Celebrating Excellence: Dr. Doug Chun Named Best Professor at the 2025 X-Culture Meeting

 We are proud to announce that Dr. Doug Chun has been named Best Professor at this year’s X-Culture meeting—a prestigious recognition that highlights both his dedication and the caliber of our faculty.

What Is the X-Culture Conference?

X-Culture is an educational initiative that brings together students, professors, businesses, and researchers from over 100 countries to work on real-world international business challenges. Students connect with peers across continents to collaborate on projects for actual companies. Professors play a pivotal role, guiding students through these experiential learning opportunities, while researchers benefit from the rich, multi-source data generated by thousands of international teams each year.

How Is the Best Professor Selected?

The Best Professor (or Best Instructor) Award at X-Culture is highly competitive. In the most recent round, 160 instructors from 154 universities across 49 countries were considered. The selection process is rigorous and data-driven, with each instructor evaluated on 124 distinct performance variables.

Key evaluation criteria include:

• Class-Average Performance: Student outcomes, including effort, intellectual contribution, collegiality, and teamwork, are central to the evaluation.

• Class Diligence: Metrics such as the ability to meet deadlines and submit weekly progress reports carry significant weight.

• Report Quality and Plagiarism: While these are considered, they are weighted less heavily due to the collaborative, cross-university nature of the teams.

• Instructor-Specific Contributions: This includes the quality of pre-project preparation, the accuracy of student rosters, the depth of report evaluations, and additional contributions such as organizing webinars or developing training materials.

• Class Size and Study Level: The challenges of maintaining high performance in large undergraduate courses versus smaller graduate classes are also factored in.

After thorough analysis, a select group of professors who consistently excel across these criteria are recognized as Best Professors for the semester.

Dr. Doug Chun’s selection as Best Professor is a testament to his unwavering commitment to real-world learning with an international perspective. Dr. Chun’s achievement is not just a personal milestone—it is a celebration of the vibrant, supportive, and globally engaged learning environment that defines the University of La Verne.