D. HAROLD DOTY, FORMER DEAN, COLLEGE OF
BUSINESS, CURRENT DEAN, UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT
TYLER
(November 2, 2006) The Curious Case of the Missing Economics Line Or, Anatomy of An Administrative Deal "It
starts, of all places, at USMGC. In May 2006, newly promoted Associate Professor of Economics David Sharpe
resigns from USM to take an industry job. This is a crippling blow to the economics fiefdom carefully constructed
over fifty years by the likes of Joseph Greene, Ty Black, George Carter, Charles Sawyer, and Farhang Niroomand.
Having just lost Assistant Professors Sunny Wong and Melody Lo from the Hattiesburg faculty, Sharpe’s
departure leaves economics short 3 members overall. Lo and Wong’s departures were expected, however, and
Sawyer and Carter were able to make two hires – Akbar Marvasti and Sami Dakhlia – but were denied the
opportunity to hire a replacement for Sharpe, even on a Visiting basis...".
(November 6, 2006) Coming Soon: Susan Doty’s Cover An Investigative Series on the use of the CoB’s Budget:
"This installment in the Special Report series follows up on a tip provided to usmpride.com investigators
concerning a job-opening advertisement placed by EFIB Chairman George Carter in the November 2006 issue of
Job Openings for Economists. That ad is presented below, with highlights (of various shades) provided by our
investigators: ...".
(November 3, 2006) You Say You've Got Two? Then You're AQ! "The CoB is still a few days away from defining
what makes one Academically or Professionally Qualified. From what we hear, two publications over five years
will make one AQ for 2007 AACSB reaffirmation. Things have come along way over the past decade - AQ is down
33% from the mid-1990s. So much for Dean Harold Doty's plan to ramp up scholarly activity in the CoB. "Black to
Fade" is now complete...".
(November 17, 2006) 31st & Pearl Bludgeoned The whole concept of tenure serving as a club over someone's
head, to use EFIB Chair George Carter's description, is nothing new among Tier IV colleges and universities. That
stated, the CoB's case is interesting, given recent events. Former Management/Marketing Chair Alvin Williams,
current Management and Marketing Chair Barry Babin, and CoB Dean Harold Doty seem to be writing all sorts of
new procedures and rules to get management and marketing faculty tenured and promoted. From 4th year
reviews to so-called "letters of agreement," if anything is being held over the heads of faculty in this department
it's little more than a feather.