PCSB Faculty & Staff Recognitions

The Providence College School of Business (PCSB) Dean’s Office solicits nominations annually for the following faculty and staff awards for research, teaching, service, and inclusive excellence. Nominations are reviewed and selected by the dean in consultation with the PCSB’s Senior Leadership Team in April of each year, and recipients are recognized at the PCSB Faculty Summit in May.

Emerging Faculty Leaders Fellowship Award

The Emerging Faculty Leaders Fellowship Program, introduced in 2024, aims to reward tenured associate professors or senior professors of practice in the PCSB who proactively support continuous improvement through demonstrating sustained commitment to service and leadership while maintaining and exhibiting excellence in intellectual activity and teaching versatility.

Nomination Requirements

Evidence of nominee’s sustained record of administrative and stakeholder engagement activities (e.g., department chair/assistant chair, program development and directorship, participation in the PCSB Teaching Development Program, consistent presence at campus-wide and PCSB events and meetings, etc.)
Evidence that nominee’s students see them as ‘tough but fair’ across a diverse teaching portfolio of varied courses taught and section assignments (e.g., two vs. three day week, times of day)
Evidence of nominee’s steady, high-quality scholarly output

Past
Recipients

2024: Jonathan Jackson, Finance; Stephen Perreault, Accountancy; Ainslie Schultz, Marketing; Arati Srinivasan, Management; Edward Szado, Finance

Dean’s Award for Inclusive Excellence

The Dean’s Award for Inclusive Excellence recognizes a fulltime PCSB faculty or staff member who has demonstrated a commitment to make excellence inclusive by recognizing inequities in student success, identifying effective educational practices for overcoming inequities in student success, and supporting organic development of such practices at the PCSB.

Nomination Requirements

Evidence of nominee’s contributions toward inclusive excellence during the current academic year

Past
Recipients

2024: Nea North, Marketing
2023: Arati Kale, Finance
2022: Abby Corrington, Management
2021: Christine Earley, Accountancy
2020: Sarah Alhouti, Marketing; Rebecca Reeves, PCSB Dean’s Office

Excellence in Research Award

The Excellence in Research Award recognizes a full time PCSB faculty member for exemplary contributions to their field of research as evidenced by activities such as high-quality publications, grants received, awards received for research (e.g., best paper awards), popular press citations, and invited presentations or research workshops.

Nomination Requirements

Research statement
Updated CV
Additional evidence of research excellence which may include (but is not limited to) the following from the timeframe of January 1 of the most recently completed calendar year through the present:
Copies of publications
Copies of forthcoming and/or accepted articles
Grants received
Other research-related awards received (e.g., best paper)

Past
Recipients

2024: Wen Chen, Finance; Christine Earley & Stephen Kuselias, Accountancy; Kevin Newman, Marketing
2023: Stephen Kuselias, Accountancy; Ainslie Schultz, Marketing
2022: Jessica Buchanan, Accountancy; Christopher Lyddy, Management
2021: Christopher Lyddy, Management
2020: David Cortés, Finance; Stephen Kuselias, Accountancy
2019: Jonathan Jackson, Finance; Liu Wang, Finance
2018: Patrick Kelly, Accountancy; Kevin Newman, Marketing
2017: Stephen Perreault, Accountancy; Arati Srinivasan, Management
2016: Christine Earley, Accountancy; Scott Wright, Marketing
2015: David McIntyre, Management; Liu Wang, Finance
2014: Dan Horne, Marketing; Scott Wright, Marketing
2013: David McIntyre, Management

Greene Family Award for Teaching Excellence

The endowed Greene Family Award for Teaching Excellence – generously given by Christopher J. and Teresa A. Greene ’18P – recognizes a fulltime PCSB faculty member for exemplary teaching performance. Prior to 2017, this award was named the Excellence in Teaching Award.

Nomination Requirements

Teaching statement
IDEA reports from the most recently completed winter, fall, summer, and spring semesters
Additional evidence of teaching excellence is also recommended (note student testimonials will not be considered)

Past
Recipients

2024: Julia Camp, Accountancy; Paul Scanlon, PCSB Dean’s Office
2023: Ranier Robinson, Accountancy; Abby Corrington, Management
2022: David Cortés, Finance; Kevin Newman, Marketing
2021: Sydnee Manley, Accountancy; Gregory Light, Finance
2020: Ainslie Schultz, Marketing
2019: Stephen Kuselias, Accountancy; Arati Srinivasan, Management
2018: Ann Kelley, Accountancy
2017: Jeffrey Kotz, Finance; Deirdre Snyder, Management
2016: Carol Hartley, Accountancy; Ronald Jelinek, Marketing
2015: Brian Lamoureux, Management; Michael Shafer, Finance
2014: Patrick Kelly, Accountancy
2013: Mark DeFanti, Marketing

Graduate Business Teaching Excellence Award

The Graduate Business Teaching Excellence Award is presented to a PCSB faculty member who exemplifies academic excellence and demonstrates strong commitment to teaching and to the PCSB Graduate Program. Prior to 2022, this award was named the Outstanding MBA Faculty Award.

Nomination Details

Nominations for this award are solicited from current graduate business students for PCSB faculty members who have taught during the current academic-year cycle for the Graduate Business Program.

Past Recipients

2024: Karl Kern, Accountancy
2023: John Zilch, Graduate Business
2022: Christine Earley, Accountancy
2021: Adam Villa, Math & Computer Sciences
2020: Jonathan Jackson, Finance
2019: Deirdre Snyder, Management
2018: Julia Camp, Accountancy
2017: Jonathan Jackson, Finance
2016: Carol Hartley, Accountancy
2015: Matthew Callahan, Finance
2014: Matthew Eriksen, Management
2013: Patrick Kelly, Accountancy

Outstanding Service Award

The Outstanding Service Award recognizes a full-time PCSB faculty or staff member who has made significant contributions to support the PCSB community and the School’s strategic priorities.

Nomination Requirements

Statement outlining nominee’s accomplishments and outstanding service to the PCSB during the current academic year. Examples of outstanding service include:

Implementation of ideas to increase efficiency and effectiveness of PCSB processes to support faculty, students, and/or alumni
Contributions to curriculum improvement
Advising and supporting student co-curricular activities

Past
Recipients

2024: Brian Maher, PCSB Dean’s Office
2023: Robert Camp, Finance
2022: Jonathan Jackson, Finance; Arati Srinivasan, Management
2021: Kevin McMahon, Finance; Adam Villa, Math & Computer Sciences
2020: Rae Caloura, Marketing; Faith Lamprey, Accountancy
2019: Valerie Peterson, Accountancy; Heather Wunschel, PCSB Graduate Programs
2018: Joseph Gemma, Management; Kristin Shepherd, PCSB Undergraduate Programs
2017: Carolyn Duane, PCSB Dean’s Office
2016: Jacqueline Elcik, PCSB Dean’s Office
2015: Carol Hartley, Accountancy; Lisa Mildner, PCSB Dean’s Office
2014: Matthew Keane, Accountancy; Liu Wang, Finance

Faculty Mentor Award

The Faculty Mentor Award recognizes a full-time (typically non-administrator) PCSB faculty member who has shown a commitment to the importance of mentoring in supporting and developing the School’s probationary faculty.

Nomination Requirements

Statement outlining nominee’s mentorship efforts and contributions, which may be focused on scholarship but can also involve teaching, service to the discipline or College, and/or work-life balance.

Past
Recipients

2024: Matthew Eriksen, Management
2023: Jonathan Jackson, Finance
2022: Julia Camp, Accountancy
2021: Edward Nelson, Accountancy
2020: Julia Camp, Accountancy
2019: Matthew Eriksen, Management
2018: Mark DeFanti, Marketing
2017: M. Cary Collins, Finance
2016: Matthew Eriksen, Management

Award Archives

Dean’s Summer Research Fellowship Award

Award Details

This award was formerly presented to an ordinary PCSB faculty member who demonstrated extraordinary promise for research initiatives in their discipline planned for the upcoming summer intersession.

Past Recipients

2023: Nea North, Marketing
2022: Arati Kale, Finance
2021: Abby Corrington, Management
2020: Arati Srinivasan, Management
2019: Ainslie Schultz, Marketing
2018: Christopher Lyddy, Management
2017: Jonathan Jackson, Finance; Ronald Jelinek, Marketing
2016: Kevin Newman, Marketing
2015: Sarah Alhouti, Marketing; Edward Szado, Finance

Dean’s Award for Teaching Excellence

Award Details

This award was formerly presented to fulltime PCSB faculty members of any rank who demonstrated a commitment to self-evaluation of and continuous improvement in teaching, or to teaching innovation. Prior to 2019, this award was named the Teaching Innovation Award.

Past Recipients

2022: Cary Collins, Finance; Arati Kale, Finance; Kevin McMahon, Finance
2019: Faith Lamprey, Accountancy
2018: Matthew Eriksen, Management; Michael Shafer, Finance
2017: Stephen Perreault, Accountancy
2016: Sarah Alhouti, Marketing; Jeffrey Kotz, Finance
2015: Michael Kraten, Accountancy; Gregory Light, Finance
2014: Julia Camp, Accountancy; Mark DeFanti, Marketing
2013: Janet Letourneau, Marketing; Francine Newth, Management

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