Faculty Appointments & Recognition
Recent Honors & Highlights
Updated May 2026
Joseph L. Frascona Teaching Excellence Award: Alix Barasch
David B. Balkin and Rosalind and Chester Barnow Innovative Teaching Award: John Ploumitsakos
MBA Teaching Excellence Awards
Core Course: Shaun William Davies
Elective Course: Diane Hirschhorn
Executive MBA Faculty Teaching Excellence Award: Jeff York
Master of Business Analytics Faculty Award: David Dobolyi
Quentin André was named a 2025 Marketing Science Institute (MSI) Young Scholar.
Sentao Miao received the 2026 Chelliah Sriskandarajah Early Career Research Accomplishments Award from POMS.
Richard Wobbekind received the Franny Reich Lifetime Achievement Award from the Boulder Chamber
Nick Reinholtz received CU Boulder's Graduate School 2025–26 Exceptional Graduate Faculty Mentor Award.
Distinguished Professor Emeritus Fred Glover was ranked highest among all CU faculty in Mathematics and 34th worldwide.
Russell Cropanzano was named a CU Boulder Distinguished Professor.
Christophe Spaenjers was appointed to the editorial board of Real Estate Economics.
Recipients of the 2025 Management Science Service Awards:
- Distinguished Service Award for Associate Editors: Tony Cookson
- Distinguished Service Award for Reviewers:
Chuan He
Henry Laurion
Huanan Zhang - Meritorious Service Award for Reviewers: Sentao Miao
Teaching Excellence Awards
This annual award presented to one member for Leeds School's award winning faculty was established by the Falkenberg family to honor Dr. Joseph L. Frascona, “who, as both inspired teacher and mentor, encouraged their intellectual development and created a profound, lasting impact on their lives.”
Bob and Martha Falkenberg are strong proponents of outstanding business education and have demonstrated their support both through commitments to the building fund and Frascona Teaching Excellence Award. As a result their deep appreciation for Professor Joseph Frascona’s dynamic teaching, Bob, his father Robert L. Falkenberg (BS ’51), and sister, Nancy Tuck (BS ’82 Finance), established the Frascona Teaching Excellence Award in 1991 in hopes that future generations of teachers at Leeds School of Business would be encouraged to inspire their students as Professor Frascona inspired them.
Congratulations to the 2026 winner
Alixandra Barasch
Andrea and Michael Leeds Faculty Fellow • Associate Professor • Marketing PhD Program Director
2020s
2026: Alixandra Barasch
2025: Levente Szentkiralyi
2024: Henry Laurion
2023: David Drake
2022: Curtis Sears
2021: Harry Starn
2020: Shaun Davies
2010s
2019: Elizabeth Stapp
2018: Emily Edwards
2017: Daniel Brown
2016: Erick Mueller
2015: Kevin McMahon
2014: Laura Kornish
2013: Tracy Jennings
2012: Wayne Boss
2011: James Marlatt
2010: Susan Morley
2000s
2009: Donna Sockell
2008: Robert Donchez
2007: David Frederick
2006: Cathleen Burns
2005: Kai Larsen
2004: Nancy Stec-Helstad
2003: Jay Ballantine
2002: Sanjai Bhagat
2001: Ray MacFee
2000: Ed Gac
1990s
1999: Jeff Luftig
1998: Ramiro Montealegre
1997: Ray MacFee
1996: David Monarchi
1995: Jim Brancheau
1994: Nancy Ridgway
1993: Patrick Long
1992: Jakki Mohr
The award was established to encourage and reward faculty who develop and implement innovative teaching practices. As stated by the donor, it honors “Leeds faculty who produce revelatory and useful teaching knowledge in a business school environment.”
Congratulations to the 2026 winner
John Ploumitsakos
Allen Family Faculty Scholars • Assistant Teaching Professor
2026: John Ploumitsakos
2025: Matthew Brady
2024: Jeremiah Contreras
2023: Kai Larsen
2022: Tony Tong
Prestigious Faculty
Diego Garcia
Burridge Endowed Chair in Finance
Finance
Nathalie Moyen
W.W. Reynolds Capital Markets Program Endowed Chair
Finance
Christophe Spaenjers
Michael A. Klump Endowed Chair of Real Estate
Finance
Jason Bennett Thatcher
Tandean Rustandy Esteemed Endowed Chair
Organizational Leadership and Information Analytics
Tony Tong
Thomas Stix Guggenheim Family Endowed Chair
Strategy, Entrepreneurship and Operations
Edward D. Van Wesep
Raymond and Dorothy Joyce Endowed Chair Entrepreneurial Finance
Finance
Sarah Zechman
Myrtle and Tony Tisone Endowed Chair
Accounting
Janet Bercovitz
Robert H. and Beverly A. Deming Professor in Entrepreneurship
Strategy, Entrepreneurship and Operations
Tony Cookson
Michael A. Klump Endowed Professor
Finance
Russell Cropanzano
Ted G. Anderson Professor of Free Enterprise
Organizational Leadership and Information Analytics
Yonca Ertimur
Tandean Rustandy Esteemed Endowed Professor
Accounting
Philip Fernbach
Salim Family Endowed Esteemed Professor
Marketing
Jeff York
MRB Professor
Strategy, Entrepreneurship and Operations
Jaime Zender
William H. Baughn Fund Professor
Finance
Dan Zhang
MediaOne Professor
Strategy, Entrepreneurship and Operations
Alixandra Barasch
Andrea and Michael Leeds Faculty Fellow
Marketing
Ryan C. Lewis
Burridge Center Endowed Faculty Fellow
Finance
Nathan Marshall
Myrtle and Tony Tisone Estate Memorial Business Fellow
Accounting
Bryce Schonberger
EKS&H Plante Moran-Dave Steiner Accounting Fellow
Accounting
Nikki Skinner
KPMG Accounting Faculty Fellow
Accounting
Simona Abis
Dean's Faculty Scholar
Finance
Heather Adams
Deans' Faculty Scholar
Organizational Leadership and Information Analytics
Quentin Andre
Dean's Faculty Scholar
Marketing
Andrea Buffa
Stone Family Scholar
Finance
Jeremiah Contreras
Kala and Shiv Khatri Endowed Faculty Scholar
Accounting
Rodrigo Dias
Gordon and Susan Trafton Faculty Scholars/Dean's Faculty Scholar
Marketing
David Dobolyi
Caruso Faculty Scholar
Organizational Leadership and Information Analytics
Laura Griffin
Stone Family Faculty Scholar
Accounting
Ashton Hawk
Dean's Faculty Scholar
Strategy, Entrepreneurship and Operations
Marcia Kwaramba
Dean's Faculty Scholar
Social Responsibility and Sustainability
Christina Lacerenza
Gordon and Susan Trafton Faculty Scholar
Organizational Leadership and Information Analytics
Henry Laurion
JRN Faculty Scholar/Dean's Faculty Scholar
Accounting
Sentao Miao
Ruegg Family Faculty Scholar
Strategy, Entrepreneurship and Operations
Rebecca Mitchell
Stone Family Faculty Scholar
Organizational Leadership and Information Analytics
John Ploumitsakos
Allen Family Faculty Scholars
Marketing
Ethan Poskanzer
Frank Schiff Faculty Scholar
Strategy, Entpreneurship and Operations
Nicholas Reinholtz
RK Landmark Faculty Scholar
Marketing
Birdie Reznicek
Virginia & Edward Mitchell Faculty Scholar
Social Responsibility and Sustainabilty
Curtis Sears
Welch-Nguyen Family Faculty Scholar
Finance
Scott Shriver
Craig and Cynthia Smith Faculty Scholars
Marketing
Salma T. Shukri
Dean's Faculty Scholar
Professional Effectiveness
Brad Werner
JRN Faculty Scholar
Strategy, Entrepreneurship and Operations
Huanan Zhang
Kala and Shiv Khatri Endowed Faculty Scholar
Strategy, Entrepreneurship and Operations
Noah Zikmund
Allen Family Faculty Scholar
Organizational Leadership and Information Analytics