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Faculty/Staff NewsSDSU Accounting Professor Chee Chow Named Outstanding International Accounting Educator for 2006
Professor Sid Gray, chair of the Outstanding International Educator Award Committee said, “Professor Chow has made an outstanding contribution to the field of international accounting with special reference to his research on the international aspects of management accounting. He has taken on significant leadership roles over the years including major editorial appointments with research journals, such as the Journal of Management Accounting Research, and has been actively involved in the American Accounting Association. It has been an honor for me to present Professor Chow with the Outstanding International Accounting Educator Award for 2006.” Chow’s primary teaching interests are in the management accounting area, recently at the MBA level. His research interests include many areas of accounting, including auditing, financial accounting, accounting education, taxation, and management accounting and controls. Chow served as President of the AAA Management Accounting Section in 2000-2001, and has served on numerous committees and sections throughout his membership in the organization. Chow has won numerous awards for his writing, has published well over 100 articles in leading academic and practitioner journals, and has made a like number of presentations at universities and conferences worldwide. He was the second most prolific accounting researcher/author for the 34 years between 1967 and 2001, according to Advances in Accounting. Chow has held the Vern Odmark Professorship of Accountancy at SDSU since 1984; a prestigious position that acknowledges the university's objective of continuing the high standards of teaching excellence and professionalism. Gail Naughton, dean of SDSU’s College of Business Administration, said, “Chee has contributed much of his time and expertise to the leadership and governance of our college. He continues to make us proud and it is no surprise to me that he won this esteemed award. Chee exemplifies our slogan, ‘Leadership for the Global Marketplace.’” According to AAA, “The Outstanding International Accounting Educator Award is presented to a person who has made a substantial contribution to international accounting education through scholarly endeavors in research and teaching over a sustained period of time – through publication, educational innovation, research guidance to students, active involvement in the activities of international professional and academic organizations, and serving as an example to others in promoting international accounting education.” SDSU Business Professor Named California Outstanding Business Educator
Flatley is active in many professional organizations, including the Association for Business Communication, Delta Pi Epsilon, the National Business Education Association, and CBEA. Her current research interests include using technology to assist with the communication process. Flatley has served on many editorial boards and has published several articles and books on business communication. Dean Gail Naughton said, “Dr. Flatley is an invaluable asset to us and she continues to be a model of the quality faculty we have in the College of Business. The time and effort she gives to her students, her research and to her participation in other organizations, shows through in her work and we are very proud of all her accomplishments.” Flatley was honored at the CBEA’s annual state conference held in Monterey, CA on April 6, 2006. “Those receiving this honor should be commended for their educational background, teaching experience, valuable membership and participation in professional organizations, and overall contributions to business education,” said CBEA recognition chair, Linda Snider. “This is the first time in the history of CBEA that the award has been presented, making it a significant milestone in aligning with out regional and national organizations, Western Business Information Technology Educators (WBITE) and National Business Education Association (NBEA).” CBA Welcomes Two Executives in Residence Michael Lea in the Real Estate Program Currently an independent consultant in the analysis of domestic and international mortgage markets, Lea has served as Executive Vice President for Global Market Development at Countrywide Financial Corp. from 2000-04. Throughout his career, he has held top-level positions at Cardiff Consulting Services, Imperial Corp. of America and was Chief Economist at the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. He also served as a staff member for the President’s Commission on Housing and was a Brookings Institution economic policy fellow at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Lea has 25 years of financial services experience, including more than 15 years of international experience in 30 countries spanning six continents. He has published more than 70 articles and book chapters, served on the faculties of Cornell University, University of California, San Diego and Wharton International Housing Finance Program at the University of Pennsylvania. He received his Ph.D. in economics from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Steve Ross in Financial Planning In 1994, Ross began working for Nicholas Applegate, an asset management firm in San Diego and, within 10 years, he had become an executive committee member and lead portfolio manager of several billion dollars in U.S. stock. Ross was an early pioneer in what now is the fastest growing business on Wall Street. He has been seen on CNN FN, USA Today, Investors Business Daily, Washington Post, among others. “In these positions I gained tremendous insight into many aspects of the asset management business including portfolio management, trading, operations, and investment banking,” said Ross. “The pinnacle of my career, however, was being named partner at Nicholas Applegate in 1999,” said Ross. Shortly after Ross was named partner, Nicholas Applegate was purchased for roughly $1 billion by a German insurance company. In 2004, Steve retired from Nicholas Applegate. Distinguished Real Estate Academician/Practitioner Joins SDSU as Visiting Chair
Most recently, Hendershott served as chair in property economics and finance at the University of Aberdeen’s School of Business and a professor emeritus/former “Galbreath Chairholder” at The Ohio State University. He is currently a research associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research and has had visiting professorships at many universities such as: Stanford University, New York University, University of Florida, University of Melbourne and Bond University in Australia. Hendershott has consulted with many major organizations including the World Bank, U.S. Government Accounting Office, National Association of Realtors, and PriceWaterhouse Coopers where he served as part-time director. He has held multiple positionswith the American Real Estate and Urban Economics Association, including president and editor of its journal, and served on the Board of Directors for the National Tax Association and the American Finance Association. Dean of the College of Business Administration Gail Naughton said, “Patric Hendershott will be a great contributor to our expanding real estate program. As both a strong practitioner and researcher, he is a perfect match for our program and is well-respected in the fields of real estate and finance. We are thrilled to have someone of his skill and experience join our team.” Hendershott received his Ph.D. in Economics from Purdue University. He is a sought-after presenter and prolific publisher with five books and over 140 articles in journals such as Real Estate Economics, Journal of Real Estate Research, Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics and many others. In two recent studies he was the second and fourth most cited author in the above listed top real estate journals. Accounting Professor Holds Seminar in Beijing
The seminar is designed to serve as both a primer for the rules and tricks to valuing privately held businesses as well as a survey of concepts and applications for business owners and senior managers required to understand, evaluate or perform business valuations. Ryan Named Director of Corporate Governance Institute
Reinig Is New Chair of Information and Decision Systems
Graf Hired As Finance Assistant Professor
Randel Presents at the Academy of Management
Shore Published in Three Journals
CBA Professors awarded Best Paper Award by the Academic Business World Accounting professors, Gerald E. Whittenburg and Howard Toole, along with marketing professor, Don Sciglimpaglia and Chris Medlin from the University of Adelaide were awarded the Best Paper award by the Academic Business World at their international conference for their paper, “AACSB International Accreditation: An Australian Perspective.” The Best Paper Awards were based on the results of a two-level review process. The first level ratings and the second level comments were coupled with the editorial intent of each to determine the winners. Marketing Professor Presents at International Conference
Warschauer Selected to Serve on the CFP Board Education Task Force
Finance Professor Presents at the National Bureau of Economic Research
Sports MBA Faculty Named West Coast Editor of New Major Sports Portal Scott Tinely, a professor in the sports management MBA program, was hired as the west coast editor of the new online magazine, Hall of Fame Magazine (HOFMAG.com). HOFMAG.com is a lifestyle, destination and news-magazine. Editorial topics are wide-ranging – from sports to music, Hollywood celebrities to topical news, industry business and more. They feature the greatest and most accomplished people the world has ever known and also provide information about the many ethnic halls, as well as international, regional, state, provincial, college and high school Halls of Fame. Marketing Professors Published in Multiple Journals
Accounting Professor Accepted for Publication in Information and Management “Strategy, IT applications for planning and control, and firm performance: the impact of impediments to IT implementation,” written by Chee Chow, CBA accounting professor with Rong-Ruey Duh and Hueiling Chen from National Taiwan University, was accepted for publication in Information and Management Journal. New Employees:Janie Chang, Accounting
Chang’s teaching interests include AIS related topics (such as IS Audit, Data Modeling/Database Management, Issues in E-business, and Business Networks and Controls), managerial accounting and financial accounting. Her studies have been published inmany prestigious journals and she has presented several papers at national and international meetings of major associations and institutions. David DeBoskey, Accounting
DeBoskey’s professional experience includes corporate controller and senior executive managerial positions for both the public and private sector. Most recently, he served as corporate controller for a nationally recognized Real Estate Investment Trust traded on the NYSE. Previously, he has held positions as senior vice president and CFO for a publicly traded healthcare services corporation. DeBoskey also has worked for an integrated healthcare delivery system as an internal auditor and accounting manager. DeBoskey started his career at Peat, Marwick, Main in Philadelphia, Pa. as a staff auditor. His research interests include corporate transparency, financial accounting and SEC reporting, managerial accounting and auditing. Karen Ehrhart, Management
Ehrhart’s areas of expertise include international human resources management, recruitment, employment testing, personality, climate for service, emotional labor and technology. She has been published in seven journals and has presented at more than 20 conferences. Damon Fleming, Accounting
Fleming’s primary teaching interests are in the financial and management accounting areas. He has taught courses at both the undergraduate and MBA level. His research examines various areas of accounting, including the evaluation and use of accounting reports, the impact of auditor expertise on financial reporting, the role of risk attitude in tax reporting, and the auditor-client negotiation process. Stefano Gubellini, Finance
His current research includes asset pricing, stock market predictability, trading strategies, and data-snooping issues. Gubellini was most recently a teaching assistant for the Ph.D. econometrics courses and a microeconomics instructor at Purdue University. Professionally, Gubellini worked for two Italian research centers (Prometeia and Nomisma) as a consultant, and for Telecom Italia Mobile S.p.A. as a market analyst. Martina Musteen, Management
She has won multiple awards for her graduate and doctoral teaching performance at KU. Her area of expertise lies in international entrepreneurship, knowledge transfer, social network theory, managerial cognition, corporate reputation, and corporate governance. Joseph Tanimura, Finance
Tanimura’s areas of expertise are capital structure, law and financial economics, and international finance. Tanimura was the recipient of the University of Washington Center for International Business Education and Research (CIBER) fellowship award in 2000. |
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Accounting Professor Chee Chow was recently awarded the Outstanding International Accounting Educator Award for 2006 by the American Accounting Association (AAA). Chow was presented with a plaque and recognized for his accomplishments at the International Accounting Section luncheon in Washington, D.C. on August 7.
Information and Decision Systems Professor Marie Flatley has been awarded the first-ever Outstanding Business Educator Award - University Level, by the California Business Education Association (CBEA). The award was presented on June 20 at a regional scholarship ceremony.
The College of Business Administration announced in September that Dr. Patric Hendershott will serve as visiting chair of the Real Estate Program. 
Assistant Accounting professor David DeBoskey will be delivering a seminar on “How to Value a Business ‘The Simplified Musts.’” DeBoskey will present to an audience of Entrepreneurs in Beijing, China on October 11, 2006. 
Lori Verstegen Ryan, associate professor of management, has been named Director of the Corporate Governance Institute. Ryan has been Research Director of the Institute for the past four years, building a research network among corporate governance scholars worldwide. In her new capacity as director, Ryan will implement a new organization for the Institute and will establish a Board of Advisors from the local business community. She will also serve as SDSU’s liaison with the San Diego Corporate Directors’ Forum and CGI’s newly established training affiliate, Model Governance, LLC. 
Bruce Reinig has been named the new Chair of the Information and Decision Systems department. He will be replacing John Penrose, who stepped down from the position and remains a full-time faculty member. Reinig began at SDSU in 2000 as an associate professor and was promoted to full professor in 2005. He has published over 30 refereed journals and conference articles on these topics. His work has appeared in the Journal of Management Information Systems, Communications of the ACM, and Decision Support Systems, among others. 
Paul Graf has been hired as a full-time finance assistant professor. Graf has been teaching as an adjunct professor at SDSU since spring 2002. He received his law degree from Northwestern University and his bachelor’s degree in finance from Indiana University. Professionally, Graf served as senior vice president and general counsel for GE Capital BAF, an attorney at Evans Products, Transportation Systems & Industrial Group and a partner at Burditt and Calkins. He is also the founder and first director of ELA On-Line. Graf’s areas of expertise are commercial law and corporate governance.
Assistant Professor of Management Amy Randel had two presentations at the Academy of Management meeting this August in Atlanta, Georgia. She worked with K.S. Jaussi on the presentation, Status, identity, dissimilarity, and relationship conflict in gender diverse work groups and with M.G. Gates on the presentation, Value and demographic diversity, satisfaction, and intent to stay in nursing units. Randel, with J.H. Wayne and J. Stevens, recently had an article accepted for publication in the Journal of Vocational Behavior entitled, “The role of identity and work-family support in work-family enrichment and its work-related consequences.”
Professor of Management Lynn Shore had three papers accepted for publication this summer. In the Journal of Applied Psychology, “A model of union participation: The impact of perceived union support, union instrumentality, and union loyalty,” In the Management and Organization Review, “The norm of reciprocity: Scale development and validation in the Chinese context,” and in Human Resources Management Review, “The employee-organization relationship: Where do we go from here?”
Marketing Professor Michael Belch presented at the Information Technology Interfaces 28th International Conference. The conference was held June 19-22, 2006 in Cavat/Dubrovnik, Croatia. Belch’s presentation was titled, “The New Media Landscape: How Technology is Changing Marketing Communications.” The conference was organized by the University of Zagreb, University Computing Centre. This year’s special topic was “E-learning: Opportunities and Challenges for Learning and Teaching.”
Finance Professor Tom Warschauer was selected to serve on the Education Task Force for the Certified Financial Planner’s (CFP) Board. The Education Task Force is comprised of individuals both inside and outside the financial planning profession. The task force reviews CFP Board’s current educational goals, standards and practices, compares them to those of other certification bodies and to models of best practice, and issues a report with recommendations to the Board at CFP Board Annual Meetings. The mission of the board is to help people benefit from competent, professional and ethical financial planning. 
Finance Professor Allan Zebedee was invited to present his paper, “Liquidity in the Pricing of Syndicated Loans,” in Boston at the National Bureau of Economic Research. Zebedee along with co-authors Anurag Gupta and Ajai Singh of Case Western Reserve University, examined whether bank’s price expected liquidity in syndicated loan spreads. Using extensive data on U.S. term loans, they showed that banks have the ability to discern the expected liquidity of a loan at the time of origination. For the first time in the literature, they document a link between the secondary market liquidity of an asset and its pricing in the primary market.
Sara Appleton-Knapp, assistant professor of marketing, and Don Sciglimpaglia, professor of marketing, wrote a case, “Pharmatek’s Hotrod Chemistry Kit,” that appeared in the 2006 Volume Eight of the Journal of Research in Marketing and Entrepreneurship. Appleton-Knapp and Marketing Professor Kathy Krentler co-wrote “Measuring Student Expectations and their Effects on Satisfaction: The importance of Managing Student Expectations,” that will be appearing in the December issue of the Journal of Marketing Education.
Janie Chang previously served as a professor of accounting information systems (AIS) at San Jose State University. Chang completed her bachelor’s degree in accounting at Tamkang University in Taiwan. She went on to complete her master’s at the University of Illinois, Chicago and her Ph.D. at the University of California, Irvine.
Karen Ehrhart comes to the College of Business from SDSU’s Department of Psychology. She has served as an assistant professor of psychology for the past five years and has taught at the undergraduate and graduate level. Ehrhart received her Ph.D and her master’s degree in industrial and organizational psychology from the University of Maryland.
Damon Fleming earned his bachelor’s and master’s in accounting from SDSU and his Ph.D. from Virginia Tech. He also holds the Certified Management Accountant (CMA) designation. Prior to entering academia, Fleming was a principal at a venture capital firm in southern California. 
Stefano Gubellini received his doctorate and master’s degrees in economics from Purdue University. Previously, he completed his Laurea [sic] degree in Statistics and Economics at the University of Bologna, Italy where he graduated summa cum laude. 
Martina Musteen received her Ph.D. in business administration from the University of Kansas (KU), Lawrence and her master’s from KU, Italy. She completed her undergraduate work at the European Division of the University of Maryland in Heidelberg, Germany where she graduated summa cum laude.
Joseph Tanimura was a managing economist for LECG, LLC and a finance instructor at the University of Washington Business School where he received his Ph.D. Tanimura completed his bachelor’s degree in finance and his law degree at the University of Southern California.