- CoStar Group

   Best Manuscript Award - CoStar Data (2009) with J. McDonald

- ROOSEVELT UNIVERSITY

   Excellence in Teaching Award (2009 - University Award)

   Outstanding Scholarship Award (2009 -W.E. Heller College of Business Administration 

                                                             Award)

- BUILDING OWNERS & MANAGERS ASSOCIATION / INTERNATIONAL

   Best Practices Award in Marketing – Communication (2007) with J. DeVries

- ROOSEVELT UNIVERSITY

  * ROOSEVELT UNIVERSITY/McCORMICK TRIBUNE SERVICE-LEARNING GRANT

      Development of new Service-Learning course (2007) with C. Wiley & BOMA/Chicago

  * WALTER E. HELLER COLLEGE OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

       Outstanding Scholarship Award (2007, 2005)

       Alyce DeCosta Professorship (2005-2006)

- NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF INDUSTRIAL AND OFFICE PROPERTIES FOUNDATION (NAIOP)

   Best Manuscript Award at the topic area of Office Buildings/Industrial Parks (2006)  

   with A. Abadie

- JOURNAL OF REAL ESTATE LITERATURE

   Red Pen Award  (2005)

Dr. Dermisi has published multiple papers at peer reviewed academic journals, from which she was the sole author in a number of them. She has presented her work at international and U.S. conferences and has chaired sessions in some of them. She is a journal reviewer for six peer reviewed journals and a Board member in one of them. Dr. Dermisi's research agenda always focused on office markets, but for the past few years her focus shifted towards security (terrorism) and life-safety issues in relation to office markets. Multiple of her conference presentations and an increasing number of her publications are focusing on this area. A new area she is expanding her research in is office building sustainability.

NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION (NSF) Grant (2006-2009)

SES-0617810, "The Economic Impact of Terrorism: Lessons from the Real Estate Office Markets of New York and Chicago," with A. Abadie

ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (2007-2008)

ICT R27-15, "Regional Warehouse Trip Production project," with J. DeVries

ROOSEVELT UNIV./ McCORMICK TRIBUNE SERVICE-LEARNING GRANT (2007)

Development of new Service-Learning course titled: "Challenges of Commercial Real Estate in Chicago" with C. Wiley and BOMA/Chicago

ROOSEVELT UNIVERSITY – Alyce DeCosta Professorship (2005 - 2006)

"The financial impact of terrorism and the threat of terrorism in downtown office markets – The cases of New York & Chicago - Phase 1"

BUILDING OWNERS & MANAGERS ASSOCIATION – CHICAGO (2005 - 2006)

Dermisi S., "Economic Impact Study of Chicago downtown office market"  with J. DeVries

Dermisi S. and J. McDonald, "Selling Prices/sq.ft. of Office Buildings in Downtown Chicago – How Much Is It Worth to Be an Old But Class A Building?", Journal of Real Estate Research, forthcoming.

Dermisi S., “Effect of LEED Ratings and Levels on Office Property Assessed and Market Values”, Journal of Sustainable Real Estate, vol. 1: 1, pp. 23-47, 2009.

Dermisi S., "International terrorism cyclicality predictions and concerns regarding private commercial buildings", Journal of Real Estate Literature, vol. 17:1, pp.87-109, 2009.

McDonald J. and S. Dermisi, "Office Building Capitalization Rates: The Case of Downtown Chicago", Journal of Real Estate Finance & Economics, vol. 39: 4, pp. 472-785, 2009.

McDonald J. and S. Dermisi, "Capitalization Rates, Discount Rates, and Net Operating Income:  The Case of Downtown Chicago Office Buildings", Journal of Real Estate Portfolio Management, vol. 14:4, pp. 363-374, 2008. 

Abadie A. and S. Dermisi, "Is Terrorism Eroding Agglomeration Economies in Central Business Districts? Lessons from the Office Real Estate Market in Downtown Chicago", Journal of Urban Economics, vol. 64:2, pp. 451-463, 2008.

Dermisi S., "Challenges in adopting new life & safety ordinances in existing office buildings", Journal of Real Estate Portfolio Management, vol. 14: 2, pp. 155-178, 2008.

Dermisi S., "The impact of terrorism fears on downtown Real Estate Office market cycles – The case of Chicago", Journal of Real Estate Portfolio Management, vol. 13: 1, pp. 57-73, 2007.

Kilpatrick J. and S. Dermisi, "The Aftermath of Katrina – Recommendations for Real Estate Research", Journal of Real Estate Literature, vol. 15: 2, pp. 213- 227, 2007.

Baen J. and S. Dermisi, "Urban Functionality and Extreme Natural Disasters; The New Orleans-Katrina Case for New Federal Policies and Programs for High Risk Areas", Journal of Real Estate Literature, vol. 15: 2, pp. 229 – 252, 2007.

Dermisi S., "Recovering from an external economic shock - The effect of terrorism on Chicago trophy buildings and their immediate area", Journal of Real Estate Literature, vol. 14: 3, pp. 401-421, 2006.

Dermisi S., "Terrorism protection and prevention measures for office buildings", Journal of Real Estate Literature, vol. 14: 2, pp. 59-86, 2006.

Dermisi S. and J. Baen, "Urban Functionality and Corporate Location Decisions After September 11, 2001-- Benefiting from the New York City Experience", Journal of Homeland Security and Emergency Management, 2:2, Article 3, 2005.