Faculty Appointments & Recognition

At Leeds, we proudly celebrate the accomplishments of our distinguished faculty through a variety of honors and appointments. This page highlights the breadth of faculty recognition across several categories, including Frascona Teaching Excellence Award, Endowed Chairs, Professorships, Fellowships and Faculty Scholars. Each section showcases individuals whose research, teaching and service exemplify the highest standards of academic excellence. Leeds' named awards represent the generous donors who make this recognition possible.

Recent Honors & Highlights

Updated Spring 2026

Leadership & Academic Excellence

Rich Wobbekind will receive the , recognizing his long-term leadership, community service, and philanthropy.

Distinguished Professor Emeritus Fred Glover was ranked highest among all �鶹��Ѱ��faculty in Mathematics and 34th worldwide.

was named a CU Boulder Distinguished Professor.

Research Initiatives

The Initiative for Global Business Impact and Citizen Well-Being awarded grants for the following projects:

Entrepreneurial Ventures & Climate Change—Danielle Bovenberg, David Drake, Jeff York, with Claudia Doblinger and Isabel Schöberl (Technical University of Munich)
Housing Ladder—Asaf Bernstein, with Gaudreault, Korevaar, and Koudijs (Erasmus)
Household Climate Risk Perceptions—Emily Gallagher, Nick Reinholtz, with Antonia Krefeld-Schwalb (Erasmus)
Elder Fraud Planning & Coping—Tony Cookson, Michael Gropper, with Daniel Karpati (Erasmus)

Publishing Impact

Christophe Spaenjers was appointed to the editorial board of .

Recipients of the

Distinguished Service Award for Associate Editors: Tony Cookson
Distinguished Service Award for Reviewers: Chuan He, Henry Laurion, Huanan Zhang
Meritorious Service Award for Reviewers: Sentao Miao

Frascona Teaching Excellence Award

This annual award presented to one member for Leeds School's award winning faculty was established by the Falkenberg family to honor Dr. Joseph L. Frascona, “who, as both inspired teacher and mentor, encouraged their intellectual development and created a profound, lasting impact on their lives.”

Bob and Martha Falkenberg are strong proponents of outstanding business education and have demonstrated their support both through commitments to the building fund and Frascona Teaching Excellence Award. As a result their deep appreciation for Professor Joseph Frascona’s dynamic teaching, Bob, his father Robert L. Falkenberg (BS ’51), and sister, Nancy Tuck (BS ’82 Finance), established the Frascona Teaching Excellence Award in 1991 in hopes that future generations of teachers at Leeds School of Business would be encouraged to inspire their students as Professor Frascona inspired them.

Congratulations to the 2025 winner

Levente Szentkirályi
Assistant Teaching Professor • Faculty Director of Global Initiatives
Social Responsibility and Sustainability

Previous Winners

2020 - 2029 Award Winners

2025: Levente Szentkiralyi
2024:��Henry Laurion
2023:�� David Drake
2022:
2021: Harry Starn
2020: Shaun Davies

2010 - 2019 Award Winners

2019: Elizabeth Stapp
2018: Emily Edwards
2017: Daniel Brown
2016:
2015:
2014:
2013:
2012:
2011: James Marlatt
2010: Susan Morley

2000 - 2009 Award Winners

2009: Donna Sockell
2008: Robert Donchez
2007: David Frederick
2006: Cathleen Burns
2005: Kai Larsen
2004: Nancy Stec-Helstad
2003: Jay Ballantine
2002: Sanjai Bhagat
2001: Ray MacFee
2000: Ed Gac

1992 - 1999 Award Winners

1999: Jeff Luftig
1998: Ramiro Montealegre
1997: Ray MacFee
1996: David Monarchi
1995: Jim Brancheau
1994: Nancy Ridgway
1993: Patrick Long
1992: Jakki Mohr