Peter Dorfman, management professor at New Mexico State University, will serve as the Bank of America distinguished professor at the NMSU College of Business. (NMSU photo)

Peter Dorfman, a management professor at New Mexico State University, has been named the Bank of America distinguished professor at NMSU’s College of Business.

“I was thrilled,” Dorfman said. “This is a wonderful thing to happen at this time in my career. It’s a real honor to have this designation.”

Dorfman has been with NMSU for more than 30 years and currently teaches human resource management and general organizational behavior. He was a Fulbright Scholar in New Zealand last year and held the Robert O. Anderson distinguished professorship at NMSU from 1991 to 1997.

The Bank of America professorship was made possible by a donation to New Mexico State University. It will allow Dorfman to further his research and writing for the Global Leadership Organizational Behavior Effectiveness (GLOBE) project. GLOBE is a research effort started in 1994 to look at leadership and cultures around the world. Dorfman is on GLOBE’s board of directors and is working on the group’s third book. The previous two books have won national awards.

“Peter Dorfman is top notch. He is a prolific writer and is nationally and internationally recognized for the work he does,” said Garrey Carruthers, business dean and vice president for economic development.

Dorfman earned his Ph.D. at the University of Maryland and previously taught at Montana State University and Rice University.

Kelly Tian, marketing professor at New Mexico State University, will serve as the Robert O. Anderson distinguished professor at NMSU’s College of Business. (Courtesy photo)

Kelly Tian, a marketing professor at New Mexico State University, has been named the Robert O. Anderson distinguished professor at NMSU’s College of Business.

“I was thrilled to receive this professorship,” Tian said. “We have a well regarded program here at NMSU and this will certainly be a really exciting role.”

Tian currently teaches courses where students develop marketing strategies for nonprofit organizations and examine the effects of globalization on consumer culture. She is actively involved in shaping the college’s assessment of students’ learning outcomes and will work as the director of the marketing Ph.D. program.

The professorship is designed to promote service that benefits the College of Business. Tian said she is putting together an orientation program for marketing Ph.D. students that will familiarize them with the cultural values of academia, and aid their performance in the domains of service, teaching and publishing.

Robert O. Anderson was a noted New Mexico business leader, political activist and philanthropist who died in 2007. The distinguished professorship was made possible by a donation from Anderson to NMSU with matching funds from the New Mexico Legislature.

“Kelly Tian is central to our doctoral program and the kind of professor you look to for mentoring Ph.D. students,” said Garrey Carruthers, business dean and vice president for economic development.

Tian earned her Ph.D. at Georgia State University-Atlanta and previously taught at the University of Kentucky-Lexington before joining NMSU six years ago.