Honors and Awards

2012: Awarded "Steve Ross Professorial Fellow of International Finance & Business" (2012-17), The George Washington University, Washington D.C. Fall 2012.

2011: Elected 2011-2012 President, Beta Gamma Sigma. GW Chapter, (National Honor Society in Business).

2011: Awarded "GW 2010 Service Excellence Celebration Choice Award - Parents Choice Award", The George Washington University, Washington D.C.

2011: Awarded 2010-11 Oscar and Shoshanna Trachtenberg Teaching Award, GWU 2011.

2011: Awarded 2011-12 GWIPP University Policy Research Scholar Award, GWU 2011.

2010: Awarded "GW 2010 Service Excellence Celebration Choice Award - Parents Choice Award", The George Washington University, Washington D.C.

2010: Awarded “Faculty of the Year” by the Board of Advisors for the School of Business, The George Washington University, Washington D.C.

2009: Recognized as a “Newsmaker” by the Dean’s Board of Advisors for the School of Business, The George Washington University, Washington D.C.

2009: GW School of Business “GW business” magazine article recognition on EU Research Center’s research accomplishments. The George Washington University, Washington D.C.

2006: Named the 2006 Douglas Y. Thomas Visiting Economist Series Keynote Speaker at Bradley University and Caterpillar Inc. The Visiting Economist Series has featured seminars by economists including Milton Friedman, Robert Barro, Deidre McCloskey, James Buchanan, Douglas North. Title of the speech: "Oil and Arms: A Disastrous Environment for Economic Growth in the Middle East."

2004: Received “Best Paper Award” for “Global Corporate Governance?” at the 16th Annual Meeting of the Association of Global Business, Cancun, Mexico, November 18-22, 2004.

2004: Oxford University Residency. Residency specialized on “World Economy and International Trade”, Oxford, United Kingdom

2003: The George Washington University Undergraduate Teaching Award, The George Washington University, Washington D.C.

2002: The George Washington University Graduate Faculty of the Year Award, MBA Association, The George Washington University, Washington D.C.

2001: The George Washington University Graduate Teaching Award in International Business, The George Washington University, Washington D.C.

2001: The George Washington University Graduate Faculty of the Year Award, MBA Association, The George Washington University, Washington D.C.

2001: Received “Award for Outstanding Support of The International Trade and Finance Association”.

2000: Named one of The George Washington University’s (GWU) “Bright, Up-And Coming Professors” by GWU Board of Trustees, GWU Office of University Relations. Named in the GWU Board Of Trustees Investor Report, Washington D.C.

2000: Named as one of the five George Washington University School of Business “Distinguished Faculty”. Named in The George Washington University School of Business Centerpiece Magazine, Washington D.C.

1999: Received the World Leaders Millennium Symposium Committee’s (ICS, LLC Millennium Group) “Distinguished Participant Award” for Outstanding Contribution to Global Education.

1998: Senior Research Fulbright Scholar Award, U.S. Department of State, Education Division, U.S. Fulbright Program, “Financial Sector/Economic Development and Financial Crisis Management in South/East Asia”. [six month research grant on site in London and Pakistan], Washington D.C.

1998: The George Washington University Bender Teaching Award, [University-wide award for teaching excellence], Washington D.C.

1998: Received the “First Annual Outstanding George Washington University Women of the Year Award”, Washington D.C.

1993: Beta Gamma Sigma Award [scholastic honor society for excellence in business recognized by the American Assembly of Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB).].

2002, 2003, & 2005: Nominated three times for The George Washington University Trachtenberg Teaching Prize [University-wide award for teaching excellence].

2005: Nominated for the Bender Teaching Award.