Culverhouse honors faculty and staff

Faculty Staff Awards 2025

The Culverhouse College of Business honored some remarkable people for their outstanding commitment to education and dedicated service. We honored them in April at the Culverhouse College of Business Faculty & Staff Awards.

We also celebrated 2025 Faculty Hall of Fame inductee Dr. J. Brian Gray, and recognized our recently retired colleagues, including Dr. Buster Allaway, Professor of Marketing; Dr. Bruce Barrett, Associate Professor of Statistics; Connie Chambers, College of Corporate Relations Programs Manager, Manderson; Susan Cowles, Director, Culverhouse Career Center; Linda Johnson, Employer Relations Program Director, Culverhouse Career Center; Dr. Robert McLeod, Professor of Finance

 

Faculty teaching awards

  • Instructional Excellence Award for Renewable Contract: Jennifer Northam, Instructor of Operations Management
  • Instructional Excellence Award for Untenured Tenure-Track Faculty: Dr. Chez Sealy, Assistant Professor of Accounting; Dr. Devin Stein, Assistant Professor of Management
  • Thomas D. Moore Endowed Teaching Award: Dr. Paan Jindapon, Associate Professor of Economics
  • Board of Visitors Teaching Achievement Award: Sophia Kennedy, Instructor of Accounting
  • James D. Nabors Instructional Excellence Award: Dr. Russell Mathews, Professor of Management
  • Early Achievement in Research Award: Dr. Annie Tian, Associate Professor of MIS
  • Board of Visitors Research Achievement Award: Dr. Sandra Mortal, Professor of Finance
  • Board of Visitors Outstanding Service Award: Dr. Bob Hammond, Professor of Economics

 

Staff awards

  • Board of Visitors Outstanding Service Award for Professional Staff: Latrisa Griffin, Director of Financial Affairs
  • Board of Visitors Outstanding Service Award for Staff: Laura Jones, Office of Assistant II, Manderson Graduate School of Business
  • Board of Visitors Outstanding Spirit Award: Kimberly Niven, Office Associate, Accounting
  • Culverhouse Teamwork Award: Sabrina Anderson, Accounting Assistant, Alabama Entrepreneurship Institute
  • Culverhouse Student Impact Award for Professional Staff: Sydney Simmons, Director of Recruiting & Professional Develpment, Culverhouse School of Accountancy
  • Culverhouse Student Impact Award for Staff: Ashley Coker, Accounting Specialist, Manderson Graduate School of Business
  • Dedication to Professional Education Award: Amanda Cox, Research Scientist, IDA

 

All College Awards

John S. Bickley Innovation and Creativity Award
Dr. Tom English, Associate Professor of Health Care Management
Kaylon Steadham, Grant and Contract Specialist

Dean’s Service Award
Dr. Greg Bott, Associate Professor of MIS
Dr. Keely Latopolski, Assistant Dean for Undergraduate Academic Programs and Retention

 

Congrats to all the winners and honorees!

See and download photos from the celebration here.

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