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The American Marketing Association recently awarded Collat marketing professor Simon Sheng the 2026 Eli Jones Award for the long-term impact of his research.

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Management, Information Systems, and Quantitative Methods professor Mohammad Firouz, Ph.D. opens a new website , has been selected to receive the UAB President’s Award for Excellence in Teaching for his exceptional accomplishments in the classroom. He will be honored at a UAB ceremony this fall.

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Paul Di Gangi, Ph.D., and Oluwafemi Akanfe, Ph.D., have been selected as the 2026 recipients of the Searcy Faculty Research Award at the UAB Collat School of Business.

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UAB Collat School of Business students recently honored four professors with the fifth annual CSOB Teaching Excellence Awards. The teaching awards honor one professor in each academic department and in the graduate program and are voted on by Collat students.

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Colleen McClure, Ph.D., and Simon Sheng, Ph.D., have been selected as the first recipients of the Searcy Faculty Research Award at the UAB Collat School of Business.

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Christopher Edmonds, Ph.D., has been named the UAB Alumni and Friends Professor in Accounting at the UAB Collat School of Business.

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In a digital world where attention spans are short and ad-blockers are everywhere, brands are turning more than ever to influencers. But what actually makes an influencer successful? Turns out, it’s not just their follower count.

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UAB Collat School of Business students recently honored four professors with the fourth annual CSOB Teaching Excellence Awards. The teaching awards honor one professor in each academic department and in the graduate program and are voted on by Collat students.

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The University of Alabama at Birmingham Collat School of Business has named accounting professor Arline Savage, Ph.D. opens a new website , chair of the Department of Accounting and Finance.

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Collat accounting professor Jennifer Hamrick, Ph.D. opens a new website , has been selected to receive the UAB President’s Award for Excellence in Teaching for her exceptional accomplishments in the classroom. She will be honored at a UAB ceremony this fall.

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More than 50 million U.S. workers are part of the gig economy, either to supplement their main income or as their full-time job. New research by professors Paul M. Di Gangi, Ph.D., and Jack L. Howard, Ph.D., from the UAB Collat School of Business, and colleagues explores how gig workers can use online communities to increase their earnings.

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John Hansen, Ph.D, has been named associate dean for research, academic and faculty affairs for the UAB Collat School of Business.

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UAB Collat School of Business students recently honored four professors with the third annual CSOB Teaching Excellence Awards. The teaching awards honor one professor in each academic department and in the graduate program and are voted on by Collat students.

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In the fast-evolving business landscape, Artificial Intelligence (AI) is taking center stage in transforming sales processes, making them more efficient and responsive to the dynamic market demands. A new study titled “AI in Sales: Laying the Foundations for Future Research” by UAB Collat School of Business Professor Colleen McClure, Ph.D., and colleagues, recently published in the Journal of Personal Selling & Sales Management, highlights the pivotal role AI is playing in reshaping the sales sector.

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Collat Senior Associate Dean Karen Kennedy, Ph.D., has been elected president of the Alabama Association of Higher Education in Business for 2024-25. She took over the role at the association’s recent annual meeting in Point Clear, Ala.

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Collat management professor Scott Boyar, Ph.D., has been recognized with the 2023 Provost’s Transformative Online Course Award (TOCA) for engaging online students.

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The University of Alabama at Birmingham Collat School of Business has named information systems professor Paul M. Di Gangi, Ph.D. opens a new website , chair of the Department of Management, Information Systems and Quantitative Methods.

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Collat marketing professor Yufei Zhang, Ph.D. opens a new website , has been selected to receive the UAB President’s Award for Excellence in Teaching for her exceptional accomplishments in teaching. She will be honored at a UAB ceremony later this fall.

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A phrase on the UAB Collat School of Business website caught new Dean Christopher Shook’s attention the first time he saw it.

Transforming lives one student at a time.

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UAB Collat School of Business students recently honored four professors with the second annual CSOB Teaching Excellence Awards. The teaching awards honor one professor in each academic department and in the graduate program and are voted on by Collat students.

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Arline Savage, Ph.D., has been named the first Sallie W. Dean Endowed Professor of Accounting at the UAB Collat School of Business.

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As Eric P. Jack prepares to step down as dean opens a new website of the UAB Collat School of Business at the end of June, friends, colleagues, students, and business leaders have been reflecting on his tremendous impact and wishing him well in his well-earned retirement.

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Accounting instructor Eddie Nabors was recently elected to the Beta Alpha Psi Board of Directors to serve as the board’s director of administration.

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The Association for Information Systems (AIS) opens a new website recently selected Collat professors Philip Musa, Ph.D.opens a new website and Paul Di Gangi, Ph.D. opens a new website, as AIS Distinguished Members-Cum Laude. Musa was honored in the association’s June 2022 membership cohort; Di Gangi was honored in December 2022.

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Thomas DeCarlo, PhD, has been selected to receive the UAB President's Award for Excellence in Teaching for his exceptional accomplishments in teaching. He will be honored at a university ceremony this fall.

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When accounting Professor Arline Savage, Ph.D., gets mad she hits the books. "My research is all over the place, because what appeals to me is usually something that made me angry," she said.

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Entrepreneurship is one of the most popular areas in business schools across the nation.

Blaze a Brighter Future

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