making learning behavioral finance meaningful to the students. In a nutshell, Dr. Banerjee's adaptability, ingenuity, and willingness to take on new responsibilities even when they constitute teaching overloads are not only laudable but worthy of recognition and reward. It is noteworthy that in his first academic year (2017-2018) here at KSU, he was rated as "exceed" expectations in teaching by the Chair of the School of Business at the time. His dossier also reflects meeting or exceeding expectations in teaching effectiveness by students and supervisors at other regionally accredited universities where he taught prior to coming to KSU. In sum, Dr. Swagata Banerjee meets or exceeds expectations in teaching performance and effectiveness all along in his teaching career.
Dr. Banerjee has been an accomplished grant writer and recipient having generated about 4.05 million dollars in grant funds, serving as the PIs, Co-PIs, or in collaboration with others. Since coming to KSU, he (as Co-PI) and others have received up to $800,000 in grant funding. Dr. Banerjee is equally accomplished in scholarly publications. His CV documents five presentations since 2018 and twenty three (23) "full-length...peer-reviewed scientific research publications" since 2005. , having authored or co-authored 19 publications (full-length, peer-reviewed and scientific). Before coming to KSU, Dr. Banerjee was a visiting faculty in China for two weeks (2016-17 winter) where he taught agriculture, economics, and business. Leveraging his China experience, he recently assisted in establishing an exchange program, of visiting students, between KSU and South-Central University for Nationalities (SCUN) in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China. This creative activity charts a pathway for student recruitment from China and thereby helps increase KSU enrollment numbers and improve its diversity. Dr. Banerjee has been the recipient of several professional awards from prestigious academic associations including: "Young Leader (High-Performing Assistant Professor) Award ($250) from the Southern Agricultural Economics Association; Professional Paper Award, "Socioeconomic and Environmental Impacts of Irrigation Water Shortage" (authored with Babatunde Obembe) from Southern Rural Sociological Association; and other awards. In sum, Dr. Swagata Banerjee exceeds expectations in scholarly, professional and creative activities. His scholarly accomplishments will undoubtedly enhance the efforts of the School of Business and Technology in pursuing and achieving AACSB accreditation as mandated by the KSU Board of Regents.
Dr. Swagata Banerjee's dossier reveals that he has always been actively engaged in community service activities and participating in activities that support professional organizations in significant ways. In his letter of support for him, Professor Ducan Chembezi, Director of Small Farms Research Center at Alabama A&M University, noted that "He is a long-standing member of several professional associations. Dr. Banerjee is widely respected by his peers in his field and profession in the South and throughout the land grant system." In his letter of recommendation for Dr. Banerjee, Dr. Donita Cartmill, Associate Professor of Environmental Horticulture at the University of Wisconsin in Platteville, wrote that he enjoyed "being an advisor for clubs including the National Agri-Marketing Association (NAMA). The time commitment for advising NAMA was quite substantial as it included meeting with the students