FARHANG NIROOMAND, FORMER ASSOCIATE DEAN,
COLLEGE OF BUSINESS, CURRENT DEAN, UNIVERSITY OF
HOUSTON AT VICTORIA
(October 2, 2006) Over and Over and Over What Being Reminded of Niroomand’s Grant Work Actually Reminds Us
"At every opportunity to do so, the CoB’s administration reminds CoB faculty about the United States Department of
Education Title VI-B Grant work being done by the CoB’s Associate Dean Farhang Niroomand. The most recent
example comes from the fall 2006 issue of Joint Venture, the CoB’s fundraising magazine. That example is depicted
below:...".
(October 9, 2006) Special Report Niroomand takes a NASBITE out of the Budget An Investigative Series on CoB
Faculty Travel "This Special Report examines two trips to the NASBITE International (North American Small Business
International Trade Educators) conference made by CoB Associate Dean Farhang Niroomand. These trips were made
in 2002 and 2003, respectively. The first of these two trips was made to San Francisco in April of 2002, as the top portion
of the Employee Travel Voucher filed by Niroomand (see below) indicates...".
(October 9, 2006) 31st & Pearl The Life of Game "CoB Dean Harold Doty, and his Associate Dean sidekick Farhang
Niroomand, are paid about $300,000 (not including benefits), collectively, by the taxpayers of Mississippi. Yet, they
never arrive to work at Greene Hall on the campus of the University of Southern Mississippi...".
(October 16, 2006) A Case Study in Failure Farhang Niroomand "Farhang Niroomand is a Professor of Economics and
Associate Dean of the College of Business at the University of Southern Mississippi. He is also the CoB’s most
frequent traveler, its most prolific grant writer, the academic affairs dean, and the keeper of the keys to the college’s
finances. Just what kind of job does Niroomand do, given all these responsibilities? Let’s take a look at Niroomand’s
completion of his duties, grading along the way...".
(October 16, 2006) USMPRIDE’s New “Your Value-to-Niroomand’s Value” Calculator "CoB faculty often wonder just
how Dean Harold Doty and his administrative team view the value of their service to the College and to the University.
To assist CoB faculty in quantifying their value to the CoB, USMPRIDE has developed the new “Your
Value-to-Niroomand’s Value” Calculator. This device uses your 2006 merit raise – which represents the most recent
opportunity that CoB administration has had to assess the value of everyone’s contributions – and CoB Associate Dean
Farhang Niroomand’s 2006 merit raise (as inputs). Because Niroomand’s $9,282 merit raise for 2006 was the CoB’s
largest, it seemed like a natural baseline for assessing all other non-administrative track faculty values (to the CoB).
Thus, the new calculator computes your individual 2006 merit raise as a percentage of Niroomand’s 2006 merit raise.
The results are presented alphabetically in Table 1 below:...".