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(November 15, 2007) Dear usmnews.net, I have seen that Jon Carr's recent publication in The Academy of Management Journal is prominently displayed now in the Greene Hall publication case. That is an outstanding accomplishment for Jon and for the College. What I would like know, and I am sure something other business faculty want to know, is why such a distinction earned Jon only the sixth biggest merit raise (2007) in the whole College. Not one of the people in front of Jon (Mike Wittmann, Sami Dakhlia, Akbar Marvasti, Alvin Williams and John Clark) deserve anything close to the raise that Jon should have gotten this year. The fact that they all got more than he did is terrible.
(November 19, 2007) 31st & Pearl On the Folly of Rewarding Dakhlia for Osmonbekov's Successes The recent letter to the editor of usmnews.net about Jon Carr's raise highlights the problematic structure of the CoB's 2007 "merit" raises. Carr's recent publication in The Academy of Management Journal brought "merit" in buckets, only his fifth-largest raise fell short of what was expected by all. These days it seems that being either John Clark, Michael Wittmann, Sami Dakhlia, Akbar Marvasti, or Mary Anderson is a necessary, and perhaps sufficient, condition for success, at least of the financial sort, in the CoB.
(November 27, 2007) Williams Foils Clark’s Plan to Avoid a Dec-07 CoB Faculty Meeting Less than three months after passage of a preemptive motion by associate professor of finance, John Clark, to confer upon CoB graduates their Dec-07 degrees and avoid having a Dec-07 CoB faculty meeting, Interim CoB Dean Alvin Williams has decided to call a faculty-wide meeting for 6-Dec-07. According to Williams’ e-mail announcement, which is inserted below, the meeting is being called in order to “get a brief update/status report from each of the CoB committees.”
(December 24, 2007) CoB News, December 2007 CoB Turf Wars The CoB's recent Distinguished Alumnus Award dinner, hosted for recipient Bruce Aust, was covered by Hattiesburg's society magazine, Signature. Photos from the event appeared in Signature's December 2007 issue.
(March 31, 2008) Forward to Something, or Back to Nothing? How John Clark’s 2008-09 Tenure Decision May Tell the Tale on the CoB’s Next Dean Given current Interim CoB Dean Alvin Williams’ decision to take a professorship at the University of South Alabama in the summer of 2008, the CoB will definitely be welcoming a new Dean in the summer of 2008. And, from the looks of the current CoB Dean search process, the CoB’s next Dean will come from a pool of external candidates.
(April 9, 2008) Just Who Does Southern Miss’ CoB Think It Is? Part 1 Finance Faculty Salaries in USM’s CoB vs. South Carolina-Based Institutions
JOHN CLARK, FORMER ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF FINANCE, CURRENTLY ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF FINANCE, UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI-KANSAS, CITY