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Robins School of Business faculty promoted to leadership positions

July 3, 2008

Dean Jorge Haddock of the University of Richmond's Robins School of Business has announced the promotion of faculty members to academic leadership positions for the 2008-09 academic year.

Richard Coughlan will serve in the new position of senior associate dean. Coughlan has been associate dean of graduate and executive education, leading both programs to high national rankings, record revenues and record quality of students. He will remain in charge of those areas, while taking on new responsibilities of staff development and assisting Haddock with fiscal planning and corporate relations.

Robert Nicholson, associate professor of economics, has been promoted to associate dean for undergraduate business programs, responsible for overseeing the Robins School undergraduate program, except for assessment and accreditation. Nicholson joined the Robins School faculty in 1972 and received its Academic Advisor Excellence Award in 2007.

Andy Litteral has been promoted to the new position of director of assessment and accreditation. Litteral is an associate professor of management, specializing in statistical process control, forecasting and manufacturing planning and control systems.

Paul Clikeman, associate professor of accounting, is the new director of the master's in accountancy (MAcc) program. Clikeman specializes in accounting education and auditor independence.

Darrell Walden, associate professor of accounting, has been appointed chairman of the accounting department. Walden, who received the Robins School Excellence in Teaching Award in 2003, specializes in accounting education and innovations in learning with technology and environmental reporting.

Faculty continuing in current leadership roles include:

  • Tom Cossé, associate dean for international business programs. The Robins School has arranged more than 40 international partner university programs and student exchanges under Cossé's direction.
  • Jeff Harrison, professor of management systems, director of the Innovation and Entrepreneurship Program (IEP)
  • David North, assistant professor of finance, director of the Center for Active Business Education (CABE)
  • Department chairs Dana Lascu, marketing; John Earl, finance; Bob Schmidt, economics; and Neil Ashworth, management.

"The Robins School faculty continues to be among the best in the country, as repeatedly reinforced by our students and an A-plus faculty rating in BusinessWeek," Haddock said.

BusinessWeek ranked the Robins School's undergraduate business program as one of the top 20 in the nation and its MBA program as one the top 14 part-time programs.