Professor Wins Best Paper Award From Academy of Business Research

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Claretha Hughes

Claretha Hughes, University of Arkansas associate professor of human resource and workforce development, won the award for best paper presented at the spring conference of the Academy of Business Research.

Hughes’ paper was titled “Valuing Diversity through a Career Development Paradigm Shift.” The conference took place in New Orleans. The Academy of Business Research is an international society of scholars and practitioners who exchange ideas and collaborate in a conference setting.

Hughes, who joined the faculty of the College of Education and Health Professions in 2004, spent 20 years working in corporate America and consulting for corporations. She is the author of Valuing People and Technology in the Workplace published in 2012 by Information Science Reference. It won the R. Wayne Pace Book of the Year Award from the Academy of Human Resource Development.