INSID E THIS ISS UE:
FOCUS
News from the School of Business and Economics
May 27, 2013
Volume 4, Issue 20
A Message from Dean Bailey
The beginning of summer school
marks the change of season on a
university campus even better than the
summer solstice. Winston-Salem State
University moved into the new season last
week with the beginning of
the first summer session,
which runs from May 21 to
June 25. While fewer classes
are running in the Reynolds
Center, the campus
remains busy with a variety
of programs and projects
designed to improve the physical plant
and provide outreach to the wider
Winston-Salem community.
Two major construction projects are
still in high gear—the Reaves Building and
the Success Center. In addition, work will
soon begin on renovations to the R.J.
Reynolds Center. Modifications will be
made to existing offices and new office
space will be added to the building. These
modifications are made possible by a
grant from Title III.
Many of our graduate students will be
accompanying Dr. Craig Richardson for a
Study Abroad experience in Shanghai this
summer. The trip will be an examination
of recent economic development in
China, as well as exposure to the political
system that guides the country’s recent
economic surge.
For those of you who have not yet
visited the SBE Finance Lab, summer is
the ideal time to do so. Please contact
Mr. Ben Greene at greenebp@wssu.edu to
arrange a tour. I hope to see you in the
Reynolds Center soon.
Jessica Bailey
A Message from Dean Bailey
1
The AACSB Business School Questionnaire
2
Departmental Leadership Appointments
1
Faculty Research —Dr. Zagros Madjd-Sadjadi
2
SBE Announces Departmental Leadership Appointments
Dean Bailey recently announced
upcoming appointments to the
leadership of the School of Business
and Economics which will take effect
in fall 2013.
the SBE faculty in fall 2006, will lead
the largest department of the school.
Known for his even-handedness and
diplomacy, Dr. Cherikh is destined to
lead the department to new heights.
Dr. Joel Kincaid, Associate
Professor of Economics, will be
assuming the
Chairmanship of the
Department of
Economics and Finance,
replacing Dr. Zagros
Madjd-Sadjadi who
served in that position
for the past two and a
Dr. Kindaid
half years. Dr. Kincaid
has been on the faculty
of the SBE since fall of 2006. A wellrespected colleague to his peers and
mentor to his students, he has served
with distinction as Chair of the WSSU
Graduate Council. He promises to
build on the firm foundation
established by Dr. Madjd-Sadjadi and
to move the department to higher
levels of excellence.
Dr. Zagros Madjd-Sadjadi will
assume the position of Program
Coordinator of the Masters of
Healthcare Administration program,
replacing Professor Stephanie Joseph,
who served as Program Coordinator
since the fall of 2010. The SBE is now
entering the final stages of its
application to the
Commission on
Accreditation of
Healthcare Management
Education (CAHME). Dr.
Madjd-Sadjadi will
continue the process that
will result in the School of
Dr. Madjd-Sadjadi
Business and Economics
becoming the only
historically black institution presently
possessing such a designation. The
program has also developed associations
with the American College of
Healthcare Executives, the National
Association of Health Services
Executives and other health care
agencies. Dr. Zagros Madjd-Sadjadi will
continue to develop these associations.
In the Department of Management
and Marketing, Dr. Moula Cherikh,
Professor of Operations
Management, will
assume the position of
Chair, replacing Dr.
Denise Pearson,
Assistant Provost for
Faculty Affairs, who
served as Interim Chair
Dr. Cherikh
for a portion of
Academic Year (AY)
2012-2013. Dr. Cherikh, who joined
With the addition of these new
professors to the leadership of the
school, the SBE will have the benefit of
years of expertised experience. We look
forward to a very productive AY 20132014.
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SBE Completes AACSB Business
School Questionnaire
Each spring brings a request from the
Association to Advance Collegiate Schools
of Business (AACSB) for the School of
Business and Economics’ participation in
their annual Business School Questionnaire
(BSQ). The AACSB is the accreditation
organization for the School of Business and
Economics and the BSQ participation
permits the School to be able to see
comparative statistics on other schools of
business.
This online survey asks for information
about our institutional characteristics,
including the year of founding,
accreditations with other organizations, the
nature of the school (e.g. public or
private), religious affiliation, and regional
accrediting agency (e.g. Southern
Association of Colleges and Schools). AACSB
also seeks financial, programmatic, and
other information about its members.
The most intensive parts of the BSQ
track statistics on undergraduate and
graduate enrollment, ethnicity, admissions,
and employment and information on faculty
including the number, tenure status,
ethnicity, citizenship, and qualifications.
Once this information is submitted to
the AACSB, it is compiled and released only
to Schools of Business who complete the
questionnaire. We can then use the
comparative data to view the School of
Business and Economics at Winston-Salem
State University in a more global fashion.
The Winston-Salem State University
School of Business and Economics is very
proud to be one of only 697 of the world’s
more than 13,000 business programs to
have earned accreditation by AACSB. These
schools produce graduates that are highly
skilled and more desirable to employers
than other non-accredited schools.
Faculty Research—Dr. Zagros Madjd-Sadjadi
Dr. Zagros Madjd-Sadjadi,
Professor of Economics and soon-to-be
former Chair of the Department of
Economics and Finance, was recently
presented with the
2013 Wilveria B.
Atkinson
Distinguished
Research Award for
his academic
scholarship at the
University. Another
honor came recently
when he was
informed that his work, co-authored
with Dr. Nikolaos Karagiannis, “Crime,
Criminal Activity and Tourism
Performance: Issues from the
Caribbean,” was chosen as a Highly
Commended Award Winner at the
Literati Network Awards for
Excellence 2013. The work received
critical acclaim when the Emerald
Literati Network, comprised of many
eminent academics and practitioners,
called this work one of the most
impressive pieces of work they had
seen in 2012.
Dr. Madjd-Sadjadi, a native of
California, served in the capacity of
Chair of the Department of Economics
and Finance since January of 2011 and
has an exceptional background of
service to both the academic and
government sector.
Prior to joining the WSSU faculty,
he taught at Golden Gate University,
San Francisco State University and the
University of the West Indies, Mona.
He was also the first Chief Economist
for the City and County of San
Francisco, as well as the research
manager of the California Division of
Labor Statistics and Research. He has
been in senior management of four
different companies, is the former
President of the Southern Association
for Canadian Studies, serves as a
board member on the International
Confederation of Associations for
Pluralism in Economics, has served as
an expert witness in several legal
cases, and has advised the Nation of
Islam and the government of The
Bahamas.
Dr. Madjd-Sadjadi has published
widely in leading economics and political
science journals and has served as editorin-chief of the American Review of
Political Economy. His research interests
include the history of economic thought,
institutional economics, the economics of
crime, regional economics and the
economics of undocumented
immigration. In coming months, two
books authored by Dr. Madjd-Sadjadi,
The Economics of Crime and The
Economics of Common and Civil Law will
be published by Business Expert Press and
a chapter on China will be published in
the Routledge Handbook of Global
Economic Thought.
As noted in another article in this
publication, Dr. Madjd-Sadjadi will
assume the MHA Program Coordinator
position in the fall.
The following students and alumni have
provided updates on their employment status.
We welcome the opportunity to provide
information about all of our students and
alums in future issues. Please send updates to
greenebp@wssu.edu.
Name
Employer
David Butler
Coca-Cola
Bryant Clinton
Wells Fargo
Taylor Curry
Krispy Kreme
Doughnut Corporation
Jane Karonga
United Nations
Economic Commission
for Africa (Ethiopia)
Dionna Lewis
Wells Fargo
Dianna McCollum
Travelers Insurance
Gerrard Taylor
Boeing Corporation
T. Linwood Woodley
The Vanguard Group