Turner College Economist among Top 100 BME Scholars Worldwide

A recent study appearing in Advances in Economics Education ranks Turner College economist Frank Mixon among the top 100 business and management education (BME) scholars worldwide. The study, conducted by researchers at the University of Delaware, University of Baltimore, Florida Atlantic University, LaSalle University, Pace University, Gustavus Adolphus College and the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, uses publications in the top 17 BME journals from 2010 through 2019 as the basis for ranking scholars. This process produced a productivity score for more than 7,300 BME scholars worldwide. At the top of the ranking is William Walstad, an economics professor affiliated with the University of Nebraska. Two additional economics professors, Carlos Asarta of the University of Delaware and John Siegfried of Vanderbilt University, rank among the top 10. Three management professors rank among the top 10. These are the late J.B. Arbaugh of the University of Wisconsin – Oshkosh, Gary Blau of Temple University, and Charles Forniciari of LaSalle University. The top 10 also includes three accounting professors – Fred Phillips of the University of Saskatchewan, David Stout of Youngstown State University, and Timothy Fogarty of Case Western Reserve University. Lastly, Seung Lee of Colorado State University is the sole marketing professor among the top 10. Mixon ranks 83^rd worldwide, just below William Becker of Indiana University and just above Arline Savage of the University of Alabama – Birmingham. He currently serves on the editorial boards of the Journal of Economics and Finance Education and Advances in Economics Education, while he previously served on the editorial board of Perspectives on Economic Education Research. Mixon has published research in each of the journals, as well as in the Journal of Education for Business, Journal of Economic Education, International Journal of Economics Education and Journal of Teaching in International Business, all prominent BME journals. Finally, he currently serves as Director of the Center for Economic Education in the Turner College.

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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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