Division of Business 2004-05

Robert Bracken

Awarded tenure and rank of associate professor

Attended:

• Accounting and Auditing Update:  FASB and SAS Review, presented by Thomas A. Ratcliffe, Ph.D., CPA, Dean, Sorrel College of Business and Eminent Scholar in Accounting and Finance at Troy University (course sponsored by Alabama Society of CPAs), Mobile, Alabama

• Several professional meetings hosted by Mobile-based accounting associations 

• SHC Faculty Fridays

Member:

• Institute of Management Accountants (IMA)

• American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA)

• American Accounting Association  (AAA)

• Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (associate member)

Remained current in field by reading four academic journals and weekly online updates received from the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the Institute of Management Accountants 

Rita Durant

Publications:

• Refereed presentation at the Standing Conference on Management and Organizational Inquiry (SCMOI) meeting was published in the affiliated journal TAMARA (refereed)

Presentations:

• Lecture on self-assessment and career development to Lifelong Learning class SAS320 Career Assessment and Portfolio Development  

Attended:

• Academy of Management meeting

• Gave presentation (refereed)

• Standing Conference on Management and Organizational Inquiry (SCMOI) meeting

• Gave presentation (refereed)

• SHC faculty development workshops

• SHC solidarity workshop

Reviewer for:

• Two special issues of Career Development International

• Standing Conference on Management and Organizational Inquiry (SCMOI) journals

• IEEE Transactions on Professional Communications (including a resubmission)

• Southern Management Association conference (two papers)

Member: 

• Standing Conference on Management and Organizational Inquiry (SCMOI): served on board of directors

Works in progress:

• With coauthors, submitted a paper entitled "Improving Leader-Member Relationships: A Rapport Management Model of Leader Communication and Interactional Justice" for publication in Management Communication Quarterly

• With coauthors, finalized and submitted an article entitled "Improving Leader-Member Relationships: A Rapport Management Model of Leader Communication and Interactional Justice" to Academy of Management Review

Stewart Langdon

Publications:

• Conference paper: "Using the Business Strategy and Policy Course as an Integrative Assessment Model for the Business Curriculum," coauthored with Dr. Ralph Sandler and presented at an Academy of Business Education session at the joint Academy of Business Education/ Financial Education Association Conference, is included in the conference's on-line proceedings, April 2005

Attended/participated in:

• Joint Conference of the Academy of Business Education (ABE) and the Financial Education Association (FEA), Orlando, Florida

• Presented paper at ABE session with Dr. Ralph Sandler: "Using the Business Strategy and Policy Course as an Integrative Assessment Model for the Business Curriculum" 

• Online demonstration and training in new version of the Business Strategy Game

Awards/recognition:

• Selected as "Teacher of the Year" by Delta Delta Delta sorority 

Member:

• Academy of Business Education

• Industrial Relations Research Association

• Society of Human Resource Management

• Staff-Parish Relations Committee, Christ United Methodist Church

Supervised student research efforts in MGT 421 Human Resource Management and BUS 540 Quantitative Business Analysis

Served as Chairman of the Board of the Principals' Academy: this group, supported by the Sybil H. Smith Charitable Trust, provides training and leadership opportunities for principals and vice principals in the Mobile area and surrounding counties

Reviewed and offered suggestions for improving a business plan for a new venture proposed by a recent graduate of SHC's undergraduate and MBA programs

Works in progress:

• Complete supporting research and submit for publication to a refereed journal the paper entitled "Using the Business Strategy and Policy Course as an Integrative Assessment Mechanism for the Business Curriculum" (in collaboration with co-author Dr. Ralph Sandler)

• Completing a paper entitled "Institutionalization of Justice Issues in Jesuit Business Education" for presentation at the Commitment to Justice in Jesuit Higher Education Conference at John Carroll University, Cleveland, Ohio.  Paper has been accepted for publication; will find an appropriate journal for publication after its presentation at the conference

James Larriviere 

Awards/recognition:

• Named Teacher of the Year for 2004-05

• Received grant, along with social science faculty, to develop interdisciplinary challenge course

Attended:

• SHC Faculty Fridays

Member:

• Southern Economic Association

Works in progress:

• Papers with Dr. Charles Kroncke for submission to refereed journal

Glenda Partridge

Attended:

• Accounting and Auditing Update:  FASB and SAS Review

• 2005 Tax Update

• Mobile Chapter of Alabama Society of CPAs annual meeting

Member:

• Mobile Chapter of Alabama Society of CPAs:  Scholarship competition contact person for Spring Hill College, University of South Alabama, and University of Mobile

• Alabama Society of Certified Public Accountants

• American Institute of Certified Public Accountants

• American Accounting Association

• Delta Mu Delta Business Honorary Society 

Completed five courses in the Doctor of Business Administration program at Anderson University, Anderson, Indiana 

Ralph Sandler

Publications:

• Conference paper:  "Using the Business Strategy and Policy Course as an Integrative Assessment Model for the Business Curriculum," coauthored with Dr. Stu Langdon and presented at an Academy of Business Education session at the joint Academy of Business Education/Financial Education Association Conference, is included in the conference's on-line proceedings, April 2005

Awarded:

• Sabbatical for Fall 2005

Attended:

• Joint conference of the Academy of Business Education (ABE) and the Financial Education Association (FEA), Orlando, FL

• At ABE session, presented paper coauthored with Dr. Stu Langdon: "Using the Business Strategy and Policy Course as an Integrative Assessment Model for the Business Curriculum"  

• Chaired FEA session on the research and teaching of finance

• SHC pedagogical workshops

Member:

• National Association of Forensic Economics

Reviewed: 

• a re-submitted article being considered for publication by the Journal of Financial Education  

Works in progress:

• "Using Corporate Valuation as a Teaching Technique to Emphasize Value Based Management," co-authored with Dr. Andy Sharp, has been revised and re-submitted to the Journal of Financial Education;  waiting for word about acceptance

• Working with Dr. Stu Langdon to revise our Academy of Business Education presentation, "Using the Business Strategy and Policy Course as an Integrative Assessment Mechanism for the Business Curriculum," for submission to the Journal of Education for Business 

Andrew Sharp

Awarded the 2005 Moody Teacher of the Year Award

Publications:

• Prepared "Anchuca and Antebellum Taxation" research paper for the owners/proprietors of Anchuca Historic Mansion and Inn for use in guided tours

Lectures/presentations given:

• Interviewed and quoted in "International Calling: Accounting and Business Researchers and Practitioners Turn to UM, Which Houses World's Largest Accountancy Library Resources," an article in the University of Mississippi's Quest research magazine

Attended:   

• Federation of Business Disciplines and American Accounting Association Southwest Regional Meetings, Dallas, Texas

• Presenter:  "An Econometric Analysis of the 1862 Mobile and Ohio Railroad and Other Antebellum Payroll Records," (double-blind reviewed)

• Session chair of Accounting History session

• World Congress of Accounting Historians, Oxford, Mississippi

• Presenter:  "An Analysis of the 1862 Mobile and Ohio Railroad Payroll Records," (double-blind reviewed)

• Continuing education courses in real estate, University of South Alabama, Mobile, Alabama

• Home Seller's Showcase: Learning How to Sell Your Most Valuable Investment Wisely

• Creating Wealth Through Real Estate

Member:

• American Accounting Association

• Institute of Management Accountants

• American Institute of CPAs

• Alabama Society of CPAs

• Academy of Accounting Historians

• Mobile Chapter of Alabama Society of CPAs

• North Carolina Association of CPAs

• SHC Friends of the Library

Reviewer for Research in Accounting Regulation: "Auditors' Reporting Options  and Client Disclosure Quality" by J.V. Carcello, J. Lin, and K. Raghunandan

Judge for Lebanese-American Club scholarship competition

Works in progress:

• Working with Gary Previts of Case Western Reserve University, Dale Flesher of the University of Mississippi, and Bill Samson of  the University of Alabama on accounting history archival research regarding the railroads of the Civil War period

• "Using Corporate Valuation as a Teaching Technique to Emphasize Value Based Management," co-authored with Dr. Ralph Sandler, has been revised and re-submitted to the Journal of Financial Education;  waiting for word about acceptance

• Several other works and submitted papers