GEORGE C. CARTER, FORMER CHAIRMAN, FORMER DEPARTMENT
OF ECONOMICS, FINANCE AND INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS
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(May 27, 2008) 2007-2008 CoB Awards Another academic year draws to a close, it is time to look back and salute some
of the CoB faculty members would will not otherwise get their just rewards. The following is a list of the major
awards:
(May 31, 2008) Perks for Buds Part III For what seems like generations, Ed Nissan has had only first summer term
classes (four and one-half weeks). These classes were typically assigned to the British Studies (BS) gang (see Part II).
(May 31, 2008) Special Report Let's Spin the Wheel Gut Courses and Gut Profs in the EFIB Department It's that time
again -- time for CoB students to spin the wheel on the course scheduling process and see what comes up. In this
report, USMNEWS.NET provides its annual look at grade distributions across courses and faculty in USM's College of
Business. As always, the grades are provided to us by pickaprof, and, in the words of pickaprof, these "[g]rade
histories are (painstakingly) obtained directly from university records."
(June 18, 2008) Special Report We Get by with a Little Help from Our Friend An Investigative Series on the Use of the
CoB for Personal Gain This Special Report adds to other reports on the CoB's 2007-08 journal ranking process that
have been appearing on the pages of USMNEWS.NET in recent days. As those reports indicat, this process was led by
untenured assistant professor of economics, Sami Dakhlia, who chaired the CoB's journal ranking committee during
the 2007-08 academic year. This particular report examines how the EFIB favorites benefited (or not) from Dakhlia's
position on the journal ranking committee. All of the publications data presented in this report come from the EconLit
database.
(June 29, 2008) Special Report Local Brew An Investigative Series on CoB Faculty Research Credentials The recent
Special Report installment, Slipstreaming Away, gave USMNEWS.NET readers a window into the kinds of
co-authorship practices that are prevalent in USM's College of Business. That report dealt with associate professor of
finance John Clark's research in marketing and related areas. Other reports, particularly two on assistant professor of
accounting Mary Anderson, show that the so-called slipstreaming practice crosses departmental (unit) boundaries.
Not only that, one of the CoB's most contentious episodes -- the double-counting (of research) benefits received by
associate professor of accounting, Marvin Albin, in the 1990s was, at its core, also an example of slipstreaming.
(June 29, 2008) Special Report Local Brew An Investigative Series on CoB Faculty Research Credentials The recent
Special Report installment, Slipstreaming Away, gave USMNEWS.NET readers a window into the kinds of
co-authorship practices that are prevalent in USM's College of Business. That report dealt with associate professor of
finance John Clark's research in marketing and related areas. Other reports, particularly two on assistant professor of
accounting Mary Anderson, show that the so-called slipstreaming practice crosses departmental (unit) boundaries.
Not only that, one of the CoB's most contentious episodes -- the double-counting (of research) benefits received by
associate professor of accounting, Marvin Albin, in the 1990s was, at its core, also an example of slipstreaming.