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Spears School's Margaret White honored at OSU-Tulsa with President's Outstanding Faculty Award for Teaching

Friday, June 5, 2015

Margaret White receives teaching award
OSU-Tulsa President Howard Barnett, left, presents the President's Outstanding Faculty Award for Teaching to Dr. Margaret White, center, with Spears School of Business Dean Ken Eastman.

TULSA – Two Oklahoma State University-Tulsa faculty were recognized for exceptional teaching and research during the university’s graduation ceremony on Monday, May 11, at The Pavilion at Expo Square.

Dr. Margaret White, professor of management in the Spears School of Business, was honored with the President’s Outstanding Faculty Award for Teaching and Dr. Bin Liang, associate professor of sociology, received the President’s Outstanding Faculty Award for Research.

“These faculty exemplify the quality of the education that students receive as they earn an OSU degree in Tulsa,” said OSU-Tulsa President Howard Barnett. “Dr. White and Dr. Liang have provided extraordinary service to thousands of students and have garnered the respect of students and colleagues that makes them tremendous assets to our university.”

White earned her Ph.D. at Texas A&M University. She joined the faculty at Oklahoma State University in 1986 as an assistant professor of management.

She holds the Fleming Professorship in Technology Management and is the recipient of several teaching excellence awards, including the CBA Greiner Award for Excellence in Graduate Teaching in 1995, Outstanding MBA Professor in 2004, Spears School of Business Outstanding Instruction Award of 2005, Outstanding OSU-Tulsa Faculty Award in 2007 and the Chandler-Frates & Reitz Teaching Excellence Award in 2012.

Her research is focused on strategic alliance among multinational firms. White has published numerous research papers and has been the recipient of numerous research awards.

After earning his Ph.D. and J.D. at Arizona State University, Liang joined OSU as an assistant professor of sociology in 2003.

He has published a number of articles related to crime and the legal system in China. His work has been widely published in prestigious academic journals, including the American Journal of Criminal Justice, the Asian Journal of Criminology, the British Journal of Criminology and the Journal of Criminal Justice.

Liang also is author of two books on the Chinese legal system and China’s drug policies. He also is a contributor to several academic books on criminology. He was a visiting Research Fellow at East Asian Institute at the National University of Singapore in 2012.

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