UW Foster Awards Recognize Faculty and Staff Achievements

Foster School of Business honors best and brightest achievements of faculty and staff

Each year, the roll out the University of Washington Foster School of Business rolls out the purple carpet to celebrate The Fosters. The annual awards honor the best and brightest achievements during the academic year by faculty and staff. These are the 2022–2023 honorees.

Foster School of Business Excellence Awards

• PACCAR Award for Excellence in Teaching — Simha Mummalaneni
  The PACCAR Award is made possible by PACCAR Inc and The PACCAR Foundation.
• Charles E. Summer Memorial Teaching Award — Dawn Matsumoto, Jonathan Karpoff.
  The Summer Award is made possible by the Charles E. Summer Outstanding Teaching Award Fund.

Dawn Matsumoto, recipient of the Charles E. Summer Memorial Teaching Award and the Technology Management MBA Excellence in Teaching Award

• Pacific Coast Banking School Dean’s Leadership Awards — Sydney Donaldson, Shasta Jennings, Sarah McVay, Noe Valdovinos Orozco
• Dean’s Excellence Award for Undergraduate Teaching — Tod Bergstrom, Phillip Quinn
• Dean’s Excellence Award for Graduate Teaching — Crystal Finkelstein
• Dean’s Excellence Award for Faculty Research — Ali Goli, Mingwen Yang

The Dean’s Excellence Awards are made possible by the Wells Fargo Faculty Award Fund, the Takashi and Lily Hori Endowment for Leadership and Strategy in Business Fund, and the Andrew V. Smith Faculty Development Fund.

Charles E. Summer Memorial Teaching Award recipient Ali Goli

• William A. & Helen I. Fowler Award for Special Achievement in Finance — Stephan Siegel
  The Fowler Award is made possible by the William A. and Helen I. Fowler Endowment for Special Achievement or Recognition Fund.
• Lex N. Gamble Family Award for Excellence in Case Development and Curriculum Innovation — Jenny Graves, Scott Reynolds
  The Gamble Family Award is made possible by the Lex N. Gamble Family Award for Excellence in Case Development and Curriculum Innovation Fund.

Foster School of Business MBA Programs Awards

• Full-Time MBA Professor of the Year — Elizabeth Blankespoor

Foster Full-Time MBA Professor of the Year Elizabeth Blankespoor

• Evening MBA Professors of the Year — Christy Johnson (Class of 2023), Sven Peterson (Class of 2024), Ed deHaan (Class of 2025).
• Technology Management MBA Excellence in Teaching — Dawn Matsumoto
• Hybrid MBA Excellence in Teaching — Alexis León (core), Elizabeth Umphress (elective)
• Executive MBA Robert M. Bowen Excellence in Teaching (Monthly Cohort 24) — Pat Bettin

Executive MBA Robert M. Bowen Excellence in Teaching award recipient Jonathan Karpoff

• Executive MBA Robert M. Bowen Excellence in Teaching (Weekly Cohort 39) — Jonathan Karpoff
• Executive Development Program Faculty Teaching Award — Pat Bettin
• Master of Supply Chain Management Excellence in Teaching — Issariya Sirichakwal, Hamed Mamani​
• MS in Information Systems Excellence in Teaching — Uttara Ananthakrishnan
• MS in Business Analytics Excellence in Teaching — Lalit Jain, Issariya Sirichakwal, Ali Goli
• MS in Entrepreneurship Excellence in Teaching — Ken Myer

Foster School of Business Undergraduate Programs Awards

• Undergraduate Faculty of the Year — Jenny Graves
• Accounting — Phillip Quinn
• Finance and Business Economics — Frances Maloy
• Information Systems and Operations Management — Tayfun Keskin

Management and Organization award recipient Lian Shao

• Management and Organization — Lian Shao
• Marketing and International Business — Leta Beard
• Undergraduate Staff of the Year — Roya Zahed, Sarah Allex

Foster School of Business Summer DEI Research Grantees

• Sarah McVay
• Esther Uduehi
• Mana Heshmati

Summer DEI Research Grantee Mana Heshmati

Summer DEI Research Grants are funded by the Consulting and Business Development Center and the Dean’s Office.

Foster School of Business Diversity Case Writing Grantees

• Christina Fong
• Benjamin Hallen
• Teddy Johnson
• Elizabeth Umphress
• Russell Walker

Diversity Case Writing Grantee Teddy Johnson

Foster School of Business Staff Awards

Staff Excellence Award: Ava Adams, Kathleen Glazier, Michael Morrison, Melissa Solberg, Dorothy McKee

Emerging Leader Award: Eileen Bhatia

Staff Excellence and Emerging Leader Awards made possible by Lee and Darlene Nutter through the Dean’s Academic Excellence Fund.

Foster School of Business Faculty Promotions

• Beth Blankespoor — Professor of Accounting
• Doron Levit — Professor of Finance and Business Economics
• Abhinav Gupta — Professor of Management and Organization

Professor of Management and Organization Abhinav Gupta

• Benjamin Hallen — Professor of Management and Organization
• Jordan Nickerson — Associate Professor of Finance and Business Economics
• Andrew Hafenbrack — Associate Professor of Management and Organization

Foster School of Business Faculty Retirements

Charles Hill — Professor Emeritus of Management & Organization

Staff Retirements

• Shawna Reimers — Department of Information Systems and Operations Management
• Kathryn Vinson — Fiscal Services