SELECTED AWARDS AND HONORS
        

Marketing Educator of the Year 2003, Marketing Educators’ Association.

Winner of the General Motors Marketing Internship National Scholarship Competition, (as the professor of the winning class, Advertising Management. Award: $ 500 for Best Integrated Dealership). August 1998.

Sabbatical Granted for the Spring 1998 Semester.

Recognized for Outstanding Creative and Scholarly Activity, Cal State Fullerton, March 1998.

Winner of a Mini-Grant (with D. LaBahn; proposal: Cultural Sensitivity in Business Relationships Between Germany and the U.S.;” award $5,000), December 1997.

Winner of the General Motors Marketing Internship National Scholarship Competition, (as the professor of the winning class, Advertising Management. Award: $ 3,000). August 1997.

Distinguished Faculty Award, School of Business Administration and Economics, May 1997.

Outstanding Faculty Award 1996, School of Business Administration and Economics, Executive Council, California State University, Fullerton, May.

Outstanding Faculty Academic Advisor 1996, ACT/NACADA National Program, California State University, Fullerton, May.

Recognized for Outstanding Service to the University (in four categories), Cal State Fullerton, March 1997.

Winner of a CIBER Grant, (with D. LaBahn; award $2,500), March 1997.

Winner of a Summer Stipend, (with B. Jones; award: $5,800), January 1997.

Winner of a CSUF Undergraduate Research and Creativity Award, (with C. Kohli; award: $1,000), January 1997.

Outstanding Faculty Award 1996, School of Business Administration and Economics, Executive Council, Cal State Fullerton, May.

Outstanding Faculty Academic Advisor 1996, ACT/NACADA National Program, Cal State Fullerton, May.

Instructionally Related Activities Program, Associated Students, Cal State Fullerton, $500 for 1996-97 (to be used in Buyer Behavior/Advertising Management).

Recognized as Outstanding Faculty and Scholar, California State University,  Fullerton 1996.

Winner of a CSUF Undergraduate Research and Creativity Award, (with D. LaBahn; award: $1,000), January 1996.

Winner of a CSUF Junior Faculty Research Grant, (with D. LaBahn; award: $3,500), December 1995.

Winner, Hyundai Motors America Scholarship Competition, Advertising Management, Spring 1995 (as the professor of the class; award: $3,500 to the Marketing Department).

Finalist, Outstanding Faculty Award 1995, School of Business Administration and Economics, Executive Council, Cal State Fullerton, May.

Finalist, Outstanding Paper Award at the 1995 Western Marketing Educators’ Association Conference in San Diego, California (LaBahn, Douglas W. and Katrin R. Harich, “Seller Role Performance in International Business Relationships: A Focus on Cultural Sensitivity.”)

Winner of a 1995 CIBER Grant. (Proposal: Kohli, Chiranjeev S., Katrin R. Harich and Alan Kaye, “Taking Brand Names Global: To Standardize or Not To Standardize?” Award: $ 2,500)

Recognized as Outstanding Faculty and Scholar, California State University, Fullerton, March 1995.

Instructionally Related Activities Program, Associated Students, Cal State Fullerton, $500 for 1995-96 (to be used in Buyer Behavior/Advertising Management).

Top Honors, General Motors Marketing Internship Scholarship Competition, Buyer Behavior, Fall 1994 (as the professor of the class; award: $ 2000).

Mini-Grant, California State University, December 1994 (Proposal: Douglas W. LaBahn and Katrin R. Harich, “Cultural Sensitivity in Business Relationships;” award: $ 5,000).

Finalist, Outstanding Paper Award at the 1994 Western Marketing Educators' Association Conference in Scottsdale, Arizona (LaBahn, Douglas W. and Katrin R. Harich, "Cross-National Channel Relationship Performance: The Role of Cultural Sensitivity, Conflict, and Communication.")

Winner of a 1994 CIBER Grant. (Proposal: LaBahn, Douglas W., Marcial Prado, and Katrin R. Harich, "Towards an Understanding of Cultural Sensitivity: The Role of Factual and Experiential Knowledge, Language, and Trust in Business Relationships;" award: $ 3,800)

Affirmative Action Award, (Proposal: "Hindsight Distortion: Does Importance Matter?") Cal State Fullerton, December 1993.

Outstanding Faculty Award 1993, Golden Key National Honor Society.

Winner of the General Motors Marketing Internship Scholarship Competition, Buyer Behavior, Spring 1993 (as one of the Professors of the winning class; award: $ 3,000).

Academic Achievement Award, Faculty Development Program in International Business, University of South Carolina, 1991.

Best Paper in Track Award, (Curren, Mary T. and Katrin R. Harich, "Mood Effects on Product Evaluation: Does Importance Matter?") Western Decision Sciences Institute 1991 Conference, Lihue, Kauai, Hawaii.

Edward V. Sedgwick III Memorial Award, University of California, Los Angeles, July 1990 (as the advisor of a Field Study Team).

Post-Doctoral Certificate in Marketing and Consumer Behavior, University of California, Los Angeles, 1989.