Awards & Recognition

Moody Business faculty and staff are honored each year for excellence in research, teaching, advising, and service. 

Honors and Awards

Many of these honors are made possible by endowed gifts from alumni and friends of the college, recognizing the people who shape the Moody Business experience for students.

These awards reflect what sets a Moody Business education apart: faculty who publish research that shapes real-world policy and practice, who bring that expertise into the classroom, who guide students individually through their degree path, and staff who keep the college running day to day. Recognizing that work publicly is one way we hold ourselves to a high standard, year after year.

Six awards make up our annual recognition program, each tied to a different part of what it takes to run a college well: research excellence, teaching excellence, academic advising, staff service, faculty service, and overall achievement. Together, they cover the full range of what our faculty and staff contribute — in the classroom, in the lab, in an advising meeting, and behind the scenes.

Explore past honorees below, organized by award.

Endowed Professorships

Endowed professorships recognize faculty for outstanding teaching, research, and service. The following faculty hold professorships for the 2026–2027 academic year.

2026–2027 endowed professorship holders, listed alphabetically by last name

Deergha Adhikari
  • Edward G. Schlieder Foundation Endowed Professorship in Money and Banking
  • Revis & Lorraine Sirmon/LEQSF Regents Professorship in Total Quality Management
  • Professor

Omar Alyasein
  • Assistant Professor
  • Acadiana Bottling/BORSF Endowed Professorship in Marketing II
  • Coca-Cola/BORSF Professorship in Hospitality Management II

Brian Bolton
  • Interim Dean
  • Dwight W. Andrus, Jr. / BoRSF Eminent Scholar Endowed Chair in Finance
  • Professor

Lisa K. Bowles
  • Senior Instructor
  • Mr. & Mrs. E. P. Pat Nalley/BORSF Endowed Professorship in Business Administration 2011
  • Coca-Cola/BORSF Endowed Professorship in Business Administration 2008-I

Maria Bracamonte-Larios
  • Assistant Professor
  • E.J. Chatelain/BORSF Endowed Professorship in Business Administration
  • SLEMCO/LEQSF Regents Professorship in Business Administration

Ignatius Cahyanto
  • Management Interim Department Head
  • Associate Professor
  • Coca-Cola/BORSF Endowed Professorship in Hospitality Management (IV & V)

Keith Credo
  • Associate Professor
  • Mr. and Mrs. E.P. "Pat" Nalley/BORSF Endowed Professorship in Business Administration 2007-I
  • Home Bank/BORSF Endowed Professorship in Management

Praveen Das
  • Associate Professor
  • Jim & Pat Prince/BORSF Professorship in Finance

Dione Davis
  • Associate Dean of Strategy & Impact
  • Director of Assurance of Learning
  • Instructor

Becky Dubois
  • Master Instructor
  • Forrest K. Dowty Endowed Professorship in Hospitality Management
  • Chris Gambel/BORSF Professorship In Finance

Chase Edwards
  • Associate Professor
  • E.P. Nalley/BORSF Endowed Professorship in Business Administration 2004
  • Coca-Cola/BORSF Professorship in Hospitality Management III

Bill Ferguson
  • Professor
  • Rhett Jeansonne/BORSF Professorship in Insurance & Risk Management

Anthony Greco
  • Professor
  • Hubert “Red” and Gertrude Dumesnil/BORSF Endowed Professorship in Economics
  • Van Eaton & Romero/BORSF Endowed Professorship in Real Estate

Ashley Guidroz
  • Master Instructor
  • Alexandre Theriot, Jr. and Loretta Durand Theriot/BORSF Endowed Professorship in Business Administration

Brandi Guidry-Hollier
  • Associate Professor
  • Internship Director
  • Paul Burdin/BORSF Endowed Professorship in Business Administration I

Lucy Henke
  • Professor
  • Mr. & Mrs. Tom Galloway/BORSF Endowed Professorship in Business IV

Lai Guolin
  • Master Instructor
  • Paul A. Callais/BORSF Memorial Endowed Professorship in Economics/Finance II

Patricia Lanier
  • Professor
  • Professional Women’s Association Endowed Professorship in Business Administration

Laura Guichard Latiolais
  • Assistant Professor
  • Charles & Mona Trahan/BORSF Professorship in Accounting
  • Mr. & Mrs. E.P. Nalley/BORSF Endowed Professorship in Business Administration 2005

Michael Levin
  • Marketing Department Head
  • Associate Professor
  • Mr. and Mrs. E. P. Pat Nalley/BORSF Endowed Professorship in Business Administration 2009

Cheryl Metrejean headshot
  • Associate Professor
  • Graduate Coordinator
  • John W. & Bonnie B. Sarver & Julie Sarver Boucher/BORSF Endowed Professorship in Accounting

Cheryl Metrejean is a Graduate Coordinator and an Associate Professor in the Department of Accounting.

Eddie Metrejean
  • Associate Professor
  • Coca-Cola/BORSF Endowed Professorship in Business Administration 2008-II
  • Paul Burdin/BORSF Endowed Professorship in Business Administration III

Jeremy T. Navarre
  • Assistant Professor
  • Edith Winn Estate/BORSF Endowed Professorship
  • Mr. & Mrs. Tom Galloway/BORSF Endowed Professorship in Business II

Huong Nguyen
  • Senior Instructor
  • Home Bank/BORSF Endowed Professorship in Finance
  • Paul A. Callais/BORSF Memorial Endowed Professorship in Economics/Finance

Javier Portillo
  • Associate Professor
  • Charles & Vicki Milam/BORSF Endowed Professorship in Business Administration
  • Coca-Cola/BORSF Professorship in Hospitality Management VI

Spuma Rao
  • Professor
  • Mr. & Mrs. E. P. Pat Nalley/BORSF Endowed Professorship in Business Administration 2012
  • Coca-Cola/BORSF Endowed Professorship in Hospitality Management I

Lise Anne Slatten
  • Professor
  • Dudley Joseph Plaisance, Sr./BORSF Endowed Professorship in Health Care Administration

Alex Slepchuk
  • Assistant Professor
  • Lafayette Coca-Cola/BORSF Endowed Professorship in Marketing
  • Marc & Alcide Judice of Judice Inn/BORSF Endowed Professorship in Business

David Stevens
  • Professor
  • Ken Ardoin and Kathleen Babineaux Blanco/BORSF Professorship in Business Administration & Edward G. Schlieder Educational Foundation/BORSF Endowed Professorship in Money and Banking

Ram Thakur
  • Professor
  • Alvin and Patricia Smith/BORSF Professorship in Marketing
  • Lafayette Coca-Cola/BORSF Endowed Endowed Professorship in Marketing II

Pierre Robert Viguerie
  • Associate Dean for Graduate and Executive Programs
  • J. Wesley Steen Memorial/LEQSF Regents Professorship in Business Administration

Suzanne Ward
  • Accounting Department Head
  • Professor
  • Mary and Dave Romagosa/BORSF Endowed Professorship in Business

Linus Wilson
  • Professor
  • Mr. & Mrs. Tom Galloway/BORSF Endowed Professorship in Business III
  • Northwestern Mutual Financial Network/BORSF Endowed Professorship in Insurance & Risk Management

Colleen Carraher Wolverton
  • Professor
  • Doris Broussard Bentley LEQSF Distinguished Professorship
  • Mr. & Mrs. E.P. "Pat" Nalley/BORSF Endowed Professorship in Business Administration 2008

Annual Awards

Research Excellence Award recipients, most recent first
YearRecipients
2026Alec Slepchuk
2025Sarfraz Khan
2024Colleen Wolverton, Geoff Stewart
2023Justin Callais
2022Ramendra Thakur
2021Josh Bendickson
2020Sarfraz Khan, Zhiwei Zhu
2019Josh Bendickson
2018Ramendra Thakur
2017Josh Bendickson
2016Colleen Wolverton
2015Tom Wilson

Teaching Excellence Award recipients, most recent first
YearRecipients
2026Nicole Bruchez
2025Brian Bolton
2024Stacey Bergeron
2023Mary Fox Luquette
2022Colleen Wolverton
2021Tammy Hall, Laura Latiolais
2020Oliver (Buster) LeBlanc
2019Chase Edwards
2018Colleen Wolverton, James Underwood
2017John Must
2016Rebecca Dubois
2015Curtis Matherne

Advising Award recipients, most recent first
YearRecipients
2026Maria Slater
2025Jeremy Navarre
2024Laura Latiolais
2023Cheryl Metrejean
2022Lisa Bowles
2021Javier Portillo-Elias
2020Stacey Bergeron
2019Pam Meyer
2018Oliver (Buster) LeBlanc
2017Pam Meyer

Outstanding Staff Award recipients, most recent first
YearRecipients
2026Mary Baudoin, Julie McNulty, Lyric Randell
2025Jan Byrd
2024Angel Littlejohn, Kyle Robichaux
2023Sharon Stinson
2022Julie McNulty
2021Shirlane Sam
2020Heather DeValcourt
2019Jan Byrd
2018Taylor Bourgeois

Faculty Service Award recipients, most recent first
YearRecipients
2026Mary Fox Luquette
2025Laura Latiolais
2024Javier Portillo-Elias
2023Brandi Guidry-Hollier, David Stevens
2022Ashley Guidroz
2021Valerie McGehee
2020Rebecca Dubois

Dean's Achievement Award recipients, most recent first
YearRecipients
2026Marguerite Blanchard, Dionne Davis, Jeremiah Fisher, Ashley Guidroz, Kevin Guillory, Jill Lemaire, Jonathan Shirley, Suzanne Ward
2025Ignatius Cahyanto, Kelly Green, Cary Heath, Brandi Martin, Ramendra Thakur
2024Deergha Adhikari, Tracy Bundy, Jan Byrd, GraceAnn Carroll, Catherine Chauvin, Nicole Jones, Alicia Moten
2023Tracy Bundy, Jeremiah Fisher, Angel Littlejohn, Huong Nguyen
2022Tracy Bundy, Dionne Davis, Mary Fox Luquette, Alicia Moten, Kyle Robichaux, Maria Slater
2021Lisa Bowles, Heather DeValcourt, Jeremiah Fisher, Nicole Jones, Pam Meyer, Ramendra Thakur, Jena Victor, Bob Viguerie
2020Denise Benton, Jeremiah Fisher, Lucy Henke, Angel Littlejohn, Valerie McGehee, Jena Victor

  • Dr. Dan Ward, Accounting (2017)
  • Dr. Keith Watson, Economics and Finance (2017)
  • Dr. J. Brooke Hamilton, Management (2015)
  • Dr. Anne Keaty, Marketing and Hospitality (2015)
  • Dr. Steve Knouse, Management (2014)
  • Dr. Al Williams, Management (2002)
  • Dr. Nelda Spinks, BSAT (2000)