The Distinguished Research Professorship Awards recognize faculty for their research impact, including productivity, publishing, and awards, as well as societal impact, and fostering multi‐disciplinary collaborations within the Lam Family College of Business, across San Francisco State University and broader society through community engagement, research, partnerships, and more.
Join us in congratulating the five award recipients for 2025-2027, Finance Professor Todd Feldman, Accounting Professor Theresa Hammond, Management Associate Professor Priyanka Joshi, Management Associate Professor Veró Rabelo, and Finance Associate Professor Yi Zhou.
The Award
The objective of the Lam-Larsen Distinguished Research Faculty Awards is to recognize the outstanding intellectual contributions of faculty towards enhancing the academic reputation and research environment of the college. Awardees, designated as Lam-Larsen Distinguished Research Professors, receive a $10,000 annual stipend for two years and present their work to the college’s community. These awards are funded by the Lam-Larsen Global Innovation Fund.
Eligible faculty must be tenured Lam Family College of Business (LFCoB) faculty and employed at San Francisco State University for a minimum of seven years. The committee also considered exceptional cases, limited to tenured Associate Professors, who have built a distinctive and compelling research record while in residence at the LFCoB in less than the stipulated seven-year period.
The primary consideration is academic impact, measured by the quality and quantity of peer-reviewed publications in top-tier journals. Academic impact is also reflected in the authorship of academic books, membership on prestigious editorial boards, and “Best Papers” awards from academic associations. Other examples include refereed papers in prominent and highly rigorous national and international conferences, book chapters and monographs, citations, referrals, and peer reviews.
Another consideration is societal impact, as reflected in fostering multi-disciplinary collaborations within the LFCoB, SF State, and society. Examples include sustained community engagement, research with graduate and undergraduate students, partnerships with Bay Area business and civic communities, research impact on curricular innovations, speaking invitations, media citations, books and articles in the popular press, and press releases. Beyond engagement and service, however, the societal impact has to be validated in terms of research publications.
Read about some of the achievements of each of this year's distinguished awardees:
Todd Feldman, Ph.D.
Professor, Finance
Theresa Hammond, Ph.D.
Professor, Accounting
Priyanka Joshi Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Management
Veró Rabelo, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Management
Yi Zhou, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Finance