Turner College Alum Hayley Tillery Publishes Academic Study

Turner College alum Hayley Tillery, a doctoral student at Auburn University, recently joined colleagues from the University of South Florida and Auburn University in publishing an academic study in the Journal of Hospitality & Tourism Education. Tillery’s study explores the ratings and reviews of instructors from top hospitality programs in the United States, using data from the online platform RateMyProfessor.com. The study uses hospitality instructors’ ratings, rankings, and textual reviews in order to understand how students view their performance and the overall rank of the university. The examination ultimately relied upon data from 24,511 student evaluations of 2,251 instructors across 151 universities. To identify recurring positive and negative themes, Tillery and her co-authors conducted sentiment analysis of the textual reviews using the tool, Lexalytics, to extract the sentiment from the pieces of text. Sentiment scores ranged from −1 (negative) to 1 (positive), with a score of 0 being “neutral.” A total of 6,134 negative, 967 neutral, and 17,410 positive reviews were identified. Among the most effective instructors, the top three tag names were “respected,” “caring,” and “gives good feedback.” Among the least effective instructors, the top three tag names were “tough grader,” lecture-heavy,” and “get ready to read.” The institutions with the highest average sentiment scores were the University of Nevada – Las Vegas, Metropolitan State University of Denver, Fisher College and Florida International University. The lowest-scoring institutions were Indiana University of Pennsylvania, University of Mississippi, East Carolina University and the University of Central Florida.

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Four Turner College Faculty Recognized for Outstanding Teaching

CSU Head Women's Soccer Coach Jay Entlich recently released a list of CSU faculty who have been chosen by a player as a member of the CSU faculty who has impacted the player in a positive way along their journey at CSU. Four Turner College faculty were included on the list, along with the player who nominated each. Management professor Phil Bryant was named by Sophia Leal , a freshman midfielder from Oxford, Georgia. Sophia attended Eastside High School and was a two-time all-region selection during her high school career. Through the first 10 games of 2024, she has scored one goal and recorded three assists. Next, management professor John Finley was named by Lizz Forshaw , a graduate student forward from Stockton, England. Lizz, who attended IMG Academy in south Florida, has scored four goals and recorded four assists this season. During her senior year in 2023, she scored three goals and recorded two assists. As a junior in 2022, Lizz scored three goals ...

Turner College Grad Publishes Academic Study on Corporate Culture and Strategy

Former Turner College student Tamara Todorova , now an associate professor of economics at American University in Bulgaria (AUB), recently published a study on corporate culture and strategy. Todorova earned an MBA from the Turner College in 1996 and then went on to earn a doctorate in international economics from the University of Economics - Varna in 2001. She has been on the faculty at AUB since August of 2000. Todorova's study, which appears in the current issue of the International Journal of Business Performance Management , investigates how corporate culture helps to economize on the transaction costs of internal organization. As she explains, the dimensions of corporate culture that assist in this task include increasing trust and reducing intrafirm opportunism. Todorova's study demonstrates that setting common goals and a common direction reduces the sizeable costs of internal organization. Tamara's prior research appears in Economics of Transition , International ...

Hammer joins Turner College Finance Faculty

The Turner College's Department of Accounting and Finance welcomes Melissa Ingle Hammer , who joins the group as an adjunct faculty in finance. Hammer graduated from the Turner College in 2005, after earning a BBA in finance. She later went on to earn an MBA from Auburn University, a Specialist Certificate in Conduct Risk from the University of Manchester, a Certificate in Team Culture from the University of Pennsylvania, and a Certificate in Executive Presence from Cornell University. Hammer is the SVP of Fair Lending Product Management with RiskExec at Asurity. She previously worked as Compliance Manager of Fair Lending at Synovus, a senior regulatory consultant with Wolters Kluwer, and as VP of Compliance at TD. This semester Hammer will be teaching FINC 3135, Financial Institutions and Technologies. Turner Business welcomes Melissa and wishes her a great first semester in the Turner College.

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