Denny Beresford, executive in residence at the J.M. Tull School of Accounting, was appointed to the board of directors of the NACD Corporate Directors Institute. The institute oversees the National Association of Corporate Directors’ new credentialing program for corporate directors similar to the CPA program.
Sundar Bharadwaj, the Coca-Cola Company Chair of Marketing, received a $189,182 grant from nonprofit Cooperative Assistance and Relief Everywhere. The grant facilitates research into the diffusion of women’s savings groups in Malawi, Tanzania and Nigeria.
Anindita Chakravarty, associate professor of marketing, received the 2020 Varadarajan Award for Early Career Contributions to Marketing Strategy Research from the American Marketing Association. In her decade of post-doctoral work, Chakravarty focuses on the empirical modeling of marketing strategy issues related to marketing metrics and marketing accountability.
The American Accounting Association selected accounting professor Margaret Christ and her co-authors to receive this year’s Innovation in Accounting Education Award for creating a curriculum that supports the development of “an analytics mindset.” The award was presented in August at the AAA’s annual meeting, held virtually.
Greg Day, assistant professor of legal studies, received the American Antitrust Association’s award for Best Antitrust Article of 2019 on Privacy for his paper, “Infracompetitive Privacy.” The paper, which investigates the privacy implications of tech platforms such as Uber, Google, and Facebook, was published in the Iowa Law Review.
Son Lam, who is the Terry Dean’s Advisory Council Distinguished Professor, received an outstanding reviewer recognition from the Journal of Marketing for his contributions to the journal between June 2019 and June 2020.
Fadel Matta, associate professor of management, received the 2020 Rising Star in Leadership Research Award sponsored by Exeter Centre for Leadership at the University of Exeter Business School and the Academy of Management’s Network of Leadership Scholars.
Hani Safadi, assistant professor of management information systems, received the Best Associate Editor Award from the Association for Information Systems at the 2019 International Conference on Information Systems. Safadi serves as an associate editor for digital innovation, entrepreneurship and new business models.
Rick Watson, Regents Professor and J. Rex Fuqua Distinguished Chair for Internet Strategy, served as keynote speaker for the 4th Conference on Information Systems in Latin America. His presentation, “Capital, systems, and objects,” was presented virtually and is available online.