ARTICLES CONCERNING
SAMI DAKHLIA, FORMER ASSOCIATE
PROFESSOR OF ECONOMICS
(December 6, 2007) 31st & Pearl Niroomand's Statements on "Early P&T" Miss the Mark Throughout his recent political
campaign in support of the 2007-08 P&T files of second-year CoB economists Sami Dakhlia and Akbar Marvasti, former
Associate Dean and economics professor, Farhang Niroomand, made a number of faulty and contradictory statements about the
merits of the two cases. On one hand, Niroomand stressed that these two had been in academia about eight and 24 years
respectively, and therefore there was nothing at all "early" about their promotions.
(December 18, 2007) Special Report ECO’s “Backdoor” Comeback An Investigative Series on the Use of the CoB for Personal
Gain The combination of Franklin Mixon’s recent resignation and the rise in prominence of the research records of Jon Carr
(MGT), Fujun Lai (MIS), and Talai Osmonbekov (MKT) places the CoB’s economics unit at, or near, the bottom of the CoB’s
research credentials ladder. Whether or not George Carter, the EFIB chair, can lead economics back up that ladder remains to be
seen. What is becoming evident, though, is that the economists are putting together a plan that may get them started up that path.
That plan involves use of the 2007-08 journal ranking process, headed by assistant professor of economics, Sami Dakhlia.
Sources tell usmnews.net that Dakhlia is putting together a ranking of economics journals that will improve the standing of
economics relative to the rest of the CoB.
(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.
(April 3, 2008) GH Chatter Here’s one for the Wow!-mometer: It is being reported that associate professor of economics, Sami
Dakhlia, has remarked on more than one occasion that anyone who publishes in outlets as atrociously bad as those that professor
of economics, Farhang Niroomand, often publishes in should be summarily fired. Sweeeeet! Of course, there isn’t a lot of
concurrence around Greene Hall with Dakhlia’s opinion, given the low quality of so much on the CoB’s publication list.
(April 19, 2008) DONE DEAL? More than just a few people find the behavior, since coming to the CoB in August of 2006, of
assistant professor of economics Sami Dakhlia puzzling. First, a failed tenure-track ride at the University of Alabama turned
Dakhlia into what EFIB chairman George Carter refers to as a professional “pariah.” From that position one would think that
Dakhlia would have begun his tenure-track ride in the CoB more cautiously.