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September 12, 2006
Judy Woodruff, Director of Development
School of Business
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
(618) 650-2317
SIUE School of Business Welcomes Eight New Faculty
(EDWARDSVILLE, Ill.) – The School of Business at Southern Illinois University
Edwardsville welcomes eight new faculty members for the 2006-2007 academic year.
Margaret Boldt, associate professor of Accounting, earned her doctorate
from the University of Oklahoma. Her dissertation topic is “The Effects of
Functional Fixation on Relative Performance Evaluations.” Boldt’s
teaching interests include managerial/cost accounting and financial
accounting. Boldt is joining SIUE from Murray State University.
Allen Hunt, assistant professor of Accounting, earned a doctorate from
Louisiana State University. Before joining the SIUE faculty, Hunt taught
at the University of Southern Indiana. His dissertation topic is “Voluntary
Accounting Policy Choices of Lower Level Units in Multi Unit Firms.”
Hunt’s main teaching interest is financial accounting.
James Hackard, assistant professor of the Economics and Finance, earned
a doctorate from the University of Texas at San Antonio. His dissertation
consisted of three essays on “Informational Transmission in Financial
Market.” Hackard’s teaching interests include corporate finance,
investments, insurance and market microstructure.
Jingyi Jia, assistant professor of Economics and Finance, earned a
doctorate from Temple University. Her dissertation topic is “Institutional
Ownership Stability, Firm Performance and the Cost of Debt.” Current
teaching interests include corporate finance and financial markets and
institutions.
Christy Spivey, assistant professor of Economics and Finance, received a
doctorate from the University of Texas at Austin. Her dissertation topic is
“Marriage, Career, and the City: Three Essays in Applied Economics.”
Spivey’s teaching interests include applied microeconomics. Spivey
comes to SIUE from Texas A&M University.
Robyn Berkley, assistant professor of Management and Marketing,
received her doctorate from the University of Wisconsin. Berkley’s
interests include organizational behavior, human resource management.
She comes to SIUE from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New
York.
Janice Joplin, associate professor of Management and Marketing, received
her doctorate from the University of Texas at Arlington. Joplin is a
returning faculty member; she previously taught in the SIUE School of
Business from 1994-2000 before joining the faculty at UT-El Paso. Her
dissertation topic is “Developing Leadership Skills.”
Ramana Madupalli, instructor of Management and Marketing, will receive
his doctorate from Georgia State University. His dissertation topic is
“Salesperson Behavioral Determinants of Customer Equity—An
Efficiency Perspective.” Madupalli’s teaching interests include marketing
research and product management.
The SIUE School of Business is committed to maintaining a high quality faculty and staff whose
members are current in their fields and strive for excellence. These eight new members will be
valuable additions to an already esteemed faculty and will aid the School of Business in
achieving their mission of preparing students and business professionals as well as improving
business practices.
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