Selected Honors and Awards for Current and Emeritus Faculty

Faculty in the Department of Technology Management are internationally recognized for their contributions to research and practice and have received some of the highest honors in their fields. From top career awards to best paper and book honors, this selected list of distinctions underscores the department’s influence across multiple disciplines and its reputation for scholarly excellence.

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Elected Fellow at Professional Associations

 

 

Academy of Management

Stephen Barley, 2007
Nelson Phillips, 2021
Paul Leonardi, 2022

National Communication Association

David Seibold, 2004

International Communication Association

David Seibold, 2009
Paul Leonardi, 2021

Strategic Management Society

Mary Tripsas, 2024

Career Awards from Professional Associations

 

 

Academy of Management

Distinguished Scholar (CMS Division)
Stephen Barley, 2010
Distinguished Scholar (CTO Division)

  • Stephen Barley, 2010
  • Paul Leonardi, 2023

Distinguished Scholar (OMT Division)
Stephen Barley, 2006
Distinguished Scholar (TIM Division)
Mary Tripsas, 2022
Everett Cherrington Hughes Award for Career Scholarship (Careers Division)
Stephen Barley, 2021
Joanne Martin Trailblazer Award (OMT Division)
Nelson Phillips, 2018

American Anthropological Association

Conrad Aresnbserg Award for Lifetime Contribution (Anthropology of Work Division)
Stephen Barley, 2018

INFORMS

Distinguished Scholar (Technology Management Section)
Stephen Barley, 2002

International Communication Association

Aubrey Fisher Mentorship Award

  • David Seibold, 2013

Fredric M. Jablin Award for Outstanding Contribution to Organizational
Communication (Org Comm Division)

  • David Seibold, 2006
  • Paul Leonardi, 2019

Young Scholar Award

Paul Leonardi, 2012

National Communication Association

Gerald Phillips Distinguished Scholarship Award (Applied Comm Division)
Dave Seibold, 1999
Career Achievement Award (Group Comm Division)
David Seibold, 2011

Western Academy of Management

Ascendant Scholar Award

  • Christine Beckman, 2006
  • Paul Leonardi, 2012

Awards for Books and Journal Articles

From Professional Associations

 

 

Academy of Management

Best Published Paper Award (CTO Division)

  • Paul Leonardi, 2011, 2025
  • Matt Beane, 2019

New Concept Award (OB Division)
Stephen Barley, 1985
Best Published Paper Award (OMT Division)
Paul Leonardi, 2019
George R. Terry Book Award
Nelson Phillips, 2021

Thought Leader Award (ENT Division)
Mary Tripsas, 2008

American Association of Geographers

Best Paper Award in Geography and Entrepreneurship
Christine Beckman, 2024

American Sociological Assocation

Outstanding Published Paper Award (CITAMS Section)
Paul Leonardi, 2008

Canadian Assocation for the Study of Discourse

Best Article Award
Nelson Phillips, 2018

Association for Information Systems

Best Publication of the Year Award
Stephen Barley, 2009
Paul Leonardi, 2009

Systems Dynamics Society

Jay Wright Forrester Award
Kyle Lewis, 2018

National Communication Association

Dennis S. Gouran Best Article Award (Group Comm Division)
David Seibold, 2000, 2008
Diamond Anniversary Book Award
Paul Leonardi, 2013
Golden Monograph Award
David Seibold, 1976, 1981, 1986
Outstanding Article Award (Org Comm Division)
Paul Leonardi, 2010 (two papers tied), 2011, 2015, 2017
Outstanding Edited Book Award (Org Comm Division)
Paul Leonardi, 2016

From Specific Publishers

 

 

Academy of Management

Academy of Management Annals
Paul Leonardi (Best Paper Award, 2018)
Academy of Management Discoveries
Paul Leonardi (Best Paper Award, 2018)
Academy of Management Journal
Stephen Barley (Author of Largest Number of Interesting Papers, 2006)
Academy of Management Review
Kyle Lewis (Best Paper Award, 2011)
Axiom Business Book Awards
Paul Leonardi (Gold Medal, 2024)
Emerald Citation of Excellence Award

  • Mary Tripsas, 2006
  • Paul Leonardi, 2010

 

Other

Journal of Management Inquiry
Stephen Barley (Breaking the Frame Award, 2000; Best Article Award, 2008)
Journal of Management Studies
Nelson Phillips (Best Published Paper Award, 2009)
Journal of Product Innovation Management
Mary Tripsas (Thomas P. Hustad Best Paper Award, 2005)
Information Systems Research
Paul Leonardi (Best Paper Award, 2014)
MIS Quarterly
Paul Leonardi (Best Paper Award, 2012; Impact Award, 2022)
Sloan Management Review
Nelson Phillips (Richard Beckhard Memorial Prize, 2005)
Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal
Mary Tripsas (Best Paper Prize, 2015)
Strategic Management Journal
Mary Tripsas (Dan and Mary Lou Schendel Best Paper Prize, 2015)
Strategic Organization
Nelson Phillips (SO! What Best Published Paper Award, 2016)

National Science Foundation CAREER Award

Paul Leonardi, 2011