ARTICLES CONCERNING
MICHAEL DUGAN, PROFESSOR OF ACCOUNTANCY AND
HORNE PROFESSOR OF ACCOUNTANCY
(May 24, 2011) Special Report Five CoB Faculty Tenured in 2011 Five of USM’s b-school faculty received tenure
from the Mississippi IHL during that governing body’s May-2011 meeting. These five CoBers join 35 other USM
faculty in being awarded tenure by the IHL. The five CoB faculty are:
(May 24, 2011) Is the CoB’s SoA a Twilight Zone? A Guest Viewpoint The USM business college’s (CoB’s) two
newest accounting faculty, Kirby “Skip” Hughes and Michael Dugan, were said to be big-time researchers.
Hughes came to USM from LSU, while Dugan came in from Alabama – both top tier national universities.
However, a recent perusal of the CoB’s School of Accountancy’s (SoA’s) new journal articles webpage reveals that
these two scholars are now publishing in the same types of low-level journals in which so many of the CoB’s
long-time accountants have been, and are still, publishing.
(June 30, 2011) Dear usmnews.net, One of the hot topics around the CoB has been your new series on research in
the School of Accountancy. The most popular question is “what research?” I actually heard someone say that
“research” and “School of Accountancy” are oxymorons.
(August 24, 2011) Dear usmnews.net, From reports around the College of Business, Horne Professor Michael
Dugan is becoming most of the School of Accountancy. He is the MPA Director as well as on most committees
that need an Accounting representative.
(September 8, 2011) Ego Busting A Guest Column by Victoria Tyler The recent letter to the editor regarding CoB
accountant Michael Dugan’s ego is as enlightening as it is humorous. At the top of Dugan’s publication list at
usm.edu, at least as of 6-Sept-2011, are a couple of 2009 publications in the Journal of Applied Business Research
and the Academy of Accounting and Financial Studies Journal. Why would such low-level hits require ego
stroking?