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(August 5, 2008)(updated November 19, 2008) "Happy day, Dean Nail. I am going to need $2,200 out of your budget." On 11-April-2007, USMNEWS.net posted a report on CoB economist Daniel Monchuk's 23-page publication in the Spring 2007 issue of the Review of Agricultural Economics. As that report, What Does a 'C-Publication' Cost These Days?, indicated, Monchuk's publication in the RAE, which was at that time an unlisted journal in the CoB's journal classification system, hit the CoB up for $2,185. This high price tag came as a result of the RAE''s $95/page publication fee.

(September 11, 2008) Special Report Swimming in Quicksand An Investigative Series on CoB Faculty Research Credentials Assistant professor of economics, Daniel Monchuk, was one of first new hires of the 2003-07 Harold Doty administration of the CoB. As a new PhD from Iowa State University, Monchuk came to the CoB earning $68,000 per year. That salary rose by $3,811 with the 2006 merit raises, and again by $3,875 with the 2007 merit raises, so that Monchuk is earning a salary of $75,686 for the 2008-09 academic year. During this time, Monchuk was building up his research portfolio, which now contains publications in Review of Agricultural Economics, Review of Regional Studies, Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics, Journal of Regional Analysis and Policy and others.

(February 12, 2009) Is the CoB Becoming the U of Phoenix? A Look at the Mother of All Detrimental Residency Decisions Revelations over the past few months that more and more CoB faculty are choosing to live outside of Mississippi leave little reason to believe that CoB dean Lance Nail will ever turn the tide in USM's business school. With former dean and current economics professor/director of the Bureau of Business and Economic Development William Gunther living in Josephine, AL, while accounting professor Charles Jordan lives in Panama City, FL, those few CoB faculty who remain in Hattiesburg and are working hard to elevate the reputation of the organization are finding it next to impossible to keep up morale.

(February 17, 2009) Daniel Monchuk 20009 A Look at the New “Commuter Faculty” Trend in the CoB People often apply the term “commuter school” to institutions whose student populations do not maintain on-campus residencies, or in many cases commute on a daily basis from towns and cities nearby (or not so nearby) the town or city that is home to the college or university they attend. The recent USMNEWS.net report that CoB assistant professor of economics Daniel Monchuk has decided to maintain permanent residence in Washington, D.C., gives new meaning to the term “commuter school.”

(February 24, 2009) Human Resources Bulletin 1st Quarter 2009 If CoB faculty are wondering just how much harm can be done to the organization's scholarship portfolio from all of the long-distance residency decisions being made by CoB faculty, one only has to look at the research dossiers of William Gunther (professor of economics) and Robert Smith (associate professor of accounting). Gunther, who maintains permanent residence in Josephine, AL, has not published in a substantial refereed journal in years. Smith, who maintains a residence in Atlanta, GA, is quickly advancing on "Gunther territory" when it comes to academic research.