School of Business

Faculty Scholarship & Professional Activities

2006-2007

  Dr. Thomas Bell

Professor of Business Administration

Dr. Melinda Cline, & Dr. Thomas Bell   

“Challenges Teaching Online Information Security Courses: An Analysis of Hands-On Lab Assignments,” Decision Sciences Institute Conference, accepted for presentation November 18-21, 2006, San Antonio, Texas.

  Dr. Sandra Hart

Professor of Marketing

A Professor of Marketing at Texas Wesleyan University attended the International Society of Business Disciplines Conference in Las Vegas, Nevada, November 2006.  Dr. Hart served as a session chair and presented her research paper: Strengthening Rules Governing Advertisement by Lawyers: The Texas Process.

Dr. Kalpana Pai  

Assistant Professor of Economics and Finance

Dr. Kalpana Pai and Dr. Sameer Vaidya

Presented a paper titled “Glass Ceiling: Role of Women in the Corporate World” at the Annual Conference of the American Society for Competitiveness, November 10, 2006.  Published in the refereed, Cabell’s listed Competition Forum.  Presenting a paper titled “Is Student Cheating related to Cheating in the Real World?” at the Annual National Decision Sciences Institute Conference in San Antonio, TX on November 21, 2006.

Dr. Kalpana Pai

Assistant Professor of Economics and Finance in the School of Business, will be attending the Teaching Innovations Program (TIP) in Economics at Santa Barbara this month. The project is co-sponsored by the American Economic Association and the National Science Foundation. In March, she presented her paper titled “The Impact of Educational Attainment on Labor Market Outcomes” at the National Business and Economics Society Conference in Puerto Rico. She also presented a paper co-authored with Sibel Kaya from Florida State University “How does Teacher Quality Impact Math and Science Performance?: Evidence from TIMSS 2003” in April at the American Educational Research Association Conference at Chicago.

Paper Presentations and Workshops attended:

• Eastern Educational Research Association (EERA) Conference in Clearwater, FL, February 14-17, 2007. “How does Teacher Quality Impact Math and Science Performance?: Evidence from TIMSS 2003” (presented by co-author Sibel Kaya).

• Comparative and International Education Society 51st Annual Conference in Baltimore, MD, February 25 - March 1, 2007. “Does Teacher Quality Matter for Math and Science Achievement?: Evidence from TIMSS 2003” (presented by co-author Sibel Kaya).

• The National Business and Economics Society (NBES) Conference in Puerto Rico, March 4-7, 2007. “The Impact of Educational Attainment on Labor Market Outcomes.”

• American Educational Research Association (AERA) Conference in Chicago, April 9-13, 2007. “How does Teacher Quality Impact Math and Science Performance?: Evidence from TIMSS 2003” – co-authored with Sibel Kaya.

• Selected to attend the Teaching Innovations Program (TIP) in Economics to be held in Santa Barbara, CA May 18-20, 2007.

Papers in Progress:

Dr. Kalpana Pai and Dr. Sameer Vaidya

“Is Student Cheating Related to Cheating in the Real World?”

  Dr. Melinda Cline, & Dr. Thomas Bell

“Information Security and Computer Viruses: An Organizational Change Perspective,” Decision Sciences Institute Conference, accepted for presentation November 18-21, 2006, San Antonio, Texas.

Dr. Kalpana Pai, & Dr. Melinda Cline

“Data Envelopment Analysis of Information Technology Investments,” Decision Sciences Institute Conference, accepted for presentation November 18-21, 2006, San Antonio, Texas.

Dr. Kalpana Pai, & Dr. Melinda Cline

“The Impact of Information Technology Investments on Railroad Performance: An Application of Data Envelopment Analysis,” Southern Economic Association Conference, accepted for presentation November 18-21, 2006, Charleston, South Carolina. 

  Dr. Hector Quintanilla

Professor of Accounting

Dean, School of Business

Has been named the chairperson of the 33rd Annual Accounting Education Conference sponsored by the Texas Society of Certified Public Accountants.    The conference is scheduled for October 25 to 27, 2007 and will be held in Dallas, Texas.

Elected as Board member (at large) of the Texas Society of Certified Public Accountants for 2008-2011.

  Dr. Tom Smith

Professor of Marketing

Co-author of paper "Using Cartoons to Teach Business Courses", presented at the Southwestern Business Association Teaching Conference, Houston, TX, Oct. 26-27, 2006 

  Dr. Thomas D. Tolleson

Professor of Accounting

Publications

"Kellogg's Healthier Cereals: An Ethical Dilemma?", Journal of Applied Case Research, December 2007.

Presentations

"Kellogg's Healthier Cereals: An Ethical Delimma?" March 2007, Southwest Case Research Association Proceedings

"Chad Craft Enterprises: A Troubled Subsidiary: February 2007, American Accounting

  Dr. Sameer Vaidya

Associate Professor of Management

Associate Dean, School of Business

Presented a paper titled “International Joint Ventures: An Integrated Framework” at the Annual Conference of the American Society for Competitiveness, November 10, 2006.  Published in the refereed, Cabell’s listed Competition Forum.  Paper has been invited to be published in the Journal of Global Competitiveness.

Dr. Vaidya also presented his paper, "Leadership in India: A Research Proposal", at the Midwest Academy of International Business, in March 2007.

Mrs. Kimberly Webb, CPA

Assistant Professor of Accounting

Ms. Webb co-presented "Uniformity and Unitary Apportionment: Fact or Fiction?" at the American Society of Business and Behavioral Sciences annual meeting in Las Vegas, February 2007.

School of Business

Faculty Scholarship & Professional Activities

2007-2008

  Dr. Thomas Bell

Professor of Business Administration

Dr. Bell's submission "Benfits vs. Burdens: With Respect to IT Audting (SAS 70 Reporting) - An Organizational Change Perspective for the Web" was accepted for presentation at the 2008 Federation of Business Disciplines conference to be held in Houston, Texas, March 5 to March 8, 2008.

  Dr. Sandra Hart

Professor of Marketing

Dr. Hart  presented: "Self-Regulation of Legal Advertising in Texas: Similarities and Implications for the Eurpoean Union", at the International Conference on Small and Medium Sized Enterprises, sponodored by the Athens Insitute for Education and Research, August 6-9, 2007 in Athens, Greece. In addition to her presentation, she chaired a session on Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management.

This conference was interdisciplinary discussing business issues affecting small and medium sized businesses. In addition to the actual program the conference encouraged interaction through a Greek dinner with traditional dances, a visit to three islands and a trip to an archeological site in Marathon. The conference site also allowed her to visit museums, the ancient ruins in Athens and actually walk where Socarates and Plato once walked. Amazing!

Dr. Thomas Klaasen

Professor of Economics & Finance

Dr. Tom Klaasen's case study, "Campbell's Resort", has been accepted for publication in the Journal of Finance Case Research, and will be included in the Spring 2008 issue.

  Dr. Melinda Cline

Associate Professor of Mangement Information Systems

Dr. Kline's co-authored paper "Hippa, Privacy and Organizational Change: A Challenge for Management" was published in SIGCAS Computers and Society, 37(1), June 2007.

Dr. Kalpana Pai

Assistant Professor of Economics and Finance

Dr. Kalpana Pai had a paper accepted for publication:

“The Impact of Educational Attainment on Labor Market Outcomes.”, Applied Journal of Business and Economics, Vol 7(4).

Dr. Pai had two submissions accepted for presentation at the 2008 Federation of Business Disciplines conference to be held in Houston, Texas, March 5 to March 8, 2008 entitled "Public Accounting Firms: Do consumers Really Have a Choice" (co-author Dr. Tom Tolleson) and "Mentor Characteristics or Gender: What Matters Most?" (co-author Dr. Sameer Vaidya)

Dr. Don McWilliams

Professor of Business Administration

Dr. McWilliam's paper, "Using Queueing Analysis and Computer Simulation Modeling to Reduce Waiting Time in the Hospital Admitting Departments" has been accepted for presentation at the Society of Business, Industry, and Economics Conference, April 15 to April 18, 2008.

  Dr. Tom Smith

Professor of Marketing

Dr. Smith participated in the International Society of Business Disciplines Conference, March 30 to April 1, 2008, in Las Vegas Nevada.  Dr. Smith, along with Wesleyan graduate student Jamie Phillips co-presented: "A Growth Service Industry: Cross Cultural Training".  Dr. Hart is a co-author of this paper.

  Dr. John Shampton

Professor of Business Administration and Business Law

Dr. John Shampton & Dr. David Ritter

Southern Academy of Legal Studies accepted paper entitled "Tax Planning:  Avoiding the Rule Against Perpetuities With Foreign-Based Trusts-Why, How and Whether (Ethically Speaking)." for presentation  at the 2008 Business Conference scheduled for March 6-8, 2008 in San AntonioTexas.

  Dr. Thomas D. Tolleson

Professor of Accounting

Presentations

A professor of accounting, recently attended the American Accounting Association's Annual Meeting conducted this year in Chicago, Illinois, August 4 through August 8, 2007.  While at the meeting, Professor Tolleson presented an Effective Learning Strategy entitled "Excel Spin Buttons: Visual Enhancement of Accounting and Financial Concepts."  The paper was coauthored with Professor Kay Guess of St. Edward's Univeristy in Austin, Texas.

Dr. Tolleson had a submission accepted for presentation at the 2008 Federation of Business Disciplines conference to be held in Houston, Texas, March 5 to March 8, 2008 entitled "Public Accounting Firms: Do consumers Really Have a Choice" (co-author Dr. Kalpana Pai).

  Dr. Sameer Vaidya

Associate Professor of Management

Associate Dean, School of Business

Dr. Vaidya will present: "Mentor Characteristics or Gender: What Matters Most?" (co-authored with Dr. Kalpana Pai) at the 2008 Federation of Business Disciplines conference to be held in Houston, Texas, March 5 to March 8, 2008.

Dr. Vaidya will also serve as a paper reviewer and discussant at the Midwest Business Administration Association conference to be held in Chicago, IL, April 2 to April 4, 2008.