Spears business professor receives national outstanding teaching award

Wednesday, November 1, 2006

The Association for Business Communication recently presented Dr. Zane Quible, professor of business communication in the Spears School of Business, its 2006 Outstanding Teacher Award during the organization’s annual convention in San Antonio. The association is a professional organization for business communication faculty and consultants in the U.S., Europe, Canada, and several Asian countries.

“Over the years, I’ve always been in awe of the recipients of this award and have found them to be such inspirational role models,” Quible said. “I am very humbled and honored to receive this peer recognition.”

Quible has taught in the Spears School since coming to Oklahoma State University in 1981. His award was accompanied by a cash stipend provided by textbook authors from Stephen F. Austin State University and Mississippi State University.

Dr. Zane Quible (center), recipient of the 2006 ABC Outstanding Teacher Award, is flanked by (l-r) Dr. Debbie DuFrene, Stephen F. Austin State University, and Dr. Carol Lehman, Mississippi State University. DuFrene and Lehman are textbook authors who fund the cash stipend that accompanies the annual award.

Quible, who served as associate dean for undergraduate programs in the Spears School for three years (2001-03), has authored or co-authored 15 textbooks, 50 articles and made more than 130 presentations, most on business communication, through the Center for Executive and Professional Development in the Spears School. Earlier this year, he was honored with the OSU Parents Association Outstanding Teaching Award. Last year, Quible received the Regents Distinguished Teaching Award, and the Kenneth and Leitner Outstanding Teaching Award.

Ken Eastman, head of the Department of Management at the Spears School, calls Quible “one of the most gifted and dedicated professors I have ever met.”

“Zane is dedicated to student learning and is constantly seeking new and better ways for students to become more effective communicators,” Eastman said. “This latest award is fitting recognition for a man who has meant so much to so many students over the years. I am proud to have him as a colleague and OSU is fortunate to have such a consummate professional educating its students.”

Quible earned his bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the University of Nebraska and a Ph.D. from Michigan State University. He also worked at Southeast Missouri State University in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, where he got his start in teaching.

Quible is also the recipient of the Mountain-Plains Business Association Outstanding Teacher at the College/University Level (1993), the Department of Management Outstanding Teaching Award (1995) and the Regents Distinguished Teaching Award (1992).

Quible has served on several committees of the Association for Business Communication, including the Integrated Systems and Communication Committee, the Technology Committee, and was recently appointed to chair the ABC-AACSB-International Liaison Committee for 2006-07.