Bauer Doctoral Students and Faculty Recognized for Research Excellence
Awards Identify Outstanding Faculty and Doctoral Students at Bauer
Published on September 18, 2015
In August, winners of the inaugural Bauer Doctoral Program Excellence Awards were announced. These awards were created to identify and reward outstanding faculty and doctoral students at the C. T. Bauer College of Business.
The four sets of awards included Best Bauer Dissertation Proposal Award, Best Bauer Dissertation Award, Bauer “A Hit” Research Team Award, and Bauer Faculty Mentorship Award.
The winners of the awards will be recognized during a gathering of faculty and doctoral students on October 7 at 2:30 p.m.
The winners of the four awards are listed below.
Best Bauer Dissertation Proposal Award: Joint Winners
Zev Fried, Accounting
Dissertation Title: Does Auditor Choice Affect Financial Debt Covenants?
Rob Austin McKee, Management
Dissertation Title: Hunger, Satiety, and Decision Making: A Review, Replication, and Extension
Bauer Dissertation Award
Jeff Boichuk (Ph.D. ’14) Assistant Professor, University of Virginia
Dissertation Title: Developing and Retaining New Hires During the Sales Force Socialization Process
Bauer “A Hit” Research Team Award: Joint Winners
Research Team 1: Sina Damangir (Ph.D. ‘14), Assistant Professor, San Francisco State Ye Hu, Associate Professor, Robinson Fellow, C. T. Bauer College of Business Rex Du, Hurley Professor of Marketing, C. T. Bauer College of Business
Research papers published from this research team in 2014-15:
Hu, Ye, Rex Yuxing Du, and Sina Damangir (2014), "Decomposing the Impact of Advertising: Augmenting Sales with Online Search Data," Journal of Marketing Research, 51 (3) 300‐319.
Du, Rex Yuxing, Ye Hu, and Sina Damangir (2015), "Leveraging Trends in Online Searches for Product Features in Market Response Modeling," Journal of Marketing, 79 (1), 29‐43.
Research Team 2: Ryan Mullins (Ph.D. ‘12), Assistant Professor, Clemson Son Lam, Associate Professor, University of Georgia Zach Hall (Ph.D. ‘13), Assistant Professor, Texas Christian University Jeff Boichuk (Ph.D. ‘14), Assistant Professor, The University of Virginia
Research paper published from this research team in 2014-15:
Mullins, Ryan, Michael Ahearne, Son Lam, Zach Hall and Jeff Boichuk (2014), "Know Your Customer: How Salesperson Perceptions of Customer Relationship Quality Form and Influence Account Profitability," Journal of Marketing, 78 (6), 38-58.
Bauer Faculty Mentorship Award
Mike Ahearne Marketing Professor
Executive Director, Sales Excellence Institute C. T. Bauer College of Business
For more details about the awards, please visit the call for nominations, and for information on the Bauer Doctoral program, visit bauer.uh.edu/doctoral