Faculty Recognitions and Awards

An important and vital part of all we do in the Koppelman School of Business is our highly qualified and achievement-oriented faculty. Their achievements are recognized by the various awards they receive and the distinguished titles that are bestowed on them. The list of faculty members who have been recognized over the years for their achievements is provided below.

Herbert Kurz Endowed Chair in Finance and Risk Management

This chair is funded by the Kurz Family Foundation in honor of Herbert Kurz '41, founder of Presidential Life Insurance Company.

Current Holder—Hyuna Park

Marshall G. Kaplan Endowed Chair in Municipal Government (Accounting)

This chair is funded by Marshall G. Kaplan '49, taxation and real estate attorney.

Current Holder—Daniel Tinkelman

Claire '52 and Leonard '50 Tow Professorship

Funded by the Tow Foundation, this two-year professorship is awarded to members of the faculty whose scholarly accomplishments are of a particularly high order.

Claire Tow Distinguished Teacher Award

Funded by the Tow Foundation, this award recognizes a senior member of the faculty for outstanding qualities as a teacher and for being a role model to students and other faculty.

2016—Myles Bassell
2011—Herve Queneau

Excellence in Academic Outcomes Assessment Award

The award is presented annually to a full-time faculty member, or faculty team, for extraordinary contributions in championing academic outcomes assessment/Assurance of Learning.

2019—Carol Connell
2016—Hershey Friedman, Dov Fisher

Excellence in Teaching Award

This award recognizes faculty members who have been innovative, current, and adaptive in teaching techniques and methodologies that enhance their teaching effectiveness.

2022—Dan Tinkelman, Sonia Lambert, Toby Birnbaum, Willian Thorne, Moonsoo Kang
2021—Miriam Lefkowitz, Myles Bassell, Richard Long, Paul Goldberg, Mina Glambosky
2020—Soha Ghallab, Myles Bassell, Merih Uctum, Seungho Baek
2019—Nadia Doytch, Hyuna Park, Nakato Hirakubo, Miriam Lefkowitz
2018—Gary Testa, Seungho Baek, Paul Goldberg, Richard Long
2017—Sholom Schochet
2016—Myles Bassell, Sholom Schochet
2015—Myles Bassell, Toby Birnbaum
2014—Veronica Manlow, Toby Birnbaum
2013—James Lynch, Soha Ghallab, Gary Testa
2012—Veronica Manlow

Excellence in Research Award

This award recognizes faculty members who have demonstrated success in producing high-quality scholarly research that has led to publications in refereed journals.

2022—Yoshie Lord, Frimette Kass-Shraibman, Viju Raghupathi, Laura Rifkin, Josh Fogel, Mitchell Langbert, Nadia Doytch, Sunil Mohanty, Hyuna Park, Stanley Peterburgsky, Mina Glambosky
2021—Dov Fisher, Viju Raghupathi, Nadia Doytch, Seungho Baek
2020—Seungho Baek, Nadia Doytch, Mina Glambosky, Hyuna Park, Stanley Peterburgsky
2019—Hao Hsuan Chiu, Sunil Mohanty, Carol Connell, Hong Jen Lin
2018—Nadia Doytch, Stanley Peterburgsky, Joshua Fogel
2017—Hershey Friedman, Nadia Doytch
2016—Seungho Baek, Joshua Fogel
2015—Miriam Gerstein, Viju Raghupathi
2014—Hershey Friedman, Dov Fisher, Veronica Manlow
2013—Nadia Doytch, Carol Connell, Joshua Fogel
2012—Chun Wang

Excellence in Service Award

This award recognizes faculty members who have demonstrated excellence in service to his or her department, the Koppelman School of Business, Brooklyn College, to his or her profession, and to non-academic community organizations and government agencies.

2022—John Paul, Myles Bassell, Cliff Clarke, Paul Goldberg, Mina Glambosky, Afritiya Green
2021—Ben Langer, Sonia Lambert, Herve Queneau, Paul Goldberg, Stanley Peterburgsky, Zina Sharperson
2020—Chun Wang
2019—John Paul, Hyuna Park
2018—Myles Bassell
2017—Sonia Lambert
2016—Satina Williams, Carol Connell
2015—Gary Testa
2014—Moishe Zelcer
2013—Stanley Sauber, Myles Bassell
2012—Hershey Friedman

Special Recognition Awards

Special recognition awards are bestowed only on occasions that a faculty or faculties have demonstrated extraordinary effort and outcome that support Koppelman's mission, strategic priorities, or objectives. Awardees are nominated by chairs and decided on by the dean.

2022

Special Recognition Award for Student Impact—Seungho Baek
Special Recognition Award for Scholarship Impact—Hershey Friedman
Special Recognition Award for Community Impact—Ngoc Cindy Pham, Ben Langer
Special Recognition Award for Service Impact—Carol Connell
Special Recognition Award for Innovation Impact—Veronica Manlow

2021

Special Recognition Award for Student Impact—Charles Stone
Special Recognition Award for Scholarship Impact—Hershey Friedman
Special Recognition Award for Community Impact—Darline Augustine
Special Recognition Award for Service Impact—Carol Connell
Special Recognition Award for Transformational Teaching—Dov Fisher

2020

Special Recognition Award for Mentoring Undergraduate Research—Joshua Fogel
Special Recognition Award for Curriculum Development—William Hampton-Sosa
Special Recognition Award for Collaborative Scholarship—Dov Fischer
Special Recognition Award for Innovative Undergraduate Teaching and Mentoring—Ngoc Cindy Pham
Special Impact Award for Scholarship—Sunil Mohanty