Boise State’s College of Business and Economics recently announced the 2024/25 recipients of the annual COBE Advisory Council research and service awards. The following faculty members were selected from a strong pool of nominees. Read on for a few of their many accomplishments and contributions.
COBE Advisory Council Research Award
Christie Fuller, a professor in the Department of Information Technology and Supply Chain Management, received the COBEAC Research Award, which recognizes a faculty member’s research accomplishments.
Fuller’s research accomplishments primarily fall in three areas: survey research methodology, deception and deception detection. She is proud of mentoring junior faculty and doctoral students. During her career, Fuller has published 17 journal articles and numerous conference papers and book chapters. This includes five journal articles and one conference paper since receiving tenure at Boise State in the spring of 2020. Based on based on Google Scholar Citations, Fuller is the second most cited faculty member in the College of Business with over 3,600 citations. Her yearly Google Scholar citation count continues to grow each year. Based on the current rate of citations in November when Fuller submitted her nomination statement, she was on track to exceed 900 citations just during 2024.
Over the course of her career, Fuller has mentored multiple junior faculty and doctoral students. This has been a particular focus of hers since she received tenure. Among her published journal papers, seven had junior faculty or doctoral students as co-authors. Across Fuller’s published works and works in progress, she has mentored 12 junior faculty and doctoral students.
COBE Advisory Council Service Award
Tom Gattiker, a professor in the Department of Information Technology and Supply Chain Management, received the COBEAC Service Award, which recognizes a faculty member’s dedication to service outside of the classroom.
Gattiker’s philosophy regarding service to Boise State and to the academy is to build and create impact, not tick a box. Turning to community service, he says, “I am at the point in my career where my cup overflows, which means it is my time to fill others’ cups. Therefore, I support Idaho nonprofits who serve others, especially using my skills and experience in Lean/6 Sigma-based process improvement.”
One of the things that attracted Gattiker to Boise State was (and is) that “you can see your tracks,” as a colleague told him 20 years ago. Gattiker is a builder. Rather than exclusively taking part in existing service opportunities, he has participated in creating new, innovative programs from scratch.
Just a few highlights from the many service activities Gattiker has provided include departmental development of a mentorship program, working with the Boise State Hazzard and Climate Change Resilience Institute, multiple impactful projects with the Idaho Partners for Good and its clients including the Boise Bicycle Project and Jesse Tree, and influential service to the discipline of supply chain management on research replication.