Faculty Award Winners
Student Nominated Awards for Faculty
These individuals are recognized for going above and beyond in their service to the Gatton student body.
2024
Ateba Whitaker
Student Nominated - Faculty Member of the Year 2023
Jordan Moffett
Student Nominated - Faculty Member of the Year 2022
Jane Wells
Student Nominated - Faculty Member of the Year 2021
Olivia Davis
Student Nominated - Faculty Member of the Year 2020
Gail Hoyt
Student Nominated - Faculty Member of the Year 2019
Darshak Patel
Student Nominated - Faculty Member of the Year 2018
Nicole Thorne Jenkins
Student Nominated - Faculty Member of the Year
Jane Wells
Student Nominated - Faculty Member of the Year Gatton Research Excellence Awards
These awards are part of the College’s broader strategic mandate on the Research Excellence Initiative, which is to influence the thinking of business leaders, policy-makers and scholars around the world by providing insight and analysis of key topics critical to the business, policy, and research communities.
2024
Chris Clifford
Research Excellence Award - Research Productivity 
Tyler Kleppe
Research Excellence Award - Junior Faculty 
Ben Commerford
Research Excellence Initiative - Academic Impact 
Dan Brass
Research Excellence Initiative - Managerial Impact 
Steve Borgatti
Research Excellence Initiative - Societal Impact 2023
Russell Jame
Research Excellence Award - Research Productivity 
Yunke Mai
Research Excellence Award - Junior Faculty 
Monika Causholli
Research Excellence Initiative - Academic Impact 
Kristine Hankins
Research Excellence Initiative - Managerial Impact 
Will Gerken
Research Excellence Initiative - Societal Impact 2022
Will Gerken
Research Excellence Award - Research Productivity 
Mikhail Wolfson
Research Excellence Award - Junior Faculty 
Kristine Hankins
Research Excellence Initiative - Academic Impact 
Susan Zhu
Research Excellence Initiative - Managerial Impact 
Monika Causholli
Research Excellence Initiative - Societal Impact 2021
Huiwen Lian
Research Excellence Award - High Impact 
Brian Murtha
Research Excellence Award - Research Productivity 
Lala Ma
Research Excellence Award - Junior Faculty 2020
John Peloza
Research Excellence Award - High Impact 
Allan Chen
Research Excellence Award - Research Productivity 
Igor Cunha
Research Excellence Award - Research Productivity 2019
David Hardesty
Research Excellence Award - High Impact 
Leonce Bargeron
Research Excellence Award - Research Productivity 
Ben Commerford
Research Excellence Award - Research Productivity 
Ana Herrera
Research Excellence Award - Research Productivity 
Haoying Sun
Research Excellence Award - Research Productivity 2018
Dan Brass
Research Excellence Award - High Impact 
Monika Causholli
Research Excellence Award - Research Productivity 
Carlos Lamarche
Research Excellence Award - Research Productivity 
Will Gerken
Research Excellence Award - Junior Faculty 2017
Steve Borgatti
Research Excellence Award - High Impact 
Brian Bratten
Research Excellence Award - Research Productivity 
Russell Jame
Research Excellence Award - Junior Faculty Gatton Teaching Excellence Awards
This award is given to Gatton faculty members who inspire passion for their discipline, innovation in the classroom, and leadership to help students think critically and creatively about business problems.
2024
Mark Liu
Teaching Excellence Award - Faculty 
Leslie Vincent
Teaching Excellence Award - Faculty 
Spencer Stone
Teaching Excellence Award - Graduate Student 2023
Tom Lewis
Teaching Excellence Award - Faculty 
Nicholas Graff
Teaching Excellence Award - Graduate Student 2022
Jack Kirn
Teaching Excellence Award - Faculty 
Jordan Moffett
Teaching Excellence Award - Faculty 
Wenyin Li
Teaching Excellence Award - Graduate Student 2021
Brian Murtha
Teaching Excellence Award - Faculty
Jane Wells
Teaching Excellence Award - Faculty
Chris Pearson
Teaching Excellence Award - Graduate Student 2020
Olivia Davis
Teaching Excellence Award - Faculty 
Dan Halgin
Teaching Excellence Award - Faculty
Valbona Sulcaj
Teaching Excellence Award - Graduate Student 2019
Joe Labianca
Teaching Excellence Award - Faculty
Darshak Patel
Teaching Excellence Award - Faculty 
Lauren DiRago-Duncan
Teaching Excellence Award - Graduate Student
Tyson Von Alfen
Teaching Excellence Award - Graduate Student 2018
Wendy Liu
Teaching Excellence Award - Faculty 
Frank Scot
Teaching Excellence Award - Faculty
Yoon Seon Han
Teaching Excellence Award - Graduate Student 2017
Walter Ferrier
Teaching Excellence Award - Faculty 
Jenny Wang
Teaching Excellence Award - Graduate Student University Research Professor
The designation of University Research Professor is awarded to recognize and publicize research accomplishments of scholars across the full range of disciplines at UK.
Carlos Lamarche
2024 
Brian Murtha
2023
Kristine Hankins
2022
Allan Chen
2020 
James Ziliak
2019
Dan Bras
2018 
David Hardesty
2017
Steve Borgatti
2016