UNM has been chosen as one of 10 schools in the nation to be a part of the Hispanic Scholarship Fund's Scholar Chapter network.
A reception to recognize outstanding Hispanic scholars and to launch UNM's new status in the program will be held Thursday at Johnson Center from 5-8 p.m.
UNM joins the first five schools to honor Hispanic students, which are Stanford, Harvard and Columbia Universities, the University of California at Berkley and the University of Texas at Austin.
Alex Gonzalez, the UNM Scholarship Office supervisor, said in a University statement that the event will honor UNM's exceptional Hispanic students.
"This reception will honor those who will be soon making a valuable contribution to their respected fields," he said.
In addition to the Hispanic Scholarship Fund scholars and staff, UNM officials and fund alumni from the surrounding area will attend. The Goldman Sachs Foundation also will have representatives attending.
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Jeanne Logsdon, an Organization Behavior professor at the Anderson Schools of Management, has joined The Journal of Public Affairs editorial board.
It is a new academic journal based in the United Kingdom. As a board member, Logsdon's duties include reviewing research articles submitted for publication. She also is the editor of the Business and Society, a premier academic journal in the business field.
Logsdon, who received her doctorate from the University of California at Berkley, has been at UNM since 1989 and was named a full professor in 1998. Her research areas and teaching interest include the following: corporate social performance, stakeholder theory, business citizenship, corporate reputation, business ethics, collaboration between the private and public sectors and corporate responses to regulation environmental problems and remedies.
She also serves on the U.S. Department of Energy Environmental Advisory Committee.
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Douglas Thomas, an Anderson Schools of Management assistant professor, is in the running for the Richard N. Farmer Award for the best dissertation in international business written during the past year.
The award winner will be announced July 1 at the Academy of International Business annual meeting in Puerto Rico. The award includes a $1,000 prize.
Thomas' dissertation is titled "Who Goes Abroad? The International Diversification of Emerging Market Firms into Developed Markets." The paper examines the actions of firms from emerging markets, such as TelMex, a Mexican telephone company, and its telecommunications venture in the United States.
He argues that emerging market firms' investments in developed markets can be a key source of economic development for emerging market nations. The paper states that emerging market firms with higher levels of already existing technological and relationship-based advantages will be most likely to invest in developed markets and gain access to new advantages.
Thomas joined the Anderson Schools of Management last year after receiving his doctorate from Texas A&M University. He currently teaches undergraduate courses in strategic management.
