McCoy College of Business announces 2024 awards

SAN MARCOS, Texas — The McCoy College of Business at Texas State University announced this year’s recipients of college- and university-level awards at its annual fall meeting for faculty and staff on Wednesday, Aug. 21.

Presidential Distinction Awards

At the university level, several McCoy College faculty members earned Presidential Distinction Awards. For research, awards went to Dr. Maggie Wan, associate professor of management; Dr. Peiqin Zhang, associate professor of information systems and analytics; Dr. Jake Waddingham, assistant professor of management; and Dr. Iqbal Ahmed, assistant professor of finance and economics. For teaching, awards went to Dr. Billy Brewster, associate professor of accounting; Dr. Janet Payne, professor of finance and economics; Dr. Glen Young, assistant professor of accounting; and Zachary Kelley, associate professor of instruction in information systems and analytics. For service, awards recognized Dr. Jaymeen Shah, professor of information systems and analytics; Dr. Linda Alkire, associate professor of marketing; Kevin Jetton, professor of instruction in information systems and analytics; and Robert Wright, associate professor of instruction in information systems and analytics.

Woods Research Award
and Olney Early Career Research Award

The Gary V. Woods Research Award and the Robert J. Olney Early Career Research Award are, the two highest research honors awarded by the McCoy College. The Woods Research Award — chosen from among all tenured and tenure-track faculty, based on scholarly performance over the course of three years — went to Dr. Masoud Moradi, associate professor of marketing. The Olney Early Career Research Award recognizes the scholarly success of a faculty member early in their career; this year’s recipient was Dr. Jake Waddingham, assistant professor of management.

College-Level Awards

College Achievement Awards recognized 12 outstanding faculty members. For research, awards went to Dr. Sidney Anderson, associate professor of marketing; Dr. Corey Fox, associate professor of management; Dr. Yifan Liu, assistant professor of finance and economics; and Dr. Emily Wang, assistant professor of accounting. Awards for teaching honored Dr. Andrew Ojede, associate professor of finance and economics; Dr. Nancy Sirianni, associate professor of marketing; Dr. Christopher Proschko, associate professor of practice in accounting; and David Angelow, associate professor of instruction in information systems and analytics. For service, awards went to Dr. Kasey Martin, associate professor of accounting; Dr. Dincer Konur, associate professor of information systems and analytics; Craig Miller, associate professor of instruction in marketing; and Kevin Lyman, associate professor of instruction in management.

Dean's Leadership Council Changemaker Award

This year, the McCoy College of Business presented the Dean's Leadership Council Changemaker Award to five recipients: Bethany Mellum, director of the CenturyLink Academic Advising Center; Kate Fly, career specialist for graduate programs; Sharon Lehmann, budget specialist for McCoy College; Pam Brooks, administrative assistant III in the Department of Management; and Cindy Fornash, administrator for the McCoy College Foundation.

Outstanding Graduate Faculty

A new set of awards recognized outstanding faculty in each of McCoy College's graduate programs. The first winners were Dr. Peiqin Zhang, M.S. in Accounting and Information Technology (MSAIT); Dr. Christopher Proschko, Master of Accountancy (MAcy); Dr. Floyd Quinn, Master of Business Administration (MBA); Dr. Jaymeen Shah, M.S. in Data Analytics and Information Systems (MSDAIS); Dr. Masoud Moradi, M.S. in Marketing Research and Analysis (MSMRA); and Dr. Andrew Ojede, M.S. in Quantitative Finance and Economics (MSQFE).

Years of Service

The following faculty and staff members were recognized for years of service at Texas State:

40 Years of Service

Dr. Joni Charles, Finance and Economics
Dr. Vivek Shah, Information Systems and Analytics

35 Years of Service

Vicki West, Marketing

25 Years of Service

Dr. Glenn Tanner, Finance and Economics
Dr. Eric Kirby, Management
Dr. Susan Kirby, Management

20 Years of Service

Robert Fornash, Information Systems and Analytics
Sam Lee, Information Systems and Analytics
Ju Long, Information Systems and Analytics

15 Years of Service

Dr. Linda Campbell, Accounting
Dr. Kasey Martin, Accounting
Bethany Mellum, Academic Advising
Dr. Leyuan You, Finance and Economics

10 Years of Service

Dr. Yao-Yu Chih, Finance and Economics
Cathy Lamm, Office of the Dean
Dr. Terrance McClain, Student Success Center
Christina Moore, Management
Dr. Mina Pizzini, Accounting
Dr. Jeffrey Todd, Finance and Economics
Dr. Rick Wilson, Marketing
Randall Young, Accounting
Dr. Peiqin Zhang, Information Systems and Analytics

For more information about this story or other news, email Twister Marquiss, manager of marketing and communications for the McCoy College of Business, at twister@txstate.edu.

About the McCoy College of Business 
Established in 1970, Texas State’s business school officially became the McCoy College of Business in 2004 following a transformational gift of $20 million by Emmett and Miriam McCoy. The college, which offers classes in both San Marcos and Round Rock, is accredited by AACSB in both business and accounting, and has graduated more than 44,000 alumni.