recognizes superior levels of professionalism and accomplishment in the areas of…

Assistant Professor of Special Education, received the Teacher Education Division Research Roundtable Award for “Effects of Response Methods on the Mathematics Performance of Secondary Students with Emotional or Behavioral Disorders.”…

Professor in the Department of Educational Leadership—and who also received the Emotional Intelligence Personal Achievement award last year—made two presentations at the 10th Annual Institute for Emotional Intelligence this year.…

Dr. Carrie Klypchak, Director of Theatre Graduate Studies and Associate Professor of Theatre in the Department of Mass Media, Communication and Theatre, has been named the University Theatre Educator of the Year in the state of Texas by the Texas…

Dr. Melinda Schlager, Associate Professor of Sociology and Criminal Justice, recently authored Rethinking the Reentry Paradigm: A Blueprint for Change. This text explores the dimensions and dynamics of the offender reentry problem and proposes a new narrative for thinking about…

Dr. Jiaming Sun and Scott Lancaster authored Chinese Globalization: A Profile of People-Based Global Connections in China published by Routledge and released in February. The book examines the explicit effects of global connectivity on local culture and society in post-reform…

Ginger Cook, a second year graduate student in the Master of Fine Arts' program, represented the university and the Fine Arts program in several national and international venues in late 2012 and early 2013. She also participated in an Artistic…

Barbara Frey, Art Professor, has been awarded the 2013 National Council for Education of the Ceramic Arts Excellence in Teaching Award. According to NCECA, “Recipients of the Excellence in Teaching Award are individuals who are near or at the end…

Vaughn Wascovich, Assistant Professor in the Department of Art, participated in four exhibitions across the country with his work, Welcome to the Hard Times: Photographs of East Texas.…