Faculty News: Fall 2025
Friday, October 10, 2025
CSBS Economic Research and Policy Scholar Accounting
Accounting Associate Professor Michael Iselin was named as one of the most recent Economic Research and Policy Scholars by the Conference on State Bank Supervisors. A large focus of his work in this role will be working with the data acquired through the CSBS Annual Survey of Community Banks to bring new insights about banking and bank supervision to both the academic and regulatory communities.
Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis Scholar
Finance Assistant Professor Jacelly Cespedes is among this year’s cohort of visiting scholars conducting research at the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis.
AIS Fellow
Information & Decision Sciences Professor Gedas Adomavicius received the AIS Fellow Award. The award annually recognizes a select group of individuals who have made significant global and local contributions to the field of information systems through research, teaching, and service.
Fulbright Specialist Scholarship
Strategic Management & Entrepreneurship Professor Paul Vaaler has been awarded the Fulbright Specialist Scholarship. He will be working on research with the head of the International Management Institute at the ZHAW School of Management and Law in Zurich, Switzerland.
Lifetime Achievement
Information & Decision Sciences Professor Alok Gupta received the INFORMS Fellow Award, a lifetime achievement recognition from the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS). The award is one of the highest honors in the operations research profession.
Early Career Achievement Award
Work & Organizations Assistant Professor Nitya Chawla won the Early Career Achievement Award from the HR Division of the Academy of Management. This honor is awarded annually to an HR scholar who makes distinguished research contributions within seven years of receiving their PhD.