Honors & Awards
HSBC Sustainability Grant, Co-PI ($70,600), HSBC, 2018.
Innovation in Teaching - "Freshman Business Experience at Ithaca College", Mid-Atlantic Association of Colleges of Business Administration (MAACBA). Philadelphia, PA. October 2017
Best Paper (in track). Sixth International Conference on Business and Economic Development, New York, US, April 2017
Best Paper - 25th World Business Congress – International Management Development Association, London, UK, June 2016
Ithaca College - Provost Office: Mini-Grant; Sustainability in Small Businesses-Developing A Model of Success: Pilot Study, 2015
Ithaca College - Office of the Provost, Instructional Development Fund competitive grant, Ithaca College, 2014; “Enriching Sustainability in International Business Education”
Faculty Excellence Award - Ithaca College 2013: in honor of exemplary teaching, scholarship and service; one of five recipients at Ithaca College and the first faculty from the School of Business to receive this award
Phi Kappa Phi National Honor Society Executive Committee, 2013-14; elected to serve for 3 two years terms as president elect, president, and immediate past president, respectively
Certificate of Appreciation, in recognition of collaboration with Student Affairs and Campus Life, 2008, 2009, 2012
Ithaca College - Office of the Provost, National & International Conferences Travel Support, March 2012, March 2013, June 2014
Honorary Visiting Faculty, Chengdu Sports University, China, 2011-2015
Beta Alpha Psi, The Honors Organization for Financial Information Professionals – Mu Alpha Chapter, Ithaca College, 2008
Beta Gamma Sigma, International Honor Society for Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB - accredited), 2006
Phi Kappa Phi National Honor Society, Ithaca College, 2004
Best Paper among papers presented in the respective sessions, “In Recognition of Excellence in Research as Determined by Peer Evaluation”, Association for Global Business Conference, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2010
Association for Global Business Plaque, “In Recognition of Outstanding Service To International Business Education And The Association”, 2002
Ithaca College - Office of the Provost, Summer Research Grant, 2001
Phi Beta Delta Honor Society for International Scholars, 2001
Academy of International Business - Northeast Chapter Plaque for organizing the 2000 annual conference at Ithaca College
Ithaca College - President’s Recognition Award,1998-99 Academic Year
Ithaca College Dana Internship Program, summer research interns, 2003, 1997
Instructional Development Fund competitive grant - “Central European Business & Culture” course and its “Study Tour”, 1997
Ithaca College - Campus Center & Activities Recognition for “Support And Guidance” as the faculty adviser to the International Business Association,1997-98, 1998-99 Academic Year
Ithaca College Dana Research Fellow, 1992 - 93 Academic Year
Henry Villas Fellow, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1981 and 1982