Faculty & Research

Teaching Awards

Teaching awards and graduate diplomas at Simon Commencement 2021.

Striving to be ever better, every day.

As a part of the University of Rochester community, Simon Business School is defined by Meliora: a relentless endeavor to be ever better. Each year we recognize faculty members who exhibit excellence in the classroom and who inspire our students with several prestigious awards.

The Gerald and Deanne Gitner Award for Teaching Excellence

Established in 2016 by Gerald Gitner ’68S (MBA) and his wife, Deanne, the Gitner Prize recognizes a junior faculty member for teaching and research excellence, as well as their overall impact on Simon Business School and the University of Rochester. The recipient is selected by a committee of faculty and students, and is presented during Commencement ceremonies.

A retired airline industry CEO, Gerald Gitner received his Simon Business School MBA in May 2015, 47 years after attending the School. The degree presentation stemmed from an e-mail to former Dean Andrew Ainslie from Gitner’s son, Seth, explaining that his father left Simon just before graduating to pursue a career in the airline industry after his final thesis was rejected. The thesis topic was “Government Bureaucracy in Securing Airline Routes.” Gitner soon became the youngest vice-president in Trans World Airlines (TWA) history, later rising to CEO of the company. He went on to become an airline industry titan with senior-level roles at Texas International Airlines, Pam American World Airways, Texas Air Corp., and to co-found People Express Airlines.

Gerald Gitner and former Dean Andrew Ainslie.

Meet our past recipients:

Superior Teaching Awards

The Superior Teaching Award is presented to faculty members who most exemplify scholarship and excellence in teaching. The recipients are enthusiastic and insightful in their classroom presentations, are generous with their time and energy, and demand excellence of themselves and students.

Superior Teaching Awards are awarded each year at commencement by the following groups: the first-year full-time MBA class, all graduating full-time and part-time MBA students, each full-time MS class, and the graduating Executive MBA Class.

First-Year MBA Superior Teaching Award
  • Heikki Rantakari 2024
  • Heikki Rantakari 2023
  • Ravi Mantena 2022
  • Jeanine Miklos-Thal 2021
  • Ravi Mantena 2020
  • Ravi Mantena 2019
  • Ravi Mantena 2018
  • Greg Dobson 2017
  • Gregg A. Jarrell 2016
  • Gregg A. Jarrell 2015
  • Gregg A. Jarrell 2014
  • Paulo Albuquerque 2013
  • Clifford W. Smith Jr. 2012
  • Ravi Mantena 2011
  • Abraham Seidmann 2010
  • Gregg A. Jarrell 2009
  • Gregg A. Jarrell 2008
  • Sanjog R. Misra 2007
Second-Year MBA Superior Teaching Award
  • Jeanine Miklos-Thal  2024
  • Jeanine Miklos-Thal  2023
  • Ravi Mantena 2022
  • Takeaki Sunada 2021
  • Mitch Lovett 2020
  • Gregory H. Bauer 2019
  • Carol Shuherk 2018
  • Guy Arie 2017
  • Gregg A. Jarrell 2016
  • Paul Ellickson 2015
  • Gregg A. Jarrell 2014
  • Paulo Albuquerque 2013
  • Ryan McDevitt 2012
  • Gregg A. Jarrell 2011
  • Gregg A. Jarrell 2010
  • Daniel Burnside, Vera Tilson 2009
  • Gregg A. Jarrell 2008
  • Gregg A. Jarrell 2007
  • Gregg A. Jarrell 2006
MS Accounting Superior Teaching Award
  • Glen Huels 2024
  • Heidi Tribunella 2023
  • Glenn Huels 2022
  • Heidi Tribunella 2021
  • Bryce Schonberger 2020
  • Bryce Schonberger 2019
  • Charles Wasley 2018
MS Business Analytics Superior Teaching Award
  • Avery Haviv 2024
  • Zach Roth  2023
  • Avery Haviv 2022
  • Takeaki Sunada 2020
  • Avery Haviv 2019
  • Avery Haviv 2018
MS Finance Superior Teaching Award
  • Pavel Zryumov 2024
  • Charles Wasley 2023
  • Tom Estad 2022
  • Christian Opp 2021
  • Robert Novy-Marx, Charles Wasley 2020
  • Robert Novy-Marx 2019
  • Gregg A. Jarrell 2018
MS Marketing Analytics Superior Teaching Award
  • Greg Shaffer 2024
  • Linda Daley  2023
  • Avery Haviv 2022
  • Avery Haviv 2020
  • Avery Haviv 2019
  • Mitch Lovett 2018
EMBA Superior Teaching Award
  • Vera Tilson 2024
  • Ravi Mantena 2023
  • Roberto Colangelo 2022
  • Ravi Mantena 2021
  • Ravi Mantena 2020
  • Gregory H. Bauer 2019
  • Gregory H. Bauer 2018
  • Ravi Mantena 2017
  • Gregory H. Bauer 2016
  • Clifford W. Smith Jr. 2015
  • Gregory H. Bauer 2014
  • Gregory H. Bauer 2013
  • Gregory H. Bauer 2012
  • Gregory H. Bauer 2011 
  • Gregory H. Bauer 2010
  • Lawrence J. Matteson 2009
  • Michael J. Barclay (posthumously) 2008
  • Clifford W. Smith Jr. 2007
  • Michael J. Barclay 2006
  • Clifford W. Smith, Jr 2005
  • Clifford W. Smith, Jr 2004

 

Teaching Honor Roll

Each academic term we recognize the faculty members who have earned the highest course and instructor evaluations across all of our MS and MBA programs (Full-Time and Part-Time MS and MBA, Part-Time Professional MBA, and Executive MBA) are named to the Graduate Teaching Honor Roll. Additionally, the Undergraduate Teaching Honor Roll recognizes faculty who have earned the highest evaluations for teaching business courses in our undergraduate business program.

2023–2024
  • Summer 2023/Pre Fall 2023

    Alexandr Kopytov  
    Vera Tilson  

  • Fall A 2023

    Kristina Brecko 
    Sudarshan Jayaraman  
    Hana Choi  
    Glen Huels  

  • Fall B 2023

    Shelby George  
    Kate Malova  
    Sudarshan Jayaraman  
    Greg Shaffer  

  • Spring A 2024

    Dennis Kessler
    Ravi Mantena
    Glenn Huels
    Vera Tilson

  • Spring B 2024

    Weiguang Wang
    Urs Waelchli
    David Tilson
    Thomas Tribunella

     
2022–2023
  • 2023 Spring A

    Zach Roth
    Andras Miklos
    Takeaki Sunada
    Ravi Mantena

  • 2023 Spring B

    Pavel Zryumov
    David Tilson
    Jeanine Miklos-Thal
    Ravi Mantena

  • Spring Undergraduate 2023

    Drew Marsherall
    Prema Iyer
    Jason Xiao
    Paul Shanahan

  • 2022 Summer

    Ravi Mantena
    Glen Huels

  • 2022 Fall A

    Jason Xiao
    Urs Waelchli|
    Glenn Huels
    Hana Choi

  • 2022 Fall B

    Thomas Patterson
    Jonathan Shipley
    Greg Shaffer
    Yukun Liu

  • Fall Undergraduate 2022

    Daniel Keating
    Paul Shanahan
    Prema Iyer
    Elena Nescio

2019–2021
  • 2021 Fall A

    Jeanine Miklos-Thal
    Carol Shuherk
    Jason Xiao
    Weiguang Wang
    Paul Ellickson
    Jim Brickley

  • 2021 Fall B

    Young Sun Lee
    Linda Daley
    Thomas Patterson
    Takeaki Sunada
    Avery Haviv

  • 2021 Summer

    Avery Haviv
    Paul Nelson
    Mitch Lovett

  • 2021 Spring A

    Ravi Mantena
    Paul Ellickson
    Vera Tilson
    Greg Bauer

  • 2021 Spring B

    Heidi Tribunella
    Ravi Mantena
    Tom Estad 
    Young Sun Lee

  • Fall Undergraduate 2021

    Elena Nescio
    Dan Keating
    Rajeshwari Lyer
    Elizabeth Mohr

  • Pre-Fall 2021

    Avery Haviv
    Paul Nelson
    Mitch Lovett

  • 2020 Fall A

    Mitch Lovett
    Jason Xiao
    Heikki Rantakari

  • 2020 Fall B

    Young Sun Lee 
    Tom Estad 
    Ricky Roet-Green 
    Yukun Liu 

  • 2020 Summer

    Vera Tilson

  • 2020 Spring A

    Michael Raith 
    Paul Nelson
    Heidi Tribunella
    Ravi Mantena

  • 2020 Spring B

    Urs Waelchli
    Mitch Lovett 
    Daniel Burnside 
    Liza Mohr 

  • 2019 Fall A

    Jason Xiao 
    Avery Haviv
    Rajiv Dewan
    Glenn Huels

  • 2019 Fall B

    Thom Shaw
    Greg Shaffer
    Abraham Seidmann
    Huaxia Rui

  • 2019 Summer

    Yufeng Huang
    Paul Shanahan
    Yixin Chen*
    Heikki Rantakari*

  • 2019 Spring

    Urs Waelchli
    Liza Mohr
    Ravi Mantena
    Glenn Huels
    Dennis Kessler

  • 2019 Winter

    Avery Haviv
    Gregory H. Bauer
    Bryce Schonberger
    Ravi Mantena
    Jeanine Miklos-Thal

2016–2018
  • 2018 Fall

    Paul Ellickson
    Glenn Huels
    Jason Xiao
    Rajiv Dewan
    Michael Gofman

  • 2018 Summer

    Yufeng Huang
    Paul Shanahan
    Glenn Huels

  • 2018 Spring

    Charles Wasley
    Glenn Huels
    Clifford W. Smith, Jr.
    Gregory H. Bauer
    Urs Waelchli

  • 2018 Winter

    Gregg A. Jarrell
    Ravi Mantena
    Jeanine Miklos-Thal
    Robert Novy-Marx
    Greg Shaffer

  • 2017 Fall

    Rajiv Dewan
    Glenn Huels
    Dmitry Orlov
    Greg Shaffer
    Jason Xiao

  • 2017 Summer

    Glenn Huels
    Rick Cardot
    Robert Arscott (PhD)

  • 2017 Spring

    Jeanine Miklos-Thal
    Urs Waelchli
    Glenn Huels
    Gregory H. Bauer
    Yufeng Huang

  • 2017 Winter

    Gregg A. Jarrell
    Ravi Mantena
    Jim Brickley
    Greg Dobson
    Roy Jones

  • 2016 Fall

    Paul Ellickson
    Gregg A. Jarrell
    Glenn Huels
    Ron Kaniel
    Greg Shaffer

  • 2016 Summer

    Roy Jones
    Anisha Nyatee
    Ronald M. Schmidt

  • 2016 Spring

    Jeanine Miklos-Thal
    Glenn Huels
    Urs Waelchli
    Gregory H. Bauer
    Michael Raith

  • 2016 Winter

    Gregg A. Jarrell
    Mitch Lovett
    Garret Johnson
    Glenn Huels
    Dennis Kessler

 

2013–2015
  • 2015 Fall

    Huaxia Rui
    Gregg A. Jarrell
    Paul Ellickson
    Rajiv Dewan
    Greg Shaffer

  • 2015 Summer

    Ronald M. Schmidt
    Glenn Huels
    Abraham Seidmann
    Paul Ellickson
    Roy Jones

  • 2015 Spring 

    Vera Tilson
    Dennis Kessler
    Avery Haviv
    Ron Kaniel
    Delores Conway*
    Rob Ready*

  • 2015 Winter

    Ravi Mantena
    Gregg A. Jarrell
    Rob Ready
    Mitch Lovett
    Guy Arie

  • 2014 Fall

    Clifford W. Smith, Jr.
    Huaxia Rui
    Gregg A. Jarrell
    Lawrence J. Matteson
    Paul Ellickson*
    Jim Brickley*

  • 2014 Summer

    Glenn Huels
    Ronald M. Schmidt
    Sam Ogie
    Paul Shanahan
    Roy Jones

  • 2014 Spring

    Tolga Tezcan
    Joanna Wu
    Clifford W. Smith, Jr.
    Gregory H. Bauer
    Vera Tilson

  • 2014 Winter

    Dennis Kessler
    Vera Tilson
    Gregg A. Jarrell
    Joanna Wu
    Roy Jones

  • 2013 Fall

    Jim Brickley
    Paul Ellickson
    Gregg A. Jarrell
    Diana Knyazeva*
    Mitch Lovett*
    Huaxia Rui*

  • 2013 Summer

    Gregory H. Bauer
    Balaraman Ranjan (PhD)
    Paul Shanahan
    Roy Jones
    Ronald M. Schmidt

  • 2013 Spring

    David Oliveiri
    Gregory H. Bauer
    Anzhela Knyazeva
    Ron Kaniel*
    Jerold Warner*

  • 2013 Winter

    Dennis Kessler
    Gregg A. Jarrell
    Paulo Albuquerque
    Ravi Mantena
    Vera Tilson

2010–2012
  • 2012 Fall

    Paulo Albuquerque
    Gregg A. Jarrell
    Paul Nelson
    Joanna Wu
    Edi Pinker

  • 2012 Summer

    Gregory H. Bauer
    Ronald M. Schmidt
    Paul Shanahan
    Candace Miller
    Wreetabrata Kar

  • 2012 Spring

    Paulo Albuquerque
    Abraham Seidmann
    Alexei Alexandrov
    Gregory H. Bauer
    Ron Kaniel

  • 2012 Winter

    Diana Knyazeva
    Gregg A. Jarrell
    Alexei Alexandrov
    Ron Kaniel
    Paulo Albuquerque

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    2011 Fall

    Heidi Tribunella
    Alexei Alexandrov
    Diana Knyazeva
    Joanna Wu
    Ryan C. McDevitt

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    2011 Summer

    Engin Cakici (PhD)
    Paul Shanahan
    Ravi Mantena
    Matthew Gustafson (PhD)
    Ronald M. Schmidt

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    2011 Spring

    Alexei Alexandrov 
    Clifford W. Smith, Jr.
    David Oliveiri
    Sanjog Misra 
    Anzhela Knyazeva

  • 2011 Winter

    Alexei Alexandrov
    Gregg A. Jarrell
    Diana Knyazeva
    Paulo Albuquerque
    Roy Jones
    Lawrence J. Matteson

  • 2010 Fall

    Barry Friedman
    Alexei Alexandrov
    Gregg A. Jarrell
    David Oliveiri
    Clifford W. Smith, Jr.

  • 2010 Summer

    Gregory H. Bauer*
    Ravi Mantena*
    Irfan Safdar
    Svenja Gudall
    Kurt Wojdat

  • 2010 Spring

    Clifford W. Smith, Jr.
    Jim Brickley
    Gregory H. Bauer
    Charles Wasley
    Wei Yang

  • 2010 Winter 

    Gregg A. Jarrell*
    David Olivieri*
    Toni Whited
    Ravi Mantena
    Greg Shaffer*
    Heidi Tribunella*

2007-2009
  • 2009 Fall

    Heidi Tribunella
    Jim Brickley*
    Joanna Wu*
    Greg Shaffer
    David Tilson

  • 2009 Spring

    Gregory H. Bauer
    Alexei Alexandrov
    Jim Brickley
    Paulo Albuquerque
    Michael Raith
    Paul Nelson

  • 2009 Winter

    Gregg A. Jarrell
    Ravi Mantena
    Daniel Burnside
    Roy Jones
    Sanjog Misra

  • 2008 Fall

    Gregg A. Jarrell
    Hiedi Tribunella
    Ravi Mantena
    Diana Knyazeva
    Barry Friedman

  • 2008 Summer

    Gregory H. Bauer
    Irfan Safdar
    Jerry Zimmerman
    Jim Brickley
    Ellen Zuroski

  • 2008 Spring

    Lawrence J. Matteson
    Clifford W. Smith, Jr.
    Abraham Seidmann
    Charles Wasley
    Paul Nelson

  • 2008 Winter

    Gregg A. Jarrell
    Ravi Mantena
    Sanjog Misra
    Daniel Burnside
    Edi Pinker
    Heidi Tribunella

  • 2007 Fall

    Gregg A. Jarrell
    Edi Pinker
    Irfan Safdar
    Heidi Tribunella
    Joanna Wu

  • 2007 Summer

    Abraham Seidmann
    Jerold L. Zimmerman
    Ravi Mantena
    Gerry Wedig
    Jerold Warner

  • 2007 Spring

    Irfan Safdar
    Sameer Hasiga (PhD)
    Jim Brickley
    Clifford W. Smith, Jr.
    Michael Raith

  • 2007 Winter

    Irfan Safdar
    Abraham Seidmann 
    Gregg A. Jarrell
    David Oliveiri
    Charles Wasley

2004–2006
  • 2006 Fall

    Gregg A. Jarrell
    Michael J. Barclay
    David Oliveiri
    Ronald M. Schmidt
    Joanna Wu

  • 2006 Summer

    Gregory H. Bauer
    David Oliveiri
    Heidi Tribunella
    Abraham Seidmann
    Charles Plosser

  • 2006 Spring

    Sanjog R. Misra
    Clifford W. Smith, Jr.
    Gregory H. Bauer
    Charles Wasley
    Gregory Dobson

  • 2006 Winter

    Gregg A. Jarrell
    Greg Shaffer
    Joanna Wu
    Abraham Seidmann
    Charles Wasley

  • 2005 Fall

    Jim Brickley
    Lawrence J. Matteson
    Irfan Safdar 
    Michael J. Barclay
    Jerold L. Zimmerman

  • 2005 Summer

    Jerold L. Zimmerman
    Gregory H. Bauer
    Irfan Safdar
    Charles I. Plosser
    David Oliveiri

  • 2005 Spring

    Sanjog Misra
    Lawrence VanHorn
    Lawrence J. Matteson 
    Michael Raith
    Charles Plosser

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    2005 Winter

    Clifford W. Smith, Jr.
    Robert A. Shumsky
    Joanna Wu
    Charles Wasley
    David Oliveiri
    Gregg A. Jarrell

  • 2004 Fall

    Michael J. Barclay
    Ronald M. Schmidt 
    Elizabeth Demers
    Werner Schenk 
    Irfan Safdar

  • 2004 Summer

    Irfan Safdar
    Abraham Seidmann 
    Paul Nelson
    David Oliveiri 
    Gerry Wedig
    Gennaro Bernile

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    2004 Spring

    David Olivieri
    Josko Brakus 
    Clifford W. Smith, Jr.
    Robert A. Shumsky 
    Ludger Hentschel

  • 2004 Winter

    Robert A. Shumsky
    Clifford W. Smith, Jr.
    Gregg A. Jarrell 
    Greg Shaffer
    Abraham Seidmann

2001–2003
  • 2003 Fall

    Michael J. Barclay
    Greg E. Shaffer 
    Daniel Burnside
    Ludger Hentschel
    Paul Nelson 
    Oliver Richard

  • 2003 Summer

    Irfan Safdar (PhD student)
    Gregory H. Bauer
    Erwan Morellec
    David Oliveiri
    Shailendra Pandit (PhD Student)

  • 2003 Spring

    Robert A. Shumsky
    Charles Wasley
    Clifford W. Smith, Jr.
    Lawrence J. Matteson
    Paul Wetenhall 

  • 2003 Winter

    Clifford W. Smith, Jr.
    Gregg A. Jarrell
    Lawrence J. Matteson
    Elizabeth Demers
    Gregory H. Bauer

  • 2002 Fall

    Gregg A. Jarrell
    Oliver Richard
    Daniel Burnside
    Lawrence J. Matteson
    Gregory H. Bauer

  • 2002 Summer

    Michael J. Barclay
    Irfan Safdar
    Steve Posavac
    Jim Brickley
    David Oliveiri

  • 2002 Spring

    Clifford W. Smith, Jr.
    Robert A. Shumsky
    Christopher Jones
    Steven Posavac
    Greg Dobson

  • 2002 Winter

    Robert A. Shumsky
    Greg Shaffer
    Gregg A. Jarrell 
    Charles Wasley
    Gregory H. Bauer

  • 2001 Fall

    Gregory H. Bauer
    Leslie Marx
    Oliver Richard
    Erwan Morellec
    Greg Shaffer

  • 2001 Summer

    Michael J. Barclay
    Mohammad Safdar
    Erwan Morellec
    Paul Nelson
    Charles Wasley

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    2001 Spring

    Clifford W. Smith, Jr.
    Andrew Leone
    Nils Rudi
    Lawrence Van Horn
    Roy Jones

1995–2000
  • 2000 Fall

    Oliver Richard
    Terrence Hendershott
    Gregory H. Bauer
    Lawrence J. Matteson
    Michael J. Barclay
    Jerold L. Zimmerman

  • 2000 Summer

    Micah Officer
    Abraham Seidmann
    Michael J. Barclay
    Andrew J. Leone
    Steven S. Posavac

  • 2000 Spring

    Oliver Richard
    Robert A. Shumsky
    Lawrence Van Horn
    Terry Hendershott
    Fred Damiano

  • 2000 Winter

    Gregory H. Bauer
    Gregg A. Jarrell
    Robert A. Shumsky
    Clifford W. Smith, Jr.
    Lawrence Van Horn

  • 1999 Fall

    Michael J. Barclay
    Gregory H. Bauer
    James S. Linck
    Greg Shaffer
    Clifford W. Smith, Jr.

  • 1999 Summer

    Michael J. Barclay
    James S. Linck
    Michelle L. Lowry
    Micah Officer
    Peter L. Waasdorp

  • 1999 Spring

    Michael J. Barclay
    Fred Damiano
    Shailendra P. Jain
    Lawrence J. Matteson
    Robert A. Shumsky

  • Michael J. Barclay
    Fred Damiano
    Shailendra P. Jain
    Lawrence J. Matteson
    Robert A. Shumsky

    1999 Winter

    Ludger Hentschel
    Gregg A. Jarrell
    Andrew J. Leone
    Leslie M. Marx
    Clifford W. Smith, Jr.

  • 1998 Fall

    Gregory H. Bauer
    Janet Heyneman
    Gregg A. Jarrell
    Clifford W. Smith, Jr.
    Jerold Zimmerman

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    1998 Summer

    Anwer Ahmed
    Michael J. Barclay
    A. Scott Keating
    Ronald M. Schmidt
    Abraham Seidmann

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    1998 Spring

    Gregory H. Bauer
    Shailendra P. Jain
    Andrew J. Leone
    Robert Tyle
    Ron Yeaple

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    1998 Winter

    Ray Ball
    Ludger Hentschel
    Gregg A. Jarrell
    Stacey R. Kole
    Clifford W. Smith, Jr.

  • 1997 Fall

    Michael J. Barclay
    Gregory H. Bauer
    Gregg A. Jarrell
    Abraham Seidmann
    Clifford W. Smith, Jr.

  • 1997 Summer

    Brian Archibald
    Michael J. Barclay
    Dhananjay K. Gode
    Abraham Seidmann
    Clifford W. Smith, Jr.

  • 1997 Spring

    Brian Archibald
    Michael J. Barclay
    Frances X. Frei
    Shailendra P. Jain
    K. Ramesh

  • 1997 Winter

    Ray Ball
    Frances X. Frei
    Gregg A. Jarrell
    K. Ramesh
    Ronald M. Schmidt

  • 1996 Fall

    James Doyle
    Barry Friedman
    Gregg A. Jarrell
    Lawrence J. Matteson
    Abraham Seidmann

  • 1996 Summer

    Brian Archibald
    Michael J. Barclay
    Jim Brickley
    A. Scott Keating
    Ronald M. Schmidt 

  • 1996 Spring

    Brian Archibald
    Thomas Cooley
    K. Ramesh
    Ron Yeaple
    Jerold Zimmerman

  • 1996 Winter

    Janet Heyneman
    Shailendra P. Jain
    K. Ramesh
    Ronald M. Schmidt
    Clifford W. Smith, Jr.

  • 1995 Fall

    Ray Ball
    Gregg A. Jarrell
    Abraham Seidmann
    Clifford W. Smith, Jr.
    Ellen Zuroski