SAMI DAKHLIA, FORMER ASSOCIATE
PROFESSOR OF ECONOMICS
(September 14, 2009) 31st & Pearl Dear Denise I don't mean to shove my way into the territory blazed by the creator of
USMNEWS.net's "Dear Skip"series, but it seems important to get out at least one warning message to CoAL dean Denise
von Herrmann, who is now preparing to "welcome home" four of the CoB's nine tenured/tenure]track economists.
(September 17, 2009) What CoAL Needs to Know OVERLOOKED DETAILS ABOUT THE MOVE OF ECO TO ARTS &
LETTERS As USM administrators prepare to move the CoB’s economics major, and its remaining economists, over to the
CoAL, there are some oft-overlooked details that need to be brought to the fore. Some of these are the subject of this new,
multi-part USMNEWS.net series entitled “What CoAL Needs to Know.” This is Part 2.
(September 22, 2009) What They're Getting A LOOK AT THE ECO RESEARCH CREDENTIALS HEADING TO CoAL A
number of USMNEWS.net readers are wondering about the research credentials, particularly vis-a-vis compensation
levels, of the four CoB economists are heading over to the CoAL to begin 2010-11. These data are now presented below,
with salaries + benefits levels found by multiplying the published USM salaries by 1.2 (and rounded to nearest
thousand). As you can see in Table 1, the four departing economists carry a fiscal burden, which now falls on CoAL dean
Denise von Herrmann, of about $400,000.
(October 20, 2009) CoB News, 20 October 2009 “Sami’s Playground” – An Editorial by a 31st & Pearl Columnist The news
item above about the new CoAL EPSIDIA is quite interesting. If it comes to fruition as expected, CoB associate professor
of economics Sami Dakhlia will soon be joining new colleagues in political science and international
development/affairs. Given Dakhlia’s penchant for British studies participation, don’t expect his travels to Europe (on
USM’s dime) to recede any time soon.
(October 26, 2009) CoB News, 26 October 2009 ECONLINE The CoB's economists appear to be loading up on online
courses in the spring of 2010. Associate professor Sami Dakhlia, who is reportedly taking a leave of absence during
spring 2010, has been assigned one online section of ECO 336. The course is capped at 100, and currently has 22
enrollees. Sources indicate that Dakhlia is likely being paid as an overload (from $6,000 to $8,000) for teaching the
course, or he has been hired on an adjunct-type basis for even greater compensation (possibly on a per-student basis).
