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UHV faculty members earn Bloomberg BusinessWeek teaching, research awards

Bloomberg BusinessWeek Teaching and Research Awards winners, from left, Rajan Selvarajan, Jun Yang and Massomeh Hajilee accept plaques from Shandale Robertson, Bloomberg BusinessWeek regional sales manager, and UHV President Phil Castille, right, at a School of Business Administration awards reception.
  • Originally published September 15, 2012 at 4:51 p.m., updated September 15, 2012 at 4:51 p.m.

  • Award recipients

  • This year's Bloomberg Teaching and Research Awards went to:

    • Rajan Selvarajan - Fall 2011 Teaching Award

    • Jun Yang - Spring 2012 Teaching Award

    • Massomeh Hajilee - Research Award

A trio of University of Houston-Victoria business faculty was recently honored by Bloomberg BusinessWeek for incorporating the popular business magazine into their teaching and research.

Rajan Selvarajan, an associate professor of management, received a check for $2,000. Selvarajan said he was pleased to receive the award. Since 2004, he has taught a number of management and leadership classes at UHV. His research and teaching interests focus primarily on human resource management, organizational behavior and strategic management.

"I have included recent articles published in Bloomberg BusinessWeek as part of the 'Strategic Management' course, which helps students analyze topics of current interest related to the course," he said.

Jun Yang, an assistant professor of marketing, also was awarded $2,000.

Yang often asks her students to find articles discussing key marketing issues, such as e-advertising, supply chain management, customer satisfaction, or the demise of bricks and mortar retailers such as Circuit City and Borders.

Bloomberg BusinessWeek has been an outstanding resource for this purpose, she said. Yang has taught courses in the areas of marketing management, marketing research, global marketing and Internet marketing since 2009 at UHV.

"The award is a nice opportunity to show the integration of BusinessWeek to our Master of Business Administration program," Yang said. "I'm really honored to receive this award. I have learned a lot from my colleagues at UHV and really appreciate their support."

Massomeh Hajilee, an assistant professor of economics, received a check for $2,500. Hajilee joined the UHV faculty in 2010. Her research focuses on topics in applied macroeconomics, international economics and economic development. Her primary teaching interest is global economics.

"I'm honored and grateful to receive a research award and be recognized for the publication of my scholarly works," she said.

The three faculty members received their awards during a UHV School of Business Administration award reception Friday at UH Sugar Land.