{"id":3421,"date":"2024-05-28T16:21:38","date_gmt":"2024-05-28T20:21:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rossweb.bus.umich.edu\/faculty-staff-blog\/?p=3421"},"modified":"2024-05-28T16:22:33","modified_gmt":"2024-05-28T20:22:33","slug":"annual-dei-awards-for-faculty-staff-and-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rossweb.bus.umich.edu\/faculty-staff-blog\/2024\/05\/28\/annual-dei-awards-for-faculty-staff-and-students\/","title":{"rendered":"Annual DEI Awards for Faculty, Staff, and Students"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Michigan Ross recently celebrated scholarship and advancement in the areas of diversity, equity, and inclusion at the fourth annual DEI Research and Teaching Awards. The event brought together the Michigan Ross community to celebrate the research, teaching, and work done to advance the school’s DEI mission. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 2024 award winners and their projects are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

DEI BBA Thesis Award<\/strong>
Kayla Rothstein, BBA \u201924
Senior thesis: \u201cEmployment for People with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities in India: Barriers to Entry, Strategies for Success, and Opportunities for Systemic Improvement\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

DEI Staff Impact Award
<\/strong>Kimberly Williams, assistant director, Transfer and Outreach Initiatives, Office of Undergraduate Programs
All-Access Weekend<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Michelle Pava, associate director of diversity recruiting, Full-Time MBA Program
FTMBA Admissions Audit<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Faculty DEI Research Awards
<\/strong>Edward Kim, assistant professor of finance
\u201cThe Digital Divide and Refinancing Inequality\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lindsey Gallo, assistant professor of business, and Heidi Packard, assistant professor of accounting
\u201cCross-Sector Female Representation and Firms\u2019 Social Policies<\/p>\n\n\n\n

PhD DEI Research Award
<\/strong>Helen (Zihan) Wang, PhD
\u201c30 Million Canvas Grading Records Reveal Widespread Sequential Bias and System-Induced Surname Initial Disparity\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

J. Frank Yates Diversity and Inclusion Teaching Excellence Award
<\/strong>Ted London, Ford Motor Company Clinical Professor of Business Administration, clinical professor of business
\u201cMaking Business Work Better for the Base of the Pyramid\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n