Four College of Business & Economics faculty members were recognized with faculty awards at Longwood University’s 2026 Convocation, reflecting the college’s strong commitment to excellence in teaching, scholarship and service.
Congratulations to the following faculty members:
Meg Michelsen: Simpson Distinguished Professorship
The Simpson Distinguished Professorship was established through a generous gift from Murray 
S. Simpson Jr. and Cora S. Simpson to recognize and support faculty who have demonstrated a sustained commitment to outstanding scholarship through publications, presentations or creative work.
Dr. Michelsen’s scholarly work focuses on three research streams: sensory marketing, fashion marketing, and AI and emerging trends in consumer behavior in the marketplace.
Across these areas, she investigates how verbal olfactory cues influence consumers’ perceptions of and purchase intentions toward scented products when they cannot smell the products online, the relationship between fashion products and consumer identity, and the impact of companies’ use of AI on consumer trust, attitudes, and behavioral responses.
Pubali Mukherjee: 2026 Graduate Faculty Research Award
The Graduate Faculty Research Award recognizes unique or innovative work within a faculty member’s discipline that results in publications or other distinguished scholarly projects representing advancement in the field.
Dr. Mukherjee's work fundamentally examines consumer behavior in AI-mediated interactions and AI adoption. Specifically, she elucidates how AI interfaces empower/disempower consumers.
She uses a combination of research methods, including content analysis, experiment design, and in-depth interviews.
She was selected for this award for her original and significant research contributions published in impactful marketing journals that advance theoretical frameworks of AI-mediated consumer interactions and provide actionable, human-centered insights into the complexities of the evolving AI landscape.
Hannan Sadjady Naeeni: Maude Glenn Raiford Teaching Award
The Maude Glenn Raiford Teaching Award recognizes faculty members who demonstrate 
excellence in teaching through areas such as innovative instruction, student motivation, curricular development, academic rigor, course organization and the incorporation of research on teaching and learning.
Dr. Naeeni teaches Supply Chain Management at both the undergraduate and graduate levels, with a strong emphasis on connecting classroom learning with industry practice.
He regularly brings logistics and supply chain professionals into his courses and organizes field trips to regional transportation and logistics companies. He also founded Supply Chain Insights, an alumni speaker series that connects students with Longwood graduates working in supply chain management and related fields.
Haley Woznyj: Susan H. May Scholarship Award
The Susan H. May Scholarship Award recognizes faculty members who demonstrate excellence 
in scholarship through sustained scholarly activity, publications, presentations, grant development and other significant contributions to their disciplines.
Dr. Woznyj’s scholarship is organized around three interconnected streams that collectively advance the understanding of organizational and employee well-being.
The primary thrust of her research examines how organizational-level factors—including HRM practices and leadership behaviors—shape employee job attitudes and, ultimately, enhance both individual and organizational well-being. This work addresses fundamental questions about how organizations can create conditions that allow people to thrive.