Academic/Professional/Personal Focus
Areas of Expertise
Teaching
- Strategic Management
- Business and Society
- Organizational Theory
Research- Socio-economic Exchange
- Relational Aspects of Agency Theory
- Strategic effects of Executive Values
Butler Assignment (classes or work duties)
Visiting Professor of Management
Education/Experience
Education/Degrees
Ph.D., December 2003
University of Pittsburgh - Katz Graduate School of Business
Dissertation: “Examining the trust placed in vendors: The antecedents of interorganizational trust in outsourced clinical trials”
Major Areas
Behavioral and Interorganizational Issues in Strategic Management
Corporate Social Responsibility & Ethics
Master of Business Administration, December 1993
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University - R.B. Pamplin School of Business
B.A., May 1988
Anderson University, Anderson, IN
Major Area
Accounting
Awards/Honors
Teaching Awards
- Alpha Kappa Psi, Outstanding Faculty Award, Butler 2005
- Mortar Board Honor Society, Teacher of the Year, Butler 2005
- Student Government Association, Apple for You Teaching Award, Butler 2005
Other Awards- Berg Center, Dissertation research support
- David Berg Family Fund Fellowship, Funded first three years of Ph.D.
- Merit Scholarship, $3,000, Virginia Tech
- Indiana CPA Society - Outstanding Student Award, Anderson University
- Senior Honors Convocation Speaker, Anderson University
Association Memberships (professional/educational)
Academy of Management
- Business Policy and Strategy (BPS), 1994--Present
- Social Issues in Management (SIM), 1994--Present
- International Management, 1994—Present
- International Association for Business and Society (IABS), 1994--Present
- Society for Business Ethics (SBE), 1994--Present
Professional Experience
Visiting Professor, 2004-present - Butler University
- Ethical & Socially Responsible Decision Making (MBA)
- Organizational Change & Transformation (MBA)
- Developing & Managing Teams (MBA)
- Leadership (MBA)
- Administrative Policy (Undergraduate Capstone)
- Organizational Behavior (Undergraduate)
- Business Ethics (Undergraduate)
Lecturer, 1999-2003 - Butler University
- Administrative Policy (Undergraduate Capstone)
- Business Ethics (Undergraduate)
Substitute Lecturer, Fall 1996-Spring 1997 - University of Pittsburgh
- Ethics in the Business Environment (Graduate)
- Strategic Management (Undergraduate)
- Business & Society (Undergraduate)