Faculty Achievements and Engagement

In recognition of faculty who have had publications, presentations, community engagements and awards this semester, Romain College celebrates their continuing to conduct innovative and impactful basic and pedagogical research in alignment with our mission and engaging the community from local to national levels.

Accounting

Research Publications

Dr. Brett Bueltel

Ryle, P., Bueltel, B., Walker, A. K., Gabrini, C., & McKnight, M. (2020). The impact of the Facebook court order & CCPA 2020: Helping businesses and accountants meet the challenge of the new era of privacy compliance. Journal of Accounting, Ethics and Public Policy, 21(2), 247-262. https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3615422. 

Dr. Mark McKnight

Ryle, P., Bueltel, B., Walker, A. K., Gabrini, C., & McKnight, M. (2020). The impact of the Facebook court order & CCPA 2020: Helping businesses and accountants meet the challenge of the new era of privacy compliance. Journal of Accounting, Ethics and Public Policy, 21(2), 247-262. https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3615422.

Industry Publications

Dr. Thomas Noland

Johnson, T. B., Rich, J., & Noland, T. G. (2020, November 1). Why risk assessment merits increased auditor focus. Journal of Accountancy. https://www.journalofaccountancy.com/issues/2020/nov/risk-assessment-meritsincreased-auditor-focus.html 

Conferences and Other Presentations

Dr. Brett Bueltel

• Presentation: Trump Tax Cuts: Does Name Recognition Impact Taxpayer Perceptions of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act?
  Conference: Marshall Business Research Conference.
  Date: November 6, 2020. 

Dr. Andrew Dill

• Presentation: Trump Tax Cuts: Does Name Recognition Impact Taxpayer Perceptions of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act?
  Conference: Marshall Business Research Conference.
  Date: November 6, 2020. 

Dr. Mark McKnight

• Presentation: Earnings Management through Bad Debt: A Study of Bad Debt Expense in Chemical and Allied Products Manufacturers.
  Conference: Marshall Business Research Conference.
  Date: November 6, 2020.

• Presentation: Trump Tax Cuts: Does Name Recognition Impact Taxpayer Perceptions of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act?
  Conference: Marshall Business Research Conference.
  Date: November 6, 2020. 

Certifications

Dr. Brett Bueltel

Accreditor: Quality Matters. Course: Accounting 304 Intermediate Accounting II.

Dr. Jamie Seitz

Earned a Certificate of Completion from Institute of Management Accountants for successfully completing "IMA Data Analytics & Visualization Fundamentals." September 22, 2020.

Earned a Certificate of Completion from Institute of Management Accountants and University of Illinois for successfully completing "Beyond the Basics: Data Analytics and Visualization for Accounting Professionals." November 13, 2020.

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Business Administration

Research Publications

Dr. Cristina Gilstrap

Gilstrap, C. (2020). Organizational sensegiving in family-centered care: How NICU nurses help families make sense of the NICU experience. Health Communication. https://doi.org/10.1080/10410236.2020.1785373.

Conferences and Other Presentations

Dr. Gary Black

• Presentation: Development of Ebook for DSCI 351.
  Conference: Romain College of Business (RCOB) Summer 2020 Fellowships Presentations.
  Date: November 10, 2020.

Dr. Cristina Gilstrap

• Presentation: Facing Uncertainty While Paying It Forward: Uncertainties Experienced by Healthcare Executives as Formal Organizational Mentors.
  Conference: Romain College of Business (RCOB) Summer 2020 Fellowships Presentations. 
  Date: November 12, 2020. 

Dr. Curt Gilstrap

• Presentation: Exploring Unsanctioned Chat Application Behavior Relative to Sanctioned Team Work.
  Conference: Romain College of Business (RCOB) Summer 2020 Fellowships Presentations.
  Date: November 12, 2020.

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Computer Information Systems

Research Publications

Dr. Abbas Foroughi

Foroughi, A. (2020). Supply chain workforce training: Addressing the digital skills gap. Higher Education, Skills and Work-Based Learning. https://doi.org/10.1108/HESWBL-07-2020-0159.

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Computer Science

Research Publications

Dr. Srishti Srivastava

Sanders, W. S., Srivastava, S., & Banicescu, I. (2020). Robustness analysis of scaled resource allocation models using the Imperial PEPA Compiler. 19th International Symposium on Parallel and Distributed Computing, 60-67. 10.1109/ISPDC51135.2020.00018.

Community Service

Mr. Scott Anderson

IndianaComputes! Summer 2020.

USI Computer Science Summer Camp. Summer 2020.

Dr. Srishti Srivastava

USI Computer Science Summer Camp. Summer 2020.

Ms. Wendy Wooldridge

USI Computer Science Summer Camp. Summer 2020.

Conferences and Other Presentations

Mr. Scott Anderson

• Presentation: Middle and High School Summer Computer Science Camps.
  Conference: Romain College of Business (RCOB) Summer 2020 Fellowships Presentations.
  Date: November 10, 2020.

Dr. Xue Han

• Presentation: Reproducing Performance Bug Reports in Server Applications: The Researcher’s Experiences.
  Conference:  35th IEEE/ACM International Conference on Automated Software Engineering.
  Date:  September 23, 2020.
• Presentation: A Configuration-Aware Performance Profiling Tool.
  Conference: Romain College of Business (RCOB) Summer 2020 Fellowships Presentations. 
  Date: November 12, 2020.

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Economics

Research Publications

Dr. Curtis Price

Price, C. R. (2020). Do women shy away from competition? Do men compete too much?: A (failed) replication. Economics Bulletin, 40(2), 1538-1547. http://www.accessecon.com/Pubs/EB/2020/Volume40/EB-20-V40-I2-P132.pdf.

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Finance

Certifications

Dr. Manfen Chen

Accreditor: Quality Matters. Course: Finance 325 Financial Modeling.

Retirement

Professor Emeritus of Finance Jong C. Rhim.

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Management

Conferences and Other Presentations

Mr. Bryan Bourdeau

• Presentation: Analyzing Supply Chain to Improve Efficiency and Effectiveness for all Stakeholders Involved. Target: Evansville, Indiana Food Insecurity Ecosystem.
  Conference: Romain College of Business (RCOB) Summer 2020 Fellowships Presentations.
  Date: November 10, 2020.

Dr. Sima Fortsch

• Presentation: Analyzing Supply Chain to Improve Efficiency and Effectiveness for all Stakeholders Involved. Target: Evansville, Indiana Food Insecurity Ecosystem.
  Conference: Romain College of Business (RCOB) Summer 2020 Fellowships Presentations.
  Date: November 10, 2020.

Awards

Dr. Ernest Hall

2020 Faculty Recognition Award from the University of Southern Indiana Alumni Association.

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Marketing

Research Publications

Dr. Sabinah Wanjugu

Mesak, H. I., Wanjugu, S., & Blackstock, R. (2020). An examination of the diffusion of prepaid mobile telephony in selected emerging markets and developing economies. Information & Management, 57. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.im.2020.103343. 

Retirement

Instructor Emerita in Marketing Virginia Weiler.

A complete list of 2020 achievements is available online.

*Only current Romain College faculty may be listed as authors or presenters – additional co-authors or co-presenters may exist.