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Seven Turner College Management and Marketing Faculty Have Combined to Produce Eight A-Level Journal Publications Between 2021 and the Present

A number of faculty in the Turner College's Department of Management and Marketing, which includes faculty in management information systems, have produced A-level journal publications in the last few years. This report covers that activity, starting with John Finley, the chairperson of the department. Professor Finley published a paper in the Journal of Computer Information Systems in 2022.
     Finley is joined by Kirk Heriot, the Crowley Distinguished Chair in Entrepreneurship. Heriot, who earned a PhD in management from Clemson University, published in a 2021 issue of Small Business Economics. One of the study's co-authors, Andres Jauregui of Fresno State University, was previously a member of the Turner College's economics faculty.
     Next is Johnny Ho, a professor of management, who has a 2022 publication in the Journal of Computer Information Systems. Ho has won CSU's Excellence in Research Award on multiple occasions, while he has compiled 20 A-level journal publications over the course of his academic career.
     Associate professor of management Kevin Hurt joins the list with his 2024 publication in American Business Review. He currently serves as editor of Servant Leadership: Theory & Practice and is a nominee for the 2025 Turner College Faculty Research Award.
     Representing MIS faculty is Yoon Lee, who has produced a number of published projects in recent months. One of these is a forthcoming paper in Information Systems Frontiers, another is his 2024 study in the International Journal of Production Economics
     Ed O'Donnell, associate professor of marketing, joins the group with a 2024 publication in the Journal of International Marketing. O'Donnell earned a PhD from Kent State University, and he previously served on the faculty at the University of Texas at El Paso.
     MIS professor Jennifer Pitts rounds out the group with a 2022 publication in the Journal of Computer Information Systems. Pitts' academic research has to date garnered 1,335 Google Scholar citations. Pitts has won multiple teaching awards during her tenure in the Turner College.
     In all, seven faculty members in the Turner College's Department of Management and Marketing have, from 2021 to the present, published eight A-level journal articles. The group is led by Lee with two. Turner Business congratulates these faculty on their recent success.

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