For Immediate Release – Lawton, OK, Dec. 14, 2004
(NOTE TO BROADCASTERS: Correct pronunciation of the Brewczynski chair is “bruh-ZIN-ski.”)
Cameron University’s Brewczynski chair
honored twice more at national level
It has been a busy semester for Dr. Shawn M. Carraher.
The new holder of Cameron University’s Virginia Brewczynski Endowed Chair, Carraher has garnered
seven national and international awards during the Fall 2004 semester.
Carraher, along with Dr. Sherry Sullivan of Bowling Green State University and Sarah Carraher of
Consolidations Enterprises, earned the Distinguished Research Award from Allied Academies for their
paper, "An Examination of the Stress Experienced by Entrepreneurial Expatriate Health Care Professionals
Working in Benin, Bolivia, Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Ghana, Niger, Nigeria, Paraguay, South Africa and
Zambia."
Allied Academics is an international organization focused on improving research. The group chose the trio’s
paper from more than 20 entries and will now publish the award-winning text in the Academy of
Entrepreneurship Journal.
Carraher, who will serve as director of the small business institute within Cameron’s Center for Emerging
Technology and Entrepreneurial Studies (CETES) when it opens this spring, also had his paper, "FDI Scale
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and Performance of Taiwanese Family Firms in China: A Resource-based Perspective," honored with the
Outstanding Paper Award from the Association for Small Business & Entrepreneurship (ASBE).
John Parnell, University of North Carolina, Pembroke and Lan Ying Huang of Taiwan, co-authored the
work, which was selected from more than 40 entries.
ASBE, a national association, further recognized Carraher by electing him as a program chair for its 2005
meeting in New Mexico. As program chair, Carraher will be in charge of all aspects of the 2005 program,
from recruiting and reviewing papers and case submissions to determining the menu for the gala dinner.
"It is an honor to work for Cameron University with supportive administrators who clearly articulate a sense
of purpose and mission for the faculty," Carraher said. “I believe that as Cameron continues to grow in its
commitment to CETES, we shall be able to establish the university as a national model for regional
economic development with a nationally recognized entrepreneurial studies program.”
Other awards Carraher has received this semester include the 2004 “Best Workshop Award” for his
submission, “International Programs and Entrepreneurship Centers,” the “Best Review Award” from the
Careers Division at the Academy of Management, as well as a service and leadership award from the
Management and History Division and a service commendation from the academy president.
Carraher earned his bachelor’s degree in business administration from Florida Atlantic University, his
master’s in business from the University of Cincinnati and a doctorate degree in business administration
from the University of Oklahoma. He came to Cameron University from Texas A&M-Commerce at the
beginning of the Fall 2004 semester.
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