Faculty Excellence

Radford University’s Davis College of Business and Economics honored students, faculty and alumni during its annual spring Honors Banquet, held virtually April 23, 2021.

Radford University Carilion associate professor of nursing Judy Jenks, DNP, FNP-BC ’16 has received the Education Award from the Virginia Council of Nurse Practitioners. The award  recognizes her outstanding contributions to NPs in education and patient care through teaching and scholarship, student preceptorship, patient teaching and community involvement.

Foreign Languages and Literatures Interim Chair Matthew Turner, Ph.D., spoke recently to the With Good Reason public radio program about comedy and celebrity. The interview is available on podcast and will air May 1-7 on more than 60 radio stations across the United States.

Assistant Professor of Marketing Pam Richardson-Greenfield’s “retail scavenger hunt” gives her students an opportunity to learn about marketing just by walking through and carefully observing the aisles of a grocery store.

Trust is often viewed as an asset. “But, the idea of zero trust flips it all around,” says Zachary Collier, Ph.D., an assistant professor of management in the Davis College of Business and Economics. “So, you take a guilty-until-proven-innocent-approach to your partnerships.”

Senior assistant director of major exploration Rachel Hall ’17 has received national recognition for her outstanding advising skills and unwavering devotion to student success. 

Professor of Geology Chester “Skip” Watts, Ph.D., has been awarded the prestigious 2020 Karl and Ruth Terzaghi Outstanding Mentor Award by the Association of Environmental and Engineering Geologists (AEG).