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2018 News

January

  • Federal Reserve Presentations for Economics Classes
  • Faculty Publications: Dr. Gongjun Yan. He co-authored, "."
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  • Faculty presentation: Dr. Daria Sevastianova. Sevastianova presented "Introduction to Globalization" to engineering students. Her perspectives reinforce the importance of cross-disciplinary collaboration and the connections between business and engineering.
  • A new published article, "," is co-authored by Dr. Kevin Celuch, Dr. Dinko Ba膷i膰, Dr. Manfen Chen, Ms. Jeanette Maier-Lytle, and Dr. Jack Smothers.

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June

  • Faculty achievement: Dr. Perry Burnett, associate professor of economics. Burnett's article, Overpopulation, Optimal City Size and the Efficiency of Urban Sprawl, was one of Review of Urban & Regional Development Studies most frequently downloaded articles in the 12 months after online publication.
  • Faculty achievement: Dr. Jack Smothers, associate professor of management, director of MBA program. Smothers' co-authored听the article, "
  • Faculty achievement: Dr. Srishti Srivastava, assistant professor of computer science,听receives grant award from a National Science Foundation (NSF) supported听Center for Parallel and Distributed Computing Curriculum Development and Educational Resources (CDER)听for developing parallel and distributed computing (PDC) curriculum at Romain College鈥檚 computer science program.
  • Faculty achievement: Dr. Mark McKnight, associate professor of accounting, and Mr. Shawn听Robey, instructor in finance,听co-authored the publication, "."
  • Meet the newest members of the 91社区 Accounting Circle
  • Accounting major is the recipient of $10,000 Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) scholarship

July

  • Conference presentations by business faculty and students
  • Faculty publication: Dr. Sherif Rashad, associate professor of computer science.听His paper titled, 鈥淏ehavior-Based Security for Mobile Devices using Machine Learning鈥� has been accepted for publication in the International Journal of Artificial Intelligence & Applications.
  • Beta Alpha Psi chapter designated superior chapter
  • Faculty publication: Dr. Dinko Ba膷i膰, assistant professor听of computer information systems.听His paper, 鈥淏iometrics & Business Information Visualization: Re-search Review, Agenda & Opportunities鈥� was accepted to HCI International, a leading Human-Computer Interaction conference and will be published in Springer Computer Science Lecture Notes. This paper is important for the听UPCI Lab听as it creates a platform/research agenda well aligned with lab mission and technology.
  • Faculty presentation: Virginia Weiler, instructor in marketing. Weiler presented, "Going Paperless and Increasing Retention in University Undergraduates: Blackboard as a Retention Tool in a Traditional Classroom Setting," at the BbWorld 2018 Conference in Orlando, which is Blackboard's annual conference.

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December

  • Dr. Jamie Seitz successfully defends dissertation
  • Top student participants announced for fall semester
  • Faculty presentation: Cindi Clayton, instructor in business communication. Clayton presented at the Organization for the Study of Communication, Language, and Gender 2018 conference in South Lake Tahoe, CA. Her presentation was titled, "Examining the Marginalization of the Birth Mother in Adoption Narratives."
  • Faculty presentation: Mr. Tim Bryan, instructor in accounting, presented his dissertation proposal, "Accounting Conservatism or Earnings Manipulation: A Study of the Allowance for Doubtful Accounts and Bad Debt Expense," at the Engaged Management Scholarship Conference at Temple University in Philadelphia, PA, as well as at the conference poster session.
  • Faculty presentation: Dr. Khaled Elkhal, associate professor of finance.听Elkhal presented, "Resurrection of Capital Asset Pricing Models: A Practical Test with Active Management Approach" at the Financial Management Association conference, in San Diego, CA.
  • Faculty publication: Dr. Dinko Ba膷i膰, assistant professor of computer information.听Ba膷i膰's publication, "Task-representation fit's impact on cognitive effort in the context of decision timeliness and accuracy: a cognitive perspective," has been accepted in the AIS Transactions on Human-Computer Interaction journal.
  • Faculty presentation: Dr. Jill Oeding, assistant professor of business law,听was the presenter for the ethics session at the Institute of Management Accountants (IMA)-Evansville Chapter. Attendees at her session earned continuing professional education (CPE) credit.
  • Faculty publication: Dr. Brett Bueltel and Dr. Jamie Seitz, assistant professors of accounting. Their publication, "Exploring International Whistleblower Behaviors and Legislation," was accepted by the Global Journal of Contemporary Research in Accounting, Auditing and Business Ethics.
  • Faculty presentation: Dr. Srishti Srivastava, assistant professor of computer science, presented, "An Analysis of Stochastic Process Algebra Models of Resource Allocations in Parallel and Distributed Computing," at the Indian Institute of Technology, an esteemed research institution in Kanpur, India.
  • Dr. Abbas Foroughi, professor of computer information systems and chair of management and information sciences; Dr. Mohammed Khayum, 91社区 Interim Provost; and Dr. Jack Smothers, associate professor of management and MBA director, co-authored "Principle-Based MBA Course Design." Foroughi presented it at the 2018 DSI Annual Meeting in the Innovative Education and Teaching: Course Design and Assessment Session, in Chicago, IL.
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  • Using economic theories to better understand power, evil, and religion