Professor Napatsorn Jiraporn (Marketing) received the 2012 Distinguished Dissertation Award in the social sciences category from Binghamton University, where she completed her Ph.D. program. A faculty review panel selected Jiraporn’s dissertation, “Maintenance Versus Attainment Goals: Influence of Self-Regulation Goal Type on Goal Pursuit Behaviors,” for this award using the following criteria: the level of creativity and originality of the work; the methodological and substantive quality of the research; and the degree to which the research makes a significant contribution to the discipline.
Professor Wilma Feliciano (Languages, Literature and Culture) was inducted into the Order of the Discoverers, one of the National Collegiate Hispanic Honor Society’s highest honors. Dr. Feliciano’s exceptional contributions to the profession and her loyal promotion of the ideals of Sigma Delta Pi have earned her this distinction.