LSB Awards and Faculty Updates
Excellence in Teaching
Devon Hawkins, Assistant Teaching Professor of Economics
Scott Oakes, Assistant Teaching Professor of Management
Exemplary Service
Chris Harris, Associate Professor of Finance and Chair of the Department of Finance
KC Kasserman Assistant Teaching Professor of Marketing
Excellence in Scholarship
Mustafa Akben, Assistant Professor of Management and Director of Artificial Intelligence
Chris Nelson, Associate Professor of Marketing
Staff Excellence Award
Brenda Crutchfield, Program Assistant
Shannon Kimball, Administrative Assistant
Retiring Faculty and Staff

Pieter Swanepoel Sr.
Lecturer in Accounting

Cindy Sweeney
Senior Associate Director of Career Services – Love School of Business
New Full-Time Faculty
Larry Burke
Assistant Professor of Accounting
Jose Cerecedo Lopez
Assistant Professor of Management
Feng Dong
Assistant Professor of Finance
Vinayaka Gude
Assistant Professor of Business Analytics
Andrew Schwartz
Assistant Professor of Finance
Robert Sheu
Assistant Professor of Accounting
Katelyn Walls
Assistant Professor of Business Analytics
Mitchell Vaughn
Assistant Professor of Economics
Kem Zhang
Associate Professor of Business Analytics
Linli Zhao
Assistant Professor of Economics
Promotions and Tenure
Steven Bednar
Promoted to Professor
Sean McMahon
Promoted to Professor
Xin Liu
Granted Tenure and Promoted to Associate Professor
Thibaut Morillon
Granted Tenure and Promoted to Associate Professor
Lakeisha Vance
Continuance in a lecture- track appointment
John Wimmer
Continuance in a lecture- track appointment