SAMI DAKHLIA, FORMER ASSOCIATE
PROFESSOR OF ECONOMICS
(December 17, 2009) GH Chatter Chatter has it that CoB economist Sami Dakhlia has already physically moved
across to the Liberal Arts Building, even though the CoB economists aren't scheduled to join the CoAL until
1-July-2010. Presumably, this has everything to do with Dakhlia's plan to be in Europe during spring 2010, bouncing
back and forth between online/study abroad duties for USM and perhaps teaching for other, European universities.
Who else is guessing that by heading over early Dakhlia got the best space? Classic Dakhlia.
(January 12, 2010) GH Chatter According to chatter the recent departure of Deniz Gevrek may actually harm the
future prospects of USM’s three remaining economists. One of these, Sami Dakhlia, spends considerable time away
from USM and chatter has it that he may not even return from his spring 2010 jaunt.
(March 23, 2010) Dakhlia Bids CoB Adieu CoB ECO Prof Accepts Teaching Post across the Pond Reports streaming
into USMNEWS.net indicate that CoB associate professor of economics, Sami Dakhlia, has executed a resignation
statement effective at the end of the 2009-10 academic year. Sources indicate that Dakhlia will be taking a new
position at an institution in France, where Dakhlia retains citizenship.
(April 6, 2010) 31st & Pearl CoB Stimulus Package Something CoB dean Lance Nail perhaps failed to properly
account for when ousting the CoB’s economics faculty is the combination of their low cost and wide applicability.
Under previous b-school deans, the economists were covering undergraduate and graduate economics courses,
undergraduate and graduate statistics courses, and undergraduate international business courses. In fact, this was
also happening during the early (2008-10) portion of Nail’s current reign. To top this all off, the CoB could, and still
can, acquire economists for only 70-something thousand dollars apiece.
(April 8, 2010) GTL Baby! A Guest Editorial by Victoria Tyler Some people are famous for famously doing nothing.
Such is the case with the cast of one of America’s hottest reality television shows, Jersey Shore (see insert below).
Their rise to famously doing nothing has even added to the American urban lexicon, via the initials “GTL,” which
stand for “Gym, Tan & Laundry.” To hear these Jersey “Guidos” and “Guidettes” explain it, their day typically
consists of waking up and going to the gym to work out (G=Gym), then heading to the tanning bed (T=Tan), and
finishing up by doing laundry (L=Laundry). Of course, the nights are reserved for partying.
(November 7, 2011) History Revisited Sami Dakhlia once taught economics at the University of Southern Mississippi.
Currently, Dr. Dakhlia is a Professor of Economics and Strategy at ESCE-Paris, France. As usmnews.net often does,
let us revisit a little history in which Dr. Dakhlia played a pivotal role.
