Dr. David Dickinson, a professor in the Department of Economics at Appalachian State University, has been appointed to the Walker College of Business Research Excellence Professorship.
Dickinson is the first recipient of the professorship, established in 2024 to recognize a business faculty member who has achieved international recognition as an expert in a specific domain applicable to business issues.
Dickinson has maintained a long-term research program on the effects of sleep (in particular, insufficient sleep) on decision-making, funded in part by the National Science Foundation, from which he’s received six grants during his career.
Dickinson earned the Dean’s Club Research Prize for his work in 2019 and 2023.
In addition to serving as a faculty member at App State, Dickinson is a research fellow at the IZA Institute of Labor Economics in Bonn, Germany, and a research affiliate with Chapman University's Economic Science Institute.
Professorships in the Walker College recognize faculty members who have demonstrated outstanding performance in instruction, service or scholarly activities.
The Research Excellence Professorship is appointed at the discretion of the dean of the Walker College and carries a renewable, five-year term. Requirements for the holder of the professorship include an annual research presentation that provides the guidance to the college and instruction on sponsored research and grants.
View the current holders of all Walker College professorships at business.appstate.edu/professorships or view news of past appointments at business.appstate.edu/news/professorships.
About Faculty Research in the Walker College of Business
The Walker College faculty produces and disseminates extensive research through academic and professional communities. In the last five years, faculty have published 543 peer-reviewed scholarly journal articles, 160 conference proceedings, and made 533 conference and professional presentations. In total, faculty have produced 1,175 intellectual contributions in the last five years. Approximately 520 intellectual contributions were made in basic or discovery research, 540 in applied or integrative research, and 115 contributions in teaching and learning research. Learn more at business.appstate.edu/research.
About the Department of Economics at Appalachian State University
The Department of Economics in Appalachian State University's Walker College of Business is an intellectually vibrant place for students and faculty. As a research-intensive department committed to student learning, the department offers a wide range of courses that provide critical thinking and problem-solving skills, complemented by student-faculty research collaboration. Our faculty members are engaged in research that contributes locally and globally to energy, environment, development, trade, health, sports, and tourism. The Department of Economics is ranked among the leading U.S. economics departments for research productivity and is particularly strong in environmental and experimental economics. Learn more at economics.appstate.edu.
David Dickinson
App State