Appointments, honors and activities

Faculty and staff honors:

-- A.J. Schwichtenberg, associate professor of human development and family science, was voted president-elect of the Baby Siblings Research Consortium. The Baby Siblings Research Consortium is a multidisciplinary, collaborative community of researchers and clinicians committed to understanding the developmental origins and earliest signs of autism spectrum disorder by studying infants at familial risk for ASD. With over 25 data collection sites around the world, the BSRC supports the largest prospective autism development study in the world.

-- Mara Faccio, the Tom and Patty Hefner Chair in Finance, has begun her term as president-elect of the Financial Management Association International. The FMA, established in 1970 and consisting of more than 4,000 professional members, sits at the forefront of advancing and disseminating insights into financial decision-making. Its mission is centered on broadening common interests between academics and practitioners, fostering professional interactions, promoting the development and understanding of fundamental and practical research, and enhancing the quality of finance education. Faccio was recognized by researchers at the University of Oxford and University of Technology Sydney in 2022 as the No. 1 cited female scientist in academic finance.  

-- Three faculty members of Purdue’s Mitchell E. Daniels, Jr. School of Business authored papers that were among five finalists for the prestigious Exeter Prize, given annually by the University of Exeter for the most outstanding article published in a refereed journal in the previous calendar year in experimental economics, decision theory and behavioral economics. Victoria Prowse, the Marge Magner Chair and Professor of Economics; David Gill, the James Brooke Henderson Professor; and Eduardo Fe, associate professor at the University of Manchester, co-authored “Cognitive skills, strategic sophistication, and life outcomes” in the Journal of Political Economy. Matt Kovach, assistant professor of economics, co-authored with Gerelt Tserenjigmid, assistant professor at the University of California Santa Cruz, the paper “Behavioral foundations of nested stochastic choice and nested logic,” which also appeared in the Journal of Political Economy.

-- Joshua Chan, the Olson Professor in Management at the Mitchell E. Daniels, Jr. School of Business, has been named a Distinguished Author by the Journal of Applied Econometrics. The journal publishes articles on existing and new techniques related to a variety of problems in economics and related subjects, covering topics in measurement, estimation, testing, forecasting and policy analysis. 

-- Elizabeth (Libby) Richards, associate professor of nursing, has been selected as a 2023 fellow in the National League for Nursing Academy of Nursing Education. Fellows provide visionary leadership in the NLN and are recognized for their expertise in nursing education.

Notables:

-- Purdue University’s Mitchell E. Daniels, Jr. School of Business was ranked by Princeton Review/Entrepreneur magazine No. 18 among “Top 50 Undergraduate Programs for Entrepreneurs.” The rankings are based on more than 40 data points about the schools’ entrepreneurship programs, faculties, students and alumni. Schools’ programming, mentorship opportunities and graduates’ success rates in the business world are a key part of the evaluation. The full ranking is available available online.