Three Columbia Business School faculty members have received 2011 Dean’s awards for teaching an elective.Daniel Ames, a professor in the Management Division, was recognized for teaching Managerial Negotiations. As chair of the decision-making and negotiations Cross-Disciplinary Area, Ames has implemented a system of shared resources, a teaching team model, and Columbia Business School cases into his course. Ames, who also teaches PhD courses, joined the School in 2002 and has previously received the Dean’s Award for Teaching in the Core, the EMBA Berkeley-Columbia Award for Excellence, and the 2003-04 Dean’s Award for Innovation in the Curriculum. His research focuses on social judgment and behavior.Michael Johannes, an associate professor in the Finance and Economics Division, received the honor for his teaching of Capital Markets and Investments. Johannes chaired the Finance and Economics Division’s curriculum overview committee that made recommendations for curriculum changes in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis. Johannes, who joined the School in 2000 and will hold the position of professor as of January 2012, analyzes fixed-income and derivative securities pricing models in his research.Doron Nissim,, the Ernst & Young Professor of Accounting & Finance, was recognized for his teaching of Earnings Quality and Fundamental Analysis. Nissim joined Columbia Business School in 1997 and chaired the Accounting Division from 2006 to 2009. Nissim also teaches PhD courses and the Core Financial Accounting course, for which he received the 2001-02 Dean’s Award for Teaching Excellence in the Core. In his research Nissim focuses primarily on earnings quality, fundamental analysis, and equity valuation, and he is frequently cited in such media outlets as Time Magazine, the New York Times, and the Economist.In selecting faculty recipients, Dean Glenn Hubbard and the School’s vice deans considered student evaluations and course materials to award the prize to faculty members who go above and beyond the scope of their own classroom, bringing together their colleagues to improve courses and teaching at the School. The honor is one of several teaching awards given out each year by the School.