Shi and Kurt-Peker to Present Research at the 2023 CSU Faculty Research and Gregory P.  Domin Graduate Conference

Turner College associate professor of economics Wen Shi and TSYS School professor of computer science Yesem Kurt-Peker are both scheduled to present their research at CSU's 2023 Faculty Research and Gregory P.  Domin Graduate Conference, which is scheduled for November 8-9, 2023, in the Cunningham Center on CSU's main campus. Shi's research presentation focuses on the difficulties faced by Alabamians in accessing capital from traditional financial institutions such as banks and savings and loans, forcing many to rely on predatory lending practices. Using cross-sectional data in 2011, 2015, 2016, and 2020, that lower incomes and greater poverty increase the numbers of predatory lending practices-pawnshops, deferred presentiment services, and small loan providers in Alabama, while higher unemployment rates have a positive effect on deferred presentiment services concentration in the state.

Kurt-Peker's research presentation focuses on the movement of businesses toward leveraging cloud platforms like Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Azure to host their applications and dynamically scale resources as business needs change. As pointed out by Kurt-Peker and her co-authors, one of whom is the TSYS School's Shamim Khan, Cloud platforms permit customers to offload the responsibilities of maintaining server racks, updating hardware, and keeping systems up to date, thus allowing customers to focus on creating their product. US Ignite, a Department of Defense (DoD) contractor, is partnering with CSU to develop an application for building fault detection (BFD) to be deployed at Fort Moore. BFD aims to achieve energy efficiency via real-time tracking of electricity consumption and occupancy in buildings. The project is designed to be deployed on the Azure Cloud with energy consumption data extracted and processed in real-time using Machine Learning. Kurt-Peker will share her work on the security component of this project.

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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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