J. Howard Creekmore Professor of Finance and Professor of Economics
Finance Area Coordinator
Ph.D. Area Advisor – Finance
Finance Area Coordinator
Ph.D. Area Advisor – Finance
Faculty Research & Teaching Excellence Awards
Our faculty are at the cutting edge of business research and education. To end the 2025-26 school year, alums and students from each MBA program recognized their most impactful professors with teaching awards. We also honor faculty members whose groundbreaking research and influential scholarship elevate Rice Business as a top-ranked institution.
Professors Kerry Back and K. Ramesh are this year’s Ph.D. Mentoring Award winners.
Research Awards
George R. Brown Professor of Finance
Head of Rice Entrepreneurship Initiative and Liu Idea Lab for Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Ralph S. O’Connor Professor in Entrepreneurship – Finance
Ralph S. O’Connor Professor in Entrepreneurship – Finance
Assistant Professor of Operations Management
Associate Professor of Operations Management
Associate Professor of Strategic Management
Herbert S. Autrey Professor of Accounting
Assistant Professor of Strategic Management
Teaching Awards
Associate Professor of Accounting
George R. Brown Professor of Finance
Senior Lecturer in Entrepreneurship
Adjunct Professor
Assistant Professor of Accounting
Lecturer in Strategy
Associate Professor of Strategic Management
Assistant Clinical Professor of Organizational Behavior
Undergraduate Business Co-Advisor at Virani Undergraduate School of Business
Undergraduate Business Minor Advisor
Undergraduate Business Co-Advisor at Virani Undergraduate School of Business
Undergraduate Business Minor Advisor
Past Award Winners
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Ph.D. Mentoring Award
- James P. Weston
Research Award
- Cyrus Aghamolla
- Jaeyeon Chung
- Yael Hochberg
- Ajay Kalra
- Daan van Knippenberg
- Alessandro Piazza
- Nicola Secomandi
- Anastasiya Zavyalova
Teaching Award
- Brian Akins
- Sharad Borle
- Utpal Dholakia
- Prashant Kale
- Haiyang Li
- Vikas Mittal
- Brian Rountree
- Tarik Umar
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Ph.D. Mentoring Award
- Kerry Back
Research Award
- Karthik Balakrishnan
- Bruce Carlin
- Jaeyeon Chung
- Yael Hochberg
- Sora Jun
- Ajay Kalra
- Daan van Knippenberg
- Vikas Mittal
- Alessandro Piazza
- Nicola Secomandi
- Shiva Sivaramakrishnan
- Tarik Umar
Teaching Award
- John Buffington
- Utpal Dholakia
- Petrus Ferreira
- Prashant Kale
- Balaji Koka
- Ben Lansford
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Research Award
- Karthik Balakrishnan
- Yael Hochberg
- Ajay Kalra
- Vikas Mittal
- Daan van Knippenberg
- Anthea Zhang
- Sora Jun
- Alessandro Piazza
Teaching Award
- Brian Akins
- Petrus Ferreira
- Utpal Dholakia
- Vikas Mittal
- Don Porr
- Ian Wedgwood
- Al Danto
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Research Award
- Karthik Balakrishnan
- Yael Hochberg
- Ajay Kalra
- Vikas Mittal
- Anthea Zhang
- Tarik Umar
Teaching Award
- Utpal Dholakia
- Karthik Balakrishnan
- Tarik Umar
- Al Danto
- Maura Claire Harford
- Prashant Kale
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Research Award
- Thomas Hemmer
- Vikas Mittal
- Shiva Sivaramakrishnan
- Kate Odziemkowska
- Alessandro Piazza
Teaching Award
- Balaji Koka
- Kunal Sachdeva
- Karthik Balakrishnan
- Shiva Sivaramakrishnan
- John Buffington
- Al Danto
- Brian Akins
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Research Award
- Alan Crane
- Scott Sonenshein
- Anthea Zhang
- Jing Zhou
Teaching Award
- Brian Akins
- Al Danto
- Prashant Kale
- Michael Brandl
- James Weston
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Research Award
- Kerry Back
- Shiva Sivaramakrishnan
- Kevin Crotty
- Annie Zavyalova
Teaching Award
- Alan Crane
- Ben Lansford
- James Weston
- Brian Rountree
- Prashant Kale
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Research Award
- Jing Zhou
- Otilia Obodaru
Teaching Award
- James Weston
- Prashant Kale
- Alan Crane
- Al Danto
- Brian Rountree
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Research Award
- Gustavo Grullon
- Scott Sonenshein
- Vikas Mittal
- Anthea Zhang
- Alan Crane
Teaching Award
- Hajo Adam
- Brian Akins
- Alan Crane
- Prashant Kale
- Gustavo Grullon
- Mikki Hebl
- Vikas Mittal
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