MSU professor named No. 1 in state

Dr. Nancy Keith, Missouri State University professor of marketing, has been named the 2010 Missouri professor of the year by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and the Council for Advancement and Support of Education, according to an MSU news release.

Dr. Robert Luke, head of the MSU marketing department, said Keith's professional manner made her a good choice for the award.

"It is indeed a pleasure to see that she has been duly rewarded with one of the highest honors an academic can receive," he said in the release.

The organizations selected 45 state winners, one from the District of Columbia and four national winners from a pool of more than 300 nominees, according to the award Web site.

The awards recognize influence on teaching and commitment to undergraduate students.

"The award is an acknowledgment of the quality, innovative, real-world classroom environment that I seek to create in order to motivate and instruct our new generation of students," Keith said in the release. "Through teaching, I am grateful to be able to share my knowledge of and passion for quantitative business research."

Keith received her Ph.D. in management science and marketing research from Purdue University in 1978.

The university's marketing department is a part of MSU's College of Business Administration.

The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, an independent education policy and research center, and CASE, an international association of education institutions, have partnered in providing professor of the year awards since 1981.

A list of all state and national winners can be found on the award site.
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