(ATLANTA) – The Robinson College of Business honored six of its own with the 2004 Faculty Recognition Award. The annual award recognizes faculty members for excellence in teaching, research and service.
This year's recipients are Alfred Mettler (teaching), Balasubramaniam Ramesh (teaching), Omesh Kini (research), Ram Sriram (research), Pamela Scholder Ellen (service) and Veda Storey (service).
Mettler, assistant professor of finance, consistently receives high marks from his students for his dynamic teaching style. He is a member of Robinson's faculty steering committee which was charged with revising the MBA curriculum. He was also instrumental in designing and coordinating the College's new core course, "Managing in the Global Economy."
Ramesh, professor of computer information systems (CIS), also receives positive feedback from his students and over the past several years has distinguished himself among the highest rated CIS professors. He has achieved his success across all levels (doctoral, masters and undergraduate).
Kini, associate professor of finance, has received several awards for his research. He is widely recognized for his work on equity issuances, mergers and acquisitions and corporate governance. Over the past five years, he has had seven papers accepted and/or published in top quality finance journals.
Sriram, professor in the School of Accountancy, is one of the pioneering accounting researchers in the study of neural networks usage as a decision support during the audit process. He has received numerous awards including the "Outstanding Research Award" from the American Accounting Association for "most significant contributions to the Artificial Intelligence and Expert System Research" during the last two decades.
Ellen, associate professor of marketing, continually applies her marketing research to further the effectiveness of the marketing profession, the College, and many nonprofit and community organizations. She provides marketing research support for more than 30 small business and nonprofit organizations and has been recognized as an influential marketer by the Journal of Public Policy and Marketing.
Storey is the Tull professor in the department of computer information systems who is lauded for her service to the community, the university, the college and her department. She is the associate editor of eight leading academic journals, has served as treasurer for the past seven years for the Workshop on Information Technologies, and is a member of Robinson's MBA steering committee.
Nominations for the Faculty Recognitions Awards are submitted by department chairs and are selected based on criteria set by members of the college's Executive Committee.
The J. Mack Robinson College of Business is one of the world's best business schools. The College's Flex (part-time) MBA program has been listed in the top ten by U.S. News for the past nine consecutive years and its undergraduate business program is ranked among the top 50 in the nation. The College's Executive MBA program is ranked among the 50 top programs worldwide by The Financial Times and BusinessWeek magazine ranks it 24th in the world. Georgia State University's Robinson College of Business has an enrollment for more than 8000 students and is located in downtown Atlanta.
