Mailing Address
Management
The University of Southern Mississippi
118 College Drive #5091
Hattiesburg, MS 39406-0001
Mailing Address (Gulf Park Campus)
730 East Beach Blvd
Long Beach, MS 39560
Interim Chair
Tony Henthorne, Ph.D.
Professor
313 Joseph Greene Hall
601.266.4635
tony.henthorne@usm.edu
Website:
Administrative Assistant
Betty Dickerson
308-A Joseph Greene Hall
601.266.4673
601.266.4630 (fax)
betty.dickerson@usm.edu
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Mailing Address
Marketing
The University of Southern Mississippi
118 College Drive #5077
Hattiesburg, MS 39406-0001 Marketing
Mailing Address (Gulf Park Campus)
730 East Beach Blvd
Long Beach, MS 39560
Interim Chair
Tony Henthorne, Ph.D.
Professor
313 Joseph Greene Hall
601.266.4635
tony.henthorne@usm.edu
Website:
Administrative Assistant
Janice Prescott
306 Joseph Greene Hall
601.266.4627
601.266.4630
janice.prescott@usm.edu
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Fashion Merchandising Faculty
Management Faculty
Marketing Faculty
Fashion Merchandising Faculty
Specialty Fields/Research
Consumer behavior, retail format
Teaching
Introduction to Merchandising, Fashion Promotion and Analysis, Merchandising Math, Fashion Merchandising, Internship
Education
The University of Tennessee, Knoxville (Ph.D. 1996, M.S. 1992), The University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg (B.S. 1989)
Academic and Professional Interests
My research interests can best be described as consumer behavior and retail formats. I am most interested in how consumers react and behave in a variety of consumer environments, including traditional and non-traditional retail locations as well as environments where products are used.
Past projects have included an investigation of regional mall loyalty, funded by a development grant awarded by The University of Georgia, in which focus group and intercept data were collected at regional shopping malls to identify the determinants of mall loyalty. Another past project, which was funded by the Georgia Traditional Industries Program focused on children and teachers as consumers of flooring products in preschool classrooms. In this project a survey was mailed to a national sample of preschool administrators and teachers to determine whether flooring options met the needs of their students and center.
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Specialty Fields/Research
Consumer behavior, Innovations
Teaching
Fashion Merchandising, Apparel Production, Costume History, Textiles and the Global Economy
Education
The University of Georgia, Athens (M.S. 2002, B.S. 1999), Florida State University, Tallahassee (PhD 2007)
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Specialty Fields/Research
Color measurement and communication, Retail lighting, Textile testing, Product development
Teaching
Textiles, Professional Presentation, Evaluating Fashion Apparel, Entrepreneurship
Education
Florida State University, Tallahassee (Ph.D. 2007), Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti (M.S. 2004), Thammasat University (B.A. 1997)
Teaching Philosophy
As I reflect upon my teaching, it is very clear to me that my pedagogical stance has been tremendously influenced by my mentors. Throughout my academic tenure, my mentors have helped me to improve my ability of critical thinking, analytical skills, and articulating ideas by using different methods such as demonstrating, discussing, questioning, listening, and stimulating. Their efforts provided me two insightful lessons that I would like to impart to my students: 1) to do help students understand their subject matter and be successful not only in the classroom, but also in life, and 2) to be available to students. These are my exemplars when I teach. Teaching for me is equipping my students with the necessary tools for real life. It is purposeful not just to acquire knowledge but to know how to apply that knowledge in different circumstances. For me the best teacher is one who simplifies difficult material and makes it practical to understand. Material taught in such a way will be engrafted into students' hearts and they will never forget what they have learned in the classroom. I establish a classroom environment that is pleasurable and non-threatening atmosphere because I believe students learn better in a positive environment.
Research Statement
Conducting research does not answer the “why” questions but the results assist me to know “how” things the way they are. It explores my creativity, and stretched me by testing my thoughts and theories I have learned. My utmost goal for research is to conduct research that benefit others by bridging the gap within and between the disciplines, providing a resourceful information for retailers to improve their retail environment and in turn increase customer satisfaction, and sharing my AHA moment with them as they read my papers.
In the future, I would like to continue to increase the horizon of my world view. Hence, I would like to expand my research by cooperative study with domestic and international scholars. Since my long-term goal is to continue research related to color and light in industry applications, I also would like to establish a good relationship with international colleagues by conducting cross culture study focusing on color measurement and communication, retail environment, retail lighting, and instrument color measurement. My long-term plans include exploring the consistency of illuminants in retail stores, examining the light that yields the least color difference, and conducting both cross-culture and multidisciplinary research regarding color and light.
All research will be closely tied with the industry in order to anticipate their real-world problems and to exchange innovations of technology and techniques. Furthermore, I plan to take the initiative to work with lighting manufacturers, lighting engineers, interior designers and architects for exchanging skill and information, and conducting research together. My research will include empirical studies of the importance of multidisciplinary research in order to further improve and bridge the knowledge and information on color and lighting.
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Management Faculty
Specialty Field
Organizational behavior
Education
Mississippi State University (D.B.A.)
Academic and Professional Interests
Sociobiological behaviorism and organizational culture
Professional Honors and Achievements
Dr. Bushardt has published articles in Human Relations, Group and Organizational Studies, Business Horizons, Health Care Management Review, Public Personnel Management, Training and Development Journal, Leadership and Organizational Development, the Journal of Business Communication, and others. He was presented the Louis K. Brandt Faculty Research Award in 1986 and the South Central Bell Outstanding Faculty Award in 1987. Dr. Bushardt served for four years as the Chair of the Department of Management and for three and half years as the director of the graduate business programs.
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Specialty Fields
Entrepreneurs, Management, Small Business, Innovation and Creativity, Human Resource Management
Education
B.B.A (Cum Laude) Mississippi State University, MBA, Mississippi State University, Ph.D. in Management, Mississippi State University
Academic and Professional Interests
Organizational behavior, entrepreneurship, technology and innovation
Professional Honors and Achievements
- NASA Public Service Group Achievement Award (2003)
- ASEE/NASA Summer Faculty Fellow (2001)
- BAC Professorship (2001-2002)
- $2.3 Million of grants and contracts as a principle investigator
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Francis Daniel, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor,
Director of Graduate Programs
North Complex A
USM Gulf Coast Student Service Center
Gulfport (interim site for Gulf Park)
228.867.2628
francis.daniel@usm.edu
Website:
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Specialty Fields
Teaching areas include strategic management and international management while research interests involve international, organizational performance, and managing diversity areas.
Education
B.S., United States Naval Academy; Ph.D., Florida State University. Dr. Daniel is a Captain in the United States Navy Reserve.
Academic and Professional Interests
Professional Honors and Achievements
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Specialty Fields
Strategic Management, Strategic Human Resource Management, Organizational Design, Motivation and other factors influencing individual and firm performance.
Education
University of Texas at Austin (Ph.D., M.B.A.), Texas State University (B.A.) Prior to joining Southern Miss he served as Chair of the Department of Strategy and Human Resources in the Whitman School of Management at Syracuse University and on the faculty at the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville.
Academic and Professional Interests
Dr. Doty served multiple terms on the editorial board of the Academy of Management Journal and serves as an ad hoc reviewer for several other premier journals in his field. His primary research interests include strategic management, strategic human resource management, organizational design, motivation, and other factors influencing individual and firm performance.
He (with co-authors) was awarded the 1993 Academy of Management Journal Best Article Award by the Academy of Management, the 1997 Scholarly Achievement Award by the Human Resources division of the Academy of Management and was nominated for the 2004 Outstanding Empirical Paper Award at the Eastern Academy of Management. His work has been published in journals such as the Academy of Management Journal, the Academy of Management Review, the Journal of Management,Organization Science, Organizational Research Methods, the Journal of Business Research, Contemporary Psychology, and the ACA Journal among others.
Professional Honors and Achievements
He is currently listed in Who’s Who in America,Who’s Who in the Management Sciences,Who’s Who in American Education, Who’s Who in Business and Finance, Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers, and the International Who’s Who of Professionals.
Dr. Doty has participated in numerous consulting or contract research projects for organizations including CGG North America, International Business Machines, the American Compensation Association, the Department of Labor, the Army Research Institute, and Southwest Educational Development Laboratory. In addition, he has provided consulting services to a variety of not-for-profit organizations and small businesses. He also has delivered executive education for Syracuse University, Cornell University, and the University of Arkansas.
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Specialty Field
Management policy and strategy
Education
University of Southwestern Louisiana (B.S.), Louisiana State University (M.B.A., Ph.D.)
Academic and Professional Interests
Business strategy, strategic planning, entrepreneurship, and small business
Professional Honors and Achievements
Dr. Duhon has published articles in several journals including Business Horizons, Public Personnel Management, and the Journal of Psychology. He has served as a consultant to a number of businesses and regularly teaches for the Mississippi Personnel Board. He has served on a number of University committees and was President of the USM Faculty Senate during 1997-98. In 1999, he received the College’s Innovative Teaching Award.
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Specialty Field
Operations Management and Management Fundamentals
Education
University of Southern Mississippi (B.S., M.B.A.)
Academic and Professional Interests
Small business management and entrepreneurship; Management history
Professional Honors and Achievements
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Daniel Michael, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
North Complex A
USM Gulf Coast Student Service Center
Gulfport (interim site for Gulf Park)
228. 865.4505
daniel.michael@usm.edu
Website:
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Specialty Field
Dr. Michael's research interests include organizational behavior and communication; diversity; and human resource issues.
Education
B.S.B.A., M.B.A., University of South Alabama; M.S.B.A., Ph.D., Auburn University
Academic and Professional Interests
Dr. Michael joined the College of Business faculty in the fall of 2004. Dr. Michael was previously affiliated with Union University where he taught graduate and undergraduate courses in management.
Professional Honors and Achievements
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Specialty Fields
Strategic Management, International Management
Education
Florida Atlantic University (Ph.D., M.B.A.), University of Florida (B.S.)
Academic and Professional Interests
Corporate strategy, top management, international business
Professional Honors and Achievements
Dr. Peyrefitte has published in a number of journals including Academy of Management Journal, Group & Organization Management, Journal of Managerial Issues, Management Decision, Organizational Analysis, and Strategic Organization. He is a Certified Public Accountant ( Florida ) and is a member of the Academy of International Business, Academy of Management, American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, and Strategic Management Society.
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Specialty Fields
Entrepreneurship, strategic management
Education
University of Texas-Arlington (Ph.D.), Florida Atlantic University (M.B.A.) , Marquette University (B.A.)
Academic and Professional Interests
Professional Honors and Achievements
Dr. Sequeira has published articles in Frontiers of Entrepreneurship Research and the Journal of Business Ethics, among others. Among her honors are the Kauffman Dissertation Fellowship, the Doctoral Student Scholar Award, the John Dean Stanley Foundation Scholarship and the Rudolf Hermann Graduate Fellowship. Her research interests are in entrepreneurial self-efficacy, entrepreneurial intentions; networking among various types of entrepreneurs, both domestically and internationally; issues regarding immigrant, minority and women entrepreneurs; and diversity in organizations.
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Specialty Field
Management
Education
The University of Southern Mississippi (M.B.A.)
Academic and Professional Interests
Management principles, leadership, and ethics
Professional Honors and Achievements
Ms. Sevier returned to USM after spending a number of years in consulting and administrative management positions. She has presented at national and regional meetings on several management topics. She is the Faculty Advisor for two student organizations in management: Society for the Advancement of Management (SAM), and Sigma Iota Epsilon, the management honorary fraternity.
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Specialty Field
Health care systems and networks, inter- and intra-organizational coordination and collaboration interdisciplinary teams, and alliances and partnerships.
Education
University of Alabama at Birmingham (Ph.D.)
Academic and Professional Interests
Organizational structure and design, and strategy
Professional Honors and Achievements
Dr. Topping has published articles in numerous journals such as Medical Care Review, Journal of Rural Health, Financial Review, Advances in Health Care Research, Health Care Management Review, and Journal of Health Care Management. She was awarded a two-year NIH postdoctoral fellowship in 1997 and the South Central Bell Outstanding Faculty Award in 1996. In 1998, she was elected to serve a five-year term as an Officer in the Academy of Management Health Care Management Division. In 2002, she was awarded a NIH grant to study interdisciplinary, multiagency teams.
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Specialty Field
Management
Education
Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University (Ph.D.)
Academic and Professional Interests
Performance appraisal and financial incentives
Professional Honors and Achievements
Dr. Vest has published articles in the Journal of Business and Psychology, the Journal of Applied Social Psychology, and Public Personnel Management.
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Ken Zantow, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
North Complex A
USM Gulf Coast Student Service Center
Gulfport (interim site for Gulf Park)
228. 865.4530
ken.zantow@usm.edu
Website:
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Specialty Fields
Research interests include how organizations compete, management education, health care management, ethics, and organizational change.
Education
B.A., Southern Illinois University; M.B.A., Pittsburgh State University; Ph.D., University of Arkansas
Academic and Professional Interests
Primary teaching areas in the field of management include strategic management, organization theory, and organizational behavior. Zantow joined the faculty of Southern Miss in 1999, bringing professional experience managing community based organizations serving people with disabilities. He has published in the Academy of Management Learning and Education, International Journal of Physical Distribution and Logistics Management, Economic Bulletin, Research in Ethical Issues in Organizations, and Journal of American College Health.
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Marketing Faculty
Specialty Fields
International marketing, tourism
Education
Ouachita Baptist University (B.A.), University of Arkansas (M.B.A.), University of Mississippi (Ph.D.)
Academic and Professional Interests
Cross-cultural issues, resort development, sustainable tourism development, retail evolution, and customer service enhancement
Professional Honors and Achievements
Dr. Henthorne was the first U.S. marketing professor to make an official visit to the University of Havana since the Cuban Revolution. His publications total more than 60 in refereed outlets, including Journal of Advertising, Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science, and Journal of Business Ethics. He has also published a book examining the burgeoning Cuban tourism industry. Dr. Henthorne has won the Brandt Award for outstanding research in the College of Business and has received the University's Lucas Award to further his work in Cuba. Additionally, he is the recent recipient of a Fulbright Award to research and lecture in India.
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Beth LaFleur, D.B.A.
Professor
North Complex A
USM Gulf Coast Student Service Center
Gulfport (interim site for Gulf Park)
228. 865.4525
beth.lafleur@usm.edu
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Specialty Fields
Professional services marketing, health care service quality, marketing education, ethics and social responsibility.
Education
B.S.B.A., M.B.A., University of Southern Mississippi; D.B.A., Mississippi State University
Academic and Professional Interests
A native of Hattiesburg, Dr. LaFleur, joined the College of Business Gulf Coast faculty in the fall of 2004. LaFleur was previously at Nicholls State University. A Senior Fulbright Scholar, Dr. LaFleur has published articles in The Marketing Educator and The Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science and received numerous grants for student technology classrooms.
Academic and Professional Interests
Dr. LaFleur recently received a 2006 HP Technology for Teaching grant, designed to enhance learning in the MBA classroom using mobile technologies. One of 40 higher education awards nationally, the project will be implemented in MBA 610 during the fall, 2006 semester on the Gulf Coast campus. She has been honored with best paper awards in ethics and in services marketing by the Southern Marketing Association, and has received international best paper awards for her work in distribution. In addition to her academic interests, she has worked with many professional service firms and property developers as a marketing consultant.
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Specialty Field
Retailing
Education
The University of Southern Mississippi (B.S.B.A., M.B.A.)
Academic and Professional Interests
Retail training and development, retail issues concerning customer and employee theft, internet buying and professional dress.
Professional Honors and Achievements
Ms. Loyd has conducted over a hundred seminars and workshops in the fields of marketing, retailing, and communication for local, state, and national associations. She has published over 18 refereed journals, articles and conference papers on various marketing related topics. Ms. Loyd served as Vice President and member of the Board of Directors and received the Wayne A. Lemburg Award for Distinguished Service and the Hugh G. Wells Faculty Advisor of the Year Award from the American Marketing Association. She also served as Program Chair and President-of the Atlantic Marketing Conference, Membership Chair of the American Collegiate Retailing Association, and as Regional Director, Philanthropic Chairman, and Vice President of Communications for Alpha Sigma Alpha Sorority.
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Specialty Fields
Channels of Distribution, e-Business Topics
Education
Georgia State University (Ph.D.), Emory University (B.B.A.)
Academic and Professional Interests
e-Business impact on channels of distribution, Business Marketing
Professional Honors and Achievements
Dr. Osmonbekov has served as an Institute of Study of Business Markets Marketing Fellow and has received several Best Paper Awards at national and regional conferences. He has published articles in the Journal of Interactive Advertising, the Journal of Business and Industrial Marketing, and the Journal of Marketing Channels.
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Specialty Fields
Marketing research, creative marketing, sales/sales management, and strategy planning
Education
Florida State University (B.S., M.B.A.), Louisiana Tech University (D.B.A.)
Academic and Professional Interests
Enhancing the ability to create profitable business relationships through consistently striving to better match corporate assets and value creation capabilities with customer requirements
Professional Honors and Achievements
Dr. Smith has received the University’s Excellence in Teaching Award and the South Central Bell Outstanding Faculty Member Award. His work leading an effort to increase attendance at University athletic events won him the Distinguished Marketing Award from the Hattiesburg Chapter of Sales and Marketing Executives, International. He has published articles in Industrial Marketing Management, International Journal of Purchasing and Materials Management, and Economic Development Review.
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Specialty Fields
Industrial marketing; purchasing, and supply-chain management
Education
The University of Southern Mississippi (B.S.), University of Alabama (M.A.), University of Arkansas (Ph.D.)
Academic and Professional Interests
Business-to-business marketing, purchasing and materials management, and sales-force management
Professional Honors and Achievements
Dr. Williams has published articles in various journals including International Journal of Purchasing and Materials Management, Industrial Marketing Management, Journal of Personal Selling and Sales Management, Psychology and Marketing, Journal of Marketing Education, and Journal of Marketing Theory and Practice. He has received various outstanding service awards from the National Association of Purchasing Management and is on the editorial boards of several journals.
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Mike Wittmann, Ph.D.
Max Draughn Healthcare Marketing Professor
Assistant Professor
306-E Joseph Greene Hall
601.266.4969
mike.wittmann@usm.edu
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Specialty Fields
Marketing Strategy, Business-to-Business Marketing, Pharmaceutical Marketing, Sales and Sales Management
Education
Texas Tech University (Ph.D.); University of Alabama (MBA); University of Southern Mississippi (BSBA)
Professional Honors and Achievements
Dr. Wittmann has published in the International Journal of Physical Distribution and Logistics Management, Journal of Personal Selling and Sales Management, Journal of Business-to-Business Marketing, Journal of Marketing for Higher Education, and the Journal of Relationship Marketing. Prior to entering academia, he worked in sales for a Fortune 200 company.
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