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Michael Fern (business) has received the prestigious Academy of Management entrepreneurship division’s Best Paper Award for his research into the strategic decision-making process that takes place during the start-up phase of a new venture. Fern’s approach, examining the résumés of 200 entrepreneurs involved in airline start-ups in the U.S. over a 10-year period, broke new ground in gathering information on the start-up phase of an enterprise. The results of his research show that one can predict how an entrepreneur’s past experience will affect new decisions such as choice of location, industry and business focus. The Academy of Management has more than 17,000 active members from 99 countries. The entrepreneurship division is the fourth largest, with more than 2,000 members.
Akshay Rathore (electrical and computer engineering) is listed in the 2006 edition of Marquis’ Who’s Who in Science and Engineering for his research contributions to electrical engineering. Rathore is currently pursuing a PhD in the area of power electronics with fuel-cell applications. Marquis’ Who’s Who in Science and Engineering chronicles the world’s foremost inventors, award-winners, industry executives, educators, writers and philosophers whose efforts are advancing human knowledge.
Two master’s students from the faculty of education have been awarded funding from the Canada Corps university partnership program for internships this fall. Christina Morgan and Carrie Rowlandson will be working with the Society for Participatory Research in India (PRIA), a non-governmental organization that aims to strengthen the participation of marginalized groups in improving their socio-economic status through democratic governance. Canada Corps is a branch of the Canadian International Development Agency that promote good governance and institution-building in developing countries and fragile states.
Psychology professor David Hultsch is the 2006 winner of the Master Mentor Award from the American Psychological Association. The award honours the significant influence Hultsch has had on the careers of students and junior colleagues in the field of adult development and aging. He was nominated for the award by his students.
Wolff-Michael Roth (education) has been recognized for his outstanding contribution to educational research in Canada. Roth is recipient of the Canadian Education Association’s 2006 CEA-Whitworth Award for Education Research. “I’m greatly honoured, because other recipients of this award include all those who, in sports or music, would be in a hall of fame. They are the great Canadian educators,” says Roth. The CEA is a federally incorporated, non-profit organization that seeks to influence public policy issues in education. The award will be presented at the CEA annual general meeting in Toronto in November.
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