California State University-Northridge College of Business and Economics

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Awards and Honors

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  • Org
  • Scope
  • Description
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  • CSUN 
  • Teaching 
  • Selected as PROFESSOR OF THE YEAR by CSUN accounting students, Sponsored by the Backer CPA Review in 1998-1999 
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  • CSUN 
  • Teaching 
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  • Department of Accounting and Info Systems 
  • Teaching 
  • Won two of five department awards (the only two for which I was qualified) for excellent teaching as judged by student evaluations. 
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  • Johns Hopkins University 
  • Scholarship/Research 
  • 1980-1983 
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  • CSUN COBAE Department of Acctg. & I.S. 
  • Scholarship/Research 
  • Won departmental award as co-author of a (peer-reviewed) published work on Economic Value Added, a measure of corporate financial performance. 
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  • CSUN University Ambassadors 
  • Teaching 
  • Selected by member of University Ambassadors as an outstanding professor. Recipient in 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2008 and 2009. 
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  • Beta Alpha Psi 
  • Service, Professional 
  • Recognized by the Beta Alpha Psi international organization as an outstanding chapter faculty advisor with a plaque and a $5,000 cash award. 
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  • Hillel Foundation 
  • Teaching 
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  • CSUN University Ambassadors 
  • Teaching 
  • Selected by member of University Ambassadors as an outstanding professor. Recipient in 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003 and 2008. 
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  • Undergraduate Studies 
  • Teaching 
  • A new and developing initiative, the WRAD project will engage faculty and students in activities and discussion directed toward identifying literacy challenges—along with their sources—then developing ways of responding to them that will deepen and strengthen students’ skills and improve their performances with text—as both readers and writers 
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  • CSUN 
  • Teaching 
  • Recognized fore 25 years of service to the university 
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  • Academy of International Business 
  • Scholarship/Research 
  • Nominated as one of the ten papers considered for the best paper award at the premium scholarly association in international business - the annual conference attracts close to 1000 registrants. 
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  • Department of Accounting and Info Systems 
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  • Department of Accounting and Info Systems 
  • Teaching 
  • Performance award based on student evaluations 
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  • Martindale-Hubbell 
  • Service, Professional 
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  • California PTA 
  • Service, Community 
  • Recognition of Outstanding service to children and youth 
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  • Department of Accounting and Info Systems 
  • Scholarship/Research 
  • Published article on Economic Value Added 
  • Ackerman, David 
  • College of Business and Economics 
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  • Ackerman, David 
  • College of Business and Economics 
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  • Ackerman, David 
  • Fulbright 
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  • Alpaslan, Can 
  • Academy of Management, Social Issues in Management Division 
  • Scholarship/Research 
  •  
  • Alpaslan, Can 
  • College of Business and Economics 
  • Teaching 
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  • Alpaslan, Can 
  • College of Business Administration and Economics, California State University 
  • Scholarship/Research 
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  • Alpaslan, Can 
  • College of Business Administration and Economics, California State University 
  • Scholarship/Research 
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  • Alpaslan, Can 
  • Western Academy of Management 
  • Scholarship/Research 
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  • Alpaslan, Can 
  • CSUN 
  •  
  • Sabbatical in Spring 2011 
  • Asef-Vaziri, Ardavan 
  • COBAE, CSUN 
  • Scholarship/Research 
  • Simulation and Visualization Models for Performance Assessment of Integrated Automated Technologies in the Porta of Los Angeles and Long Beach 
  • Asef-Vaziri, Ardavan 
  • California State University Northridge 
  • Scholarship/Research 
  • $5000, A Software for Site Selection of a Logistics-Hub in Southern California. 
  • Asef-Vaziri, Ardavan 
  • College of Business and Economics 
  • Scholarship/Research 
  • Integration of Operational Policies into the Design Phase of a Material Handling Network. International Journal of Advanced Operations Management, Vol. 1(1), pp 108- 134.  
  • Asef-Vaziri, Ardavan 
  • California State University Northridge 
  • Scholarship/Research 
  • $5000, Mobility and Safety Analysis of Exclusive Truck Roads in Southern California. 
  • Asef-Vaziri, Ardavan 
  • COBAE, CSUN 
  • Scholarship/Research 
  • A software for site selection of a logistics-hub in Southern California 
  • Asef-Vaziri, Ardavan 
  • Colledge of Business and Economics 
  • Scholarship/Research 
  • Design and Analysis of an Automated Container Handling System in Seaports. International Journal of Agile Systems and Management, Vol. 3(1), pp112-126.  
  • Asef-Vaziri, Ardavan 
  • CSUN 
  • Scholarship/Research 
  • Each college annually select a research fellow from among the tenured and tenure-track faculty.  
  • Asef-Vaziri, Ardavan 
  • COBAE, CSUN 
  • Scholarship/Research 
  • Optimization and simulation models for automated guided vehicles material handling network design 
  • Asef-Vaziri, Ardavan 
  • CSUN 
  • Scholarship/Research 
  • Simulation and Visualization Models for Performance Assessment of Integrated Automated Technologies in the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach 
  • Beruchashvili, Mariam 
  • California State Universtiy, Northridge 
  • Scholarship/Research 
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  • Beruchashvili, Mariam 
  • College of Business & Economics 
  • Scholarship/Research 
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  • Beruchashvili, Mariam 
  • California State Universtiy, Northridge 
  • Scholarship/Research 
  •  
  • Beruchashvili, Mariam 
  • College of Business & Economics 
  • Scholarship/Research 
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  • Beruchashvili, Mariam 
  • Alpha Kappa Psi 
  • Service, University 
  • Advisor to the professional business fraternity 
  • Beruchashvili, Mariam 
  • American Marketing Association 
  • Service, University 
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  • Bruton, John 
  • CSUN Involvement Center 
  • Service, University 
  • Nominated for Advisor of the Year for advising the Student Management Assocation at CSUN (MACsun). Nomination recognizes work done in redefining the organization and establishing planning procedures to improve activities. 
  • Bruton, John 
  • Western Academy of Management 
  • Service, Professional 
  • Recognition for outstanding review and feedback given to authors for articles submitted for annual meeting. 
  • Chong, James 
  • CSUN 
  • Scholarship/Research 
  •  
  • Chong, James 
  • University Ambassadors 
  • Teaching 
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  • Chong, James 
  • Marquis Who's Who 
  • Scholarship/Research 
  •  
  • Chong, James 
  • Business Honors Association 
  • Teaching 
  •  
  • Chong, James 
  • CSUN 
  • Scholarship/Research 
  •  
  • Chong, James 
  • CSUN 
  • Scholarship/Research 
  •  
  • Chong, James 
  • CSUN 
  • Scholarship/Research 
  •  
  • Chong, James 
  • Marquis Who's Who 
  • Scholarship/Research 
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  • Covrig, Vicentiu 
  • Marquis 
  • Scholarship/Research 
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  • Covrig, Vicentiu 
  • CSUN 
  • Scholarship/Research 
  • Only COBAE winner for this award 
  • Curren, Mary 
  • Marketing Educators' Association 
  • Teaching 
  • Award for best paper of the conference 
  • Curren, Mary 
  • Marketing Educators' Association 
  • Teaching 
  • Award is based on excellence in teaching with teaching being taken in a very broad sense; thus, including service and scholarship advancing marketing education. 
  • Docan, Carol 
  • University Ambassadors 
  • Teaching 
  • An award given by students to faculty for their teaching and support of students. 
  • Dommeyer, Curt 
  • College of Business & Economics 
  • Scholarship/Research 
  • Given reassigned time to conduct research during the Spring of 2011 
  • Doron, Michael 
  • Academy of Accounting Historians 
  • Scholarship/Research 
  • Awarded to the outstanding paper by a recent Ph.D.  
  • Doron, Michael 
  • Eisenhower Presidential Library 
  • Scholarship/Research 
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  • Doron, Michael 
  • Economic History Association 
  • Scholarship/Research 
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  • Dosanjh Zucker, Kiren 
  • CSUN University Ambassadors 
  • Teaching 
  • Honored by former students as a teacher who made a difference for them 
  • Efrat, Rafi 
  • California State University, Northridge 
  • Service, Community 
  • Selected as the recipient of the Visionary Service Learning Award for the work done in offering free representation to low income taxpayers facing controversies as part of the Bookstein Tax Clinic 
  • Efrat, Rafi 
  • California State University, Northridge 
  • Scholarship/Research 
  • Selected as the 2012/2013 University Research Fellow from the College of Business & Economics 
  • Efrat, Rafi 
  • Department of Accounting & Information Systems 
  • Teaching 
  • Received the highest student evaluation in a 400 level course in accounting  
  • Efrat, Rafi 
  • California State University, Nothridge 
  • Service, University 
  • Service provided to the University in promoting the international business program. 
  • Efrat, Rafi 
  • College of Business & Economics 
  • Scholarship/Research 
  • Received the Best Publication Award for publishing an article on pedagogy in taxation. 
  • Efrat, Rafi 
  • Department of Accounting & Information Systems 
  • Teaching 
  • Received an award for receiving the highest student evaluations on 400 level courses in the Department of Accounting & Information Systems 
  • Efrat, Rafi 
  • Department of Accounting & IS 
  • Teaching 
  • Voted by the accounting students as the outstanding faculty of the year 
  • Gans, George 
  • M.S. in Tax Program, California State University, Northridge 
  • Teaching 
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  • Halcoussis, Dennis 
  • COBAE 
  • Scholarship/Research 
  • with James Chong and Mike Phillips for “Does Market Volatility Impact Presidential Approval?” 2011. 
  • Hennessey, Judith 
  • National Alliance for Mental Illness (NAMI) 
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  • Hur, Joon Young 
  • Indiana University 
  • Scholarship/Research 
  • Teaching undergraduate classes as an independent instructor 
  • Jeppson, Catherine 
  • CSUN 
  • Service, University 
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  • Jeppson, Catherine 
  • US Congress (Senate and House of Representatives) 
  • Service, Community 
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  • Jeppson, Catherine 
  • Internal Revenue Service 
  • Service, Community 
  • Honored for 40 years of service to VITA and the IRS. 
  • Jin, Yanbo 
  • CSUN 
  • Scholarship/Research 
  •  
  • Jin, Yanbo 
  • College of Business and Economics 
  • Scholarship/Research 
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  • Johnson, Robert 
  • M.S. in Tax, California State University, Northridge 
  • Teaching 
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  • Jones, Christopher 
  • International Association for Computer Information Systems 
  • Scholarship/Research 
  • Award for paper entitled: "Student Perceptions of the Impact of Web-Based Homework on Course Interaction and Learning in Introductory Accounting" 
  • Jones, Christopher 
  • College of Business and Economics 
  • Teaching 
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  • Jones, Christopher 
  • SD & IP Matador Involvement Center 
  • Service, University 
  • Annual Clubs & Organizations Awards Ceremony 
  • Jones, Christopher 
  • SD & IP Matador Involvement Center 
  • Service, University 
  • Annual Clubs & Organizations Awards Ceremony 
  • Jones, Christopher 
  • CSUN College of Business and Economics 
  • Service, University 
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  • Kashfian, Robert 
  • SuperLawyers 
  • Service, Professional 
  • Nominated among only 2.5 percent of the lawyers in California as the best attorneys who are 40 or under. 
  • Kernochan, Richard 
  • U.S. State Department 
  • Teaching 
  • Spring semester 2009 as Fulbright Scholar teaching at Hue University of Economics, Hue, Vietnam. Anticipate teaching business courses, lecturing to students and colleagues, mentoring research efforts, developing collaborative research opportunities, etc.  
  • Kernochan, Richard 
  • California State University Northridge 
  • Scholarship/Research 
  • University awarded paid sabbatical for research proposal concerning reflective learning and development of international management theory.  
  • Kiani-Aslani, Rajabali 
  • CSUN Beta Alpha Psi,Epsilon Chi Chapter #137 Bandquet Awards 
  • Teaching 
  • Dr. Kiani awarded the outstanding Accounting professor Distinguished Teaching Award in 2012. 
  • Kiesler, Tina 
  • California State University, Northridge 
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  • 2007-2008 academic year 
  • Kiesler, Tina 
  • California State University, Northridge 
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  • 2008-2009 academic year 
  • Krol, Robert 
  • COBAE 
  • Teaching 
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  • Kushman, Moshe 
  • Thompson Reutors 
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  • Lazarony, Paul 
  • CSUN/Ernst and Young, LLP 
  • Teaching 
  • This a an award given annually at the AIS Awards Banquet. The students vote on for the IS Professor of the Year and the award is sponsored by EY. 
  • McConaughy, Daniel 
  • NACVA 
  • Scholarship/Research 
  • $5K grant awarded for 'best paper' entitled: "Firm Specific Risk Adjustment of Public Company Multiples" 
  • McCormick, Don 
  • The Organization Management Journal 
  • Scholarship/Research 
  • My article "IBM and Germany, 1922-1941" was chosen as one of the top ten articles in Organization Management Journal in the last 5 years.  
  • McCormick, Don 
  • College of Business and Economics, California State University Northridge 
  • Scholarship/Research 
  • Award given for pedagogy related publication. 
  • Miller, David 
  • Ernst & Young, LLP 
  • Teaching 
  • Outstanding teaching in Information Systems as determined by Accounting and Information Systems Students - AY 2008-2009 
  • Moore, Richard 
  • The Business Honors Program 
  • Teaching 
  • Best Instructor award from the Business Honors Program Student Association 
  • Nguyen, Dat-Dao 
  • Ernst & Young  
  • Teaching 
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  • Nguyen, Dat-Dao 
  • Ernst & Young 
  • Teaching 
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  • Pandit, Vinay 
  • Academy of Marketing Science 
  • Scholarship/Research 
  • Marketing Research Methodology 
  • Pandit, Vinay 
  • Columbia University/Department of Defence 
  • Scholarship/Research 
  • 1971-74 
  • Pandit, Vinay 
  • King's College, London 
  • Scholarship/Research 
  • Only student to receive it twice (1968 & 69) 
  • Pandit, Vinay 
  • Marquis' Who's Who 
  • Teaching 
  • in 1)East, 2)Marketing, 3) Education 
  • Phillips, G. Michael 
  • United States Air Force 
  • Scholarship/Research 
  • Member of U.S. Air War College National Security Forum, 2009. Participated in policy analysis and ongoing research consultation.  
  • Phillips, G. Michael 
  • COBAE Business Honors Association 
  • Teaching 
  • This is an award voted on by students in the Business Honors Program. 
  • Praw, Albert 
  • Martindale  
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  • Martindale publishes professional information on attorneys nationally. Attorneys are ranked, anonymously, by peers. "AV" is the highest rating. 
  • Praw, Albert 
  • Law & Politics and Los Angeles Magazine 
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  • Rubino, Cristina 
  • National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health 
  • Scholarship/Research 
  • Selected as Finalist for Best Student Paper at the annual meeting of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Puerto Rico 
  • Samaha, Stephen 
  • University of Missouri-Columbia 
  • Scholarship/Research 
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  • Samaha, Stephen 
  • California State University-Northridge 
  • Scholarship/Research 
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  • Samaha, Stephen 
  • University of Washington 
  • Service, Professional 
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  • Smith, Wayne 
  • CSU Northridge 
  • Teaching 
  • Through a competitive process, I was named a WRAD Fellow for AY 2010-2011. My project was to improve the legal analysis and writing skills in my BUS 302 course. 
  • Tehrani, Sherry 
  • Pacific South West Academy of Legal Studies in Business 
  • Scholarship/Research 
  • Presented and received the Best Presentation Award for our paper "Divorcing the Defense of Marriage Act: Judicial Tensions in Upholding the Legislated Preclusion of Federal Same-Sex Marital Rights." 
  • Tehrani, Sherry 
  • Applied Business and Entrepreneurship Association International  
  • Scholarship/Research 
  • Presented and received the Session Best Paper Award for our paper "The Dichotomy of DOMA: When the Legal Rights of Marriage End at the State Line." 
  • Trybus, Elzbieta 
  • Allied Academies 
  • Scholarship/Research 
  • A joint paper "To Loan or Not to Loan: A Subprime Dilemma" was awarded by the Allied Academies and accepted for publication. 
  • Vedd, Rishma 
  • Cal State Northridge, Dept of Accounting and IS 
  • Teaching 
  • Awarded Professor of the Year by the Students for Excellent Teaching 
  • Vedd, Rishma 
  • Shanghai Institute of Technology 
  • Teaching 
  • Best Foreign Professor 
  • Vedd, Rishma 
  • Harvey A Bookstein 
  • Teaching 
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  • Vigneron, Franck 
  • CSUN - College of Business 
  • Scholarship/Research 
  • College research and grant recipient 
  • Vigneron, Franck 
  • Westford University, Geneva - Switzerland 
  • Scholarship/Research 
  • 1 of the 4 Key note Speakers at the 2011 Conference of Luxury Management in Geneva Switzerland. 
  • Vigneron, Franck 
  • World Spirits Competition 
  • Service, Professional 
  • In 2005, I started a research on what do experts and consumers prefer when tasting wines and spirits. I applied my research to a real practitioner case and won the most prestigious title by creating the taste of the cognac that won the title of best cognac in the world. 
  • Walker, Kristen 
  • CSUN Faculty Development 
  • Scholarship/Research 
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  • Walker, Kristen 
  • Small Business Institute 
  • Teaching 
  • Advised group of MBA students on a community-client based project for their culminating experience. International organization and competition. 
  • Wilkin, Christa 
  • McMaster University 
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  • University academic scholarship 
  • Wilkin, Christa 
  • Ontario of Training, Colleges, and Universities 
  • Scholarship/Research 
  • The Ontario Graduate Scholarship (OGS) program encourages excellence in graduate studies at the master’s and doctoral levels. It is a merit-based scholarship.  
  • Wilkin, Christa 
  • McMaster University 
  • Scholarship/Research 
  • University academic scholarship 
  • Wilkin, Christa 
  • OB Division, ASAC Conference  
  • Scholarship/Research 
  • -given the award for best student paper in conference division 
  • Wilkin, Christa 
  • Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) 
  • Scholarship/Research 
  • The SSHRC Doctoral Fellowships aim to develop research skills and assist in the training of highly qualified personnel by supporting students who demonstrate a high standard of scholarly achievement in undergraduate and graduate studies in the social sciences and humanities. 
  • Wilkin, Christa 
  • Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) 
  • Scholarship/Research 
  • The SSHRC Doctoral Fellowships aim to develop research skills and assist in the training of highly qualified personnel by supporting students who demonstrate a high standard of scholarly achievement in undergraduate and graduate studies in the social sciences and humanities. 
  • Wilkin, Christa 
  • Ontario of Training, Colleges, and Universities 
  • Scholarship/Research 
  • The Ontario Graduate Scholarship (OGS) program encourages excellence in graduate studies at the master’s and doctoral levels. It is a merit-based scholarship.  
  • Wilkin, Christa 
  • McMaster University 
  • Scholarship/Research 
  • University academic scholarship 
  • Wilkin, Christa 
  • Academy of Management (AOM) Annual Meeting 
  • Service, Professional 
  • -given a certificate for provided excellent service when reviewing manuscripts for annual meeting 
  • Wilkin, Christa 
  • Academy of Management (AOM) Annual Meeting 
  • Service, Professional 
  • -given a certificate for provided excellent service when reviewing manuscripts for annual meeting 
  • Williams, Melanie 
  • COBAE Graduate Program 
  • Scholarship/Research 
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  • Williams, Melanie 
  • Pacific Southwest Academy of Legal Studies in Business 
  • Scholarship/Research 
  • Annual award given to best publication 
  • Williams, Melanie 
  • Small Business Institute 
  • Service, Community 
  • Project Supervisor for MBA group providing consulting report for business client. 
  • Williams, Melanie 
  • CSUN 
  • Scholarship/Research 
  •  
  • Williams, Melanie 
  • CSUN Graduate Program 
  • Teaching 
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  • Williams, Melanie 
  • CSUN 
  • Scholarship/Research 
  •  
  • Williams, Melanie 
  • Graduate Program 
  • Scholarship/Research 
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  • Yao, Chi-Chuan 
  • KMT Party 
  • Service, Community 
  •  
  • Yao, Chi-Chuan 
  • South Western America Chinese Blue Society 
  • Service, Community 
  •  
  • Ye, Li 
  • Ernst & Young 
  • Teaching 
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  • Yoon, Sung Wook 
  • Allied Academies 
  • Scholarship/Research 
  • Research Award given to distinguished research  
  • Yoon, Sung Wook 
  • Academic and Business Research Institute 
  • Scholarship/Research 
  • AABRI 2012 Conference, San Antonio 
  • Zhang, Yue 
  • College of Business and Econ, CSU-Northridge 
  • Scholarship/Research 
  • E-government in China from gov officials' perspective 
  • Zhou, Zhong-Guo 
  • Harbin Institute of Technology/Department of Education in China 
  • Scholarship/Research 
  • Invited by Harbin Institute of Technology (HIT) and supported by the Department of Education in China, I presented 4 research papers at HIT and started collaborative research work with faculty at HIT.  
  • Zhou, Zhong-Guo 
  • College of Business and Economics, CSUN 
  • Scholarship/Research 
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  • Zhou, Zhong-Guo 
  • College of Business and Economics, CSUN 
  • Scholarship/Research 
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  • Zucker, Bruce 
  • CSUN University Ambassadors 
  • Teaching 
  •