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MBA Program and HOM Program
Tenured and Tenure-Track Faculty
FACULTY NAME
AREAS*
Conover, W. J.
ISQS, BA
Ritchey, Robert
FIN, BA
Hoffman, James
Huerta, Tim
Thompson, Mark
HOM,
BA,
ISQS
HOM
HOM
RANK
Horn Professor, MBA
Coordinator
Associate, and Associate MBA
Coordinator
Professor, Associate Dean of
MBA Programs and Executive
Education, and HOM
Coordinator
Assistant
Associate
Tenure
HIRE
DATE
LAST
DATE
GRAD
FACULTY?
Y or N
9/1/1978
Current
Y
1
9/1/1982
Current
Y
1
9/1/1999
9/1/2008
9/
Current
Current
Current
Y
Y
Y
1
Tenured
No Longer @ TTU
1
Ford, Eric
HOM
Associate
1/15/2007
8/31/2009
Y
*Some faculty hold joint appointments to facilitate the administration of the MBA and the Health Organization Management programs.
Tenure
Track
1
1
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Huerta CV
Timothy R. Huerta, Ph.D.
ADDRESS:
Texas Tech University
Rawls College of Business
15th & Flint
Suite 1011
Lubbock, TX 79409-2101
Office: (806) 742-1236
Fax: (806) 742-3434
CURRENT AFFILIATIONS:
Assistant Professor & Director, The Center for Health Innovation, Education & Research
Health Organization Management Program
Texas Tech University, Rawls College of Business
Clinical Assistant Professor
School of Population and Public Health, Department of Health Care and Epidemiology
University of British Columbia, Faculty of Medicine
Research Scientist
Centre for Community Child Health Research
Child Family Research Institute of British Columbia,
FELLOWSHIPS:
2006
Faculty Fellow
National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA)
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
2003 – 2005
2001
EDUCATION:
2003
Post-Doctoral Research Fellow
School of Population and Public Health, Department of Health
Care and Epidemiology
University of British Columbia, Faculty of Medicine
Doctoral Research Fellow
Santa Fe Institute
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, California
Ph.D., Public Administration
Area Concentrations:
Public Management, Organization Theory and Behavior
1996
California State University, Los Angeles
Los Angeles, California
M.S. Public Administration
Research Emphasis:
Public Policy & Organization Theory
1994
California State University, Los Angeles
Los Angeles, California
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Chemistry
Research Emphasis:
Biochemistry & Biophysics
APPOINTMENT HISTORY:
TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY
RAWLS COLLEGE OF BUSINESS
2008 – Present
Assistant Professor
Health Organization Management Program
Director – The Center for Health Innovation, Education
& Research
2007 – 2008
Visiting Assistant Professor
Health Organization Management Program
2005 – 2006
Visiting Assistant Professor
Area of Management
UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA
FACULTY OF MEDICINE
2007 – Present
Clinical Assistant Professor
Department of Health Care and Epidemiology
CHILD FAMILY RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF BRITISH COLUMBIA
VANCOUVER, BC, CANADA
2005 – Present
Research Scientist
2008 – Present
Research Scientist
Centre for Applied Health Research
2007 – Present
Research Scientist
Centre for Community Child Health Research
VANCOUVER COASTAL HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE
2004 – 2005
Scientist
Centre for Clinical Epidemiology
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
SCHOOL OF POLICY, PLANNING, AND DEVELOPMENT
2001 – 2003
Lecturer
PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS:
Published
15. Huerta, T.R. and Ford, E.W (2009). As Goes the Spoils, Goes the Victors: Prospective Share Theory, Egalitarian
Behavior and Organizational Excellence. Paper submitted to the annual meeting of the Academy of Management,
Chicago, Illinois.
14. Ford, E. W., Huerta, T. R., Diana, M. L., and Campbell, C. R. (2009). A Student Journaling Exercise: Preparing for
Competency-based Curricula. The Journal of Health Administration Education.
13. Peterson, L. T., Ford, E. W., Eberhardt, J., Huerta, T. R. and Menachemi, N. (Accepted 2009). Assessing
Differences Between Realized and Anticipated Gains from Electronic Health Record Adoption. Journal of Medical
Systems. In press.
12. Ford, E. W., Menachemi, N., Peterson, L. T. and Huerta, T. R. (2009). Resistance Is Futile: But It Is Slowing the
Pace of EHR Adoption Nonetheless. Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association. 16(3), pp. 274-281.
11. Huerta, T.R., Ford, E.W., Peterson, L.T. and Brigham, K. (2008). Testing the Hospital Value Proposition: An
Empirical Analysis of Efficiency and Quality. Health Care Management Review. 33(4):341-349.
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10. Huerta, T.R. Simulating Institutional Controls on Consumption Patterns in the Commons. Systems Research and
Behavioral Science. July 2008. DOI: 10.1002/sres.922.
9. Provan, K.P., Clark, P.I., and Huerta, T.R. Transdisciplinarity Among Tobacco Harm – Reduction Researchers: A
Network Analytic Approach. American Journal of Preventive Medicine 35(2S): S173-S181. July 2008.
8. Provan, K., Contractor, N., Huerta, T.R., & Kerner, J. Understanding and Managing Stakeholder Networks. In Best,
Clark, Leischow, Trochim (Eds), National Cancer Institute. Greater Than the Sum: Systems Thinking in Tobacco Control.
Tobacco Control Monograph N0. 18. (pp. 147- 183). Bethesda, MD: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services,
National Institutes of Health, National Cancer Institute. NIH Pub. No. 06-6085, April 2007.
7. Trochim, B., Tenkasi, R., Milstein, B., Berland, A., Best, Green, L. & Huerta, T.R. How to Organize: Items
Organizing. In Best, Clark, Leischow, Trochim (Eds), National Cancer Institute. Greater Than the Sum: Systems Thinking
in Tobacco Control. Tobacco Control Monograph N0. 18. (pp. 61-108). Bethesda, MD: U.S. Department of Health and
Human Services, National Institutes of Health, National Cancer Institute. NIH Pub. No. 06-6085, April 2007.
6. Lau, F., Best, A., Huerta, T.R., & Kerner, J. What We Know: Managing the knowledge content. In Best, Clark,
Leischow, Trochim (Eds), National Cancer Institute. Greater Than the Sum: Systems Thinking in Tobacco Control.
Tobacco Control Monograph N0. 18. (pp. 185-224). Bethesda, MD: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services,
National Institutes of Health, National Cancer Institute. NIH Pub. No. 06-6085, April 2007.
5. Huerta, T. R., Casebeer, A., VanderPlaat, M. (2006). Using Networks to Enhance Health Services Delivery:
Perspectives-Paradoxes-Proposition. Heathcare Papers. 7(2). 10–26.
4. Casebeer, A., Huerta, T. R., & VanderPlaat, M. (2006). Re-navigating the Research and Practice Terrain of Health
Services Networks. Heathcare Papers. 7(2). 68 – 75.
3. Norman, C.D., & Huerta T.R. (2006). Building a Community of Practice to support Knowledge Exchange around
Web-Assisted Tobacco Interventions. Implementation Science. 20(1).
2. Best, A., Tenkasi, R., Trochim, W., Lau, F., Holmes, B., Huerta, T.R., et al. (2006). Systemic Transformational
Change in Tobacco Control: An Overview of the Initiative for the Study and Implementation of Systems (ISIS). In
Casebeer, Harrison, Annabelle (Eds), Innovations in Health Care: A Reality Check.
1. Huerta, T.R., (2005). Simulating the Role of Institutions on the Use of Common Pool Resources. International
Journal of Organizational Theory and Behavior. 1-34.
Dissertation
1. Huerta, T.R., (2005). Simulating the Role of Institutions on the Use of Common Pool Resources. UMI Dissertation
Abstracts.
Accepted or In-press
1. Ford, E. W., Menachemi, N., Peterson, L. T. and Huerta, T. R. (Accepted). Resistance Is Futile: But It Is Slowing the
Pace of EHR Adoption Nonetheless. Journal of American Medical Informatics Association.
Under Review
2. Huerta, T.R., Ford, E.W., and Ford, W.F. (Under Review). Realizing the Value Proposition or Suffering the
Productivity Paradox?: A Longitudinal Assessment of Hospitals’ Total Factor Productivity.
REPORTS:
4. Green, H.D., Huerta, T.R., & Contractor, N. (February 2007). Socio-technical Specification for the Design of a
Tobacco Informatics Grid. Tobacco Control Research Branch, National Cancer Institute.
3. Norman, C.D., McIntosh, S., Chow, V., & Huerta, T.R. (October 2006). The emergence of community: A tobacco
exemplar. A joint report to The National Institutes of Health and Health Canada.
2. Norman, C.D., & Huerta, T.R. (May 2006). Building a Learning Community to Foster Innovation: Evaluation of the
Web-Assisted Tobacco Intervention Meeting. A joint report to The National Institutes of Health and Health Canada.
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1. Huerta, T.R., & Moor, G. (January 2005). Listening for Direction: A consultation with the BC Healthy Weights
Community. British Columbia Provincial Health Services Authority.
Online Book Chapters
3. Huerta, T.R. (January 2008). Introduction to Budget Impact Analysis. In British Columbia Provincial Health
Services Authority Online Training System. Retrieved
from http://www.phsa.ca/HealthPro/MovingResearchToPractice/EconomicEval.htm
2. Huerta, T.R. (September 2007). Critical Appraisal and Economic Evaluation. In British Columbia Provincial Health
Services Authority Online Training System. Retrieved
from http://www.phsa.ca/HealthPro/MovingResearchToPractice/BudgetImpactAnal.htm
1. Huerta, T.R. (March 2007). Introduction to Economic Evaluation. In British Columbia Provincial Health Services
Authority Online Training Ststem. Retrieved from
http://www.phsa.ca/HealthPro/MovingResearchToPractice/CriticalAppraisalEcoEval.htm
PRESENTATIONS
Peer Reviewed Conference Papers
21. Ford, E. W., Huerta, T, R. and Ford, W. F. (November 2009) Total Factor Productivity in U.S. Hospitals: The
Malmquist Indices. Proceeding of the Southern Management Association. Located in Asheville, NC.
20. Peterson, L.T., Eberhardt, J., Ford, E.W., and Huerta, T.R. (August 2009). Assessing Differences Between Realized
and Anticipated Gains From Electronic Health Record Adoption. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Academy
of Management, Chicago, IL.
19. Ford, E.W., Huerta, T.R., and Peterson, L.T. (August 2008). Efficiency and Quality: Assessing Hospitals’ Relative
Values. Presented at The Academy of Management’s Health Care Management Division, Anaheim, CA.
18. Ford, E.W., Huerta, T.R., & Peterson, L.T. (August 2008). Integrating management research into an
interdisciplinary framework. Paper presented at The Academy of Management’s Health Care Management Division,
Anaheim, CA.
17. Norman, C. D. & Huerta, T.R. (November 2006). Global eHealth Innovation Through Tobacco Control: Lessons
Learned from the Web-Assisted Tobacco Interventions (WATI) Initiative. National Conference on Tobacco or Health.
Edmonton, AB, Canada.
16. Norman, C. D. & Huerta, T.R. (November 2006). A logic model for the Evaluation of Cross-disciplinary
environments. Paper presented at Science of Team Science Conference. National Institutes of Health. Bethesda, MD.
15. Provan, K.P., Clark, P.I., Huerta, T.R. (November 2006). Transdisciplinarity Among Tobacco Harm Reduction
Researchers: A Network Analytic Approach. Paper presented at Science of Team Science Conference. National Institutes
of Health. Rockville, MD.
14. Huerta, T.R. & Norman, C.D. (July 2006). Building a Community of Practice to support Knowledge Exchange.
Paper presented at 13th World Conference on Tobacco or Health, Washington D.C.
13. Huerta, T.R., Casebeer, A., VanderPlaat, M. & Popp, J. (June 2006). Developing and Evaluating Networks to
Enhance Population Health. Paper presented at Academy Health, Seattle, WA.
12. Huerta, T.R. (June 2006). A systems approach to Improving Knowledge Translation: Evaluating Cross-Disciplinary
Research. Paper presented at Canadian Public Health Association, Vancouver, B.C., Canada.
11. Huerta, T.R., Provan, K., Clark P.I. & Peritz, L. (June 2006). The perceived costs and benefits of Collaboration in
Health Research. Paper presented at Academy Health, Seattle, WA.
10. Huerta, T.R. & Mergel, I. (June 2006). Interorganizational service delivery networks in the public sector. Paper
presented at Academy Health, Seattle, WA.
9. Mergel, I., Laser, D., Contractor, N. & Huerta, T.R. (May 2006). Social Network Analysis for Digital Governance.
Paper presented at digital Governance Online (dGo), San Diego, CA.
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8. Mergel, I., Huerta, T.R. & van Stelle, J. (February 2006). How Do Networkers Network? Conferences as Academic
Marketplaces for Tie Creation. Paper presented at Sunbelt 26, Vancouver, B.C., Canada.
7. Huerta, T.R. (February 2006). Missing Information: The impact of missing data in a network analysis. Paper
presented at Sunbelt 26, Vancouver, B.C., Canada.
6. Huerta, T.R. & Norman, C.D. (February 2006). Building a Community of Practice to support Knowledge Exchange
around Web-Assisted Tobacco Interventions. Paper presented at Society of Research on Nicotine and Tobacco, Orlando,
FL.
5. Huerta, T.R. (2005). Designing trans-organizational system: An overview of the Initiative for the Study and
Implementation of Systems (ISIS) in Tobacco Control. Paper presented at Professional Development Workshop,
Academy of Management, Honolulu, HI.
4. Huerta, T.R. (2005). Simulating Institutional Effects on the Commons. Paper Presented at Academy of Management,
Honolulu. HI.
3. Huerta, T.R. (2005). If we only knew what we know: Using Network Analysis to Understand National Tobacco
Control Strategy. Paper presented at Vancouver Coastal Authority, Vancouver, B.C., Canada.
2. Shmelev, S., Huerta, T.R., Masanet, E. (July-August 2001). Dynamic Modeling of Ecological-Economic Systems.
Paper presented at Complex Systems Summer School, Santa Fe Institute. Budapest, Hungary.
1. Nepomenco, E., Huerta, T.R., Masanet, E. (July-August 2001). 3x+1: Mathematical Challenge for Non-linear
systems. Paper presented at Complex Systems Summer School, Santa Fe Institute. Budapest, Hungary.
Invited Speaker
9. Huerta, T.R. (January 2008). Short Course on Economic Evaluation. Provincial Health Services Authority.
Vancouver, B.C., Canada.
8. Huerta, T.R. (December 2007). Networking to Improve Cancer Care for Patients. BC Cancer Annual Meeting.
Vancouver, B.C., Canada.
7. Huerta, T.R. (December 2007). Economic Evaluation. Fraser Health Authority. Vancouver, B.C., Canada.
6. Huerta, T.R. (May 2007). Roles and Activities of child and youth networks. Joint Meeting Southern Alberta Child
and Youth Health Network and Central and Northern Network for Child Health. Calgary, AB. Canada.
5. Huerta, T.R. (May 2007). Moving a system. The incremental changes that revolutionize public health. Health Care
and Epidemiology, National University of Public Health, Lisbon, Portugal.
4. Huerta, T.R. (May 2007). Networks: An overview of theory and practice. World No Tobacco Day. Saint Maria
Hospital. Lisbon, Portugal.
3. Huerta, T.R. (May 2007). Interagency Collaboration and Coordination: Measuring the impact of interagency
engagement on Child and Youth Outcomes. Northern Health Authority. Vancouver, B.C., Canada.
2. Huerta, T.R. (2006). Casebeer, A., VanderPlaat, M. & Popp, J. Connecting Actions to Outcomes: A Logic Model for
Networks in Child and Youth Health in Canada. Canadian Association of Paediatric Health Centres. Vancouver, BC. &
Wagmatkook, NS.
1. Huerta, T.R. (February 2006). Networks: An overview of theory and practice. Health Care and Epidemiology,
University of British Columbia. Vancouver, B.C., Canada.
Other
17. McPherson, C., Casebeer, A., Kothari, A., Huerta, T.R. (June 2008). Canadian Public Health Association (CPHA)
AGM & Conference: Reducing Health Inequities Through Evidence and Action Interorganizational Health Networks as
Agents for Systems Change Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
16. McPherson, C., Casebeer, A., Kothari, A., Huerta, T.R. (May 2008). Canadian Association for Health Services and
Policy Research (CAHSPR) AGM & Conference: Bridging Silos The Illusive and Irksome Characteristics of Evaluating
Interorganizational Health Networks Gatineau, Quebec.
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15. Buchan A, Mortimer, S, Best A, Huerta T.R., Norman C, Moor G, Cervantes B, Michael G. (January 2008).
Studying Interdisciplinary Research in the Life Sciences institute at UBC: Research on Academic Research (RoAR).
Paper presented at University of British Columbia Life Sciences Institute Graduate Student Association Research Day,
Vancouver, B.C., Canada.
14. Best, A., Moor, G., Holmes, B., Kralj, S., Thomas, K., & Huerta, T.R. (April 2004). How Do We Make Knowledge
Translation Work? Using Systems and Networks Theory to Improve Strategy. Paper presented at Institute for Health
Promotion Research Seminar Series, The University of British Columbia. Vancouver, B.C., Canada.
13. Best, A., Tenkasi, R., Trochim, W., Lau, F., Holmes, B., Huerta, T.R., Moor, G., Leischow, S., Clark, P. (April
2004). Systemic Transformational Change in Tobacco Control: An Overview of the Initiative for the Study and
Implementation of Systems (ISIS). Paper presented at 4th International Conference on Organizational Behavior inHealth
Care, Banff, AB, Canada.
12. Huerta, T.R. (2004). If we only knew what we know: Using Network Analysis to Understand National Tobacco
Control Strategy. Paper presented at Centre for Clinical Epidemiology and Evaluation Seminar Series, The University of
British Columbia. Vancouver, B.C., Canada.
11. Huerta, T.R. (2004). Knowledge Networks in Public Health. Paper presented at Systems Planning Conference,
National Institutes of Health, Initiative for the Study and Implementation of Systems. Vancouver, B.C., Canada.
10. Huerta, T.R. (2003). Inter-organizational Networks in Tobacco Control. Paper presented at Systems Planning
Conference, National Institutes of Health, Initiative for the Study and Implementation of Systems. Scottsdale, AZ.
9. Huerta, T.R. (2002). Mapping the Field: Complexity Sciences in Organization and Management. Paper presented at
International Conference on Complexity Science, Nashua, NH.
8. Huerta, T.R. (2002). Complexity as a unifying paradigm for Organization and Management. Paper presented at
International Conference on Complexity Science. Nashua, NH.
7. Huerta, T.R. (2001). Dynamic Modeling of Ecological-Economic Systems. Paper presented at Central European
University. Budapest, Hungary.
6. Huerta, T.R. (2001). 3x+1: Mathematical Challenge for Non-linear systems. Paper presented at Central European
University. Budapest, Hungary.
5. Huerta, T.R. (1998). Moving with the Mouse – Getting Technology into the High Schools. Paper presented at CSU
Counselors’ Conference. Pasadena, CA.
4. Huerta, T.R. (1995). Technology of the Future - Education and the Internet. CSU Counselors’ Conference. Pasadena,
CA.
3. Huerta, T.R. (1994). The Correlation between cytosolic Calcium ion concentration in H. halobium and the formation
of Bacterorhodopsin photointermediates. Paper presented at Southern California Consortium on Undergraduate Research.
Pasadena, CA.
2. Huerta, T.R. (1992). Ion velocity as a means of closing Potassium gates in neuron dendrites. Paper presented at
Biomedical Research Open Presentations. Los Angeles, CA.
1. Huerta, T.R. (1985). The purification of NAD Kinase from E. coli. Paper presented at National Consortium on
Undergraduate Research. Baton Rouge, LA.
GRANTS AND CONTRACTS:
Current
3. Ford, E. W., Huerta, T. R., and Menchemi, N. (2009). Health Information Technology Strategies’ Impacts on
Productivity. McDowell Research Center for Global IT Management at UNCG. Funded for $5,000.
2. Buchan, A., Mortimer, S., Best, A., Huerta, T.R., Norman, C., Moor, G., Cervantes, B., Michael, G. Research on
Academic Research (RoAR), Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia. $300,000 CDN – Scientific Lead/Coinvestigator.
1. Nix, T. W., Huerta, T.R. and Ford, E. W. (2007-2009). Health Organization Management Distance Education
Initiative. Funded for $80,000 Texas Tech University Graduate School.
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2. Buchan, A., Huerta, T.R., Norman. C.D. and Mortimer S. (Letter of Intent, January 2009) Research on Academic
Research (RoAR): Development of Tools to Evaluate the Success and Impact of Interdisciplinary Research, Social
Science and Humanities Research Council. $ 300,000.
1. Sportsman, S., Huerta, T.R. (CO-PI), Jordan, C., Ford, E.W., Harlow, K., and Peterson, L.T., (Letter of Intent,
January 2009) Innovations in Nursing Education: Evaluating the Impact of Regional Simulation Centers, Robert Wood
Johnson Evaluating Innovations in Nursing Education Research Initiative. $ 299,997.
Recent Grant Disposition
5. Huerta, T.R., (2007). Evaluating healthcare value through Data Envelopment Analysis, AHA Annual Datasets, NQF
Datasets, $10,000.
4. Ford, E.W., Cherry, B., Huerta, T.R., and Peterson, L.T., (Letter of Intent December 2007). Identifying Best
Demonstrated Practices in Nurse Staffing Management, Robert Wood Johnson Interdisciplinary Nursing Quality
Research Initiative, Round 3. $ 291,735.
3. Ford, E.W. and Huerta, T.R. (2008) Knowledge Capture and Transfer for Health Information Technology Education.
Proposal submitted to the Texas Tech University Fall 2008 Education Research Initiative. Requested funding $200,000.
2. Ford, E.W., Mullins, C., Huerta, T.R., Delucia, P.R., Peterson, L.T., Hicks, R., and Chang, J., (Letter of Intent
December 2007) Implementing a Computerized Provider Order Entry System: The Impact on Nursing Efficiency and
Quality during Transition. Robert Wood Johnson Interdisciplinary Nursing Quality Research Initiative, Round 3.
Requested Funding for $299,652.
1. Cherry, B. (PI), Ford, E. W. (Co-PI), Huerta, T.R., and Peterson, L.T. (2008). Identifying Best Demonstrated
Practices in Nurse Staffing Management. Interdisciplinary Nursing Quality Research Initiative. Robert Wood Johnson
Foundation. Requested Funding for $299,942.
Completed Grants/Contracts
16. Ford, E.W. and Huerta, T.R. (2008) Knowledge Capture and Transfer for Health Information Technology
Education. Requested funding $200,000. Proposal submitted to the Texas Tech University Fall 2008 Education Research
Initiative.
15. Cherry, B. (PI), Ford, E. W. (Co-PI), Huerta, T.R., and Peterson, L.T. (2008). Identifying Best Demonstrated
Practices in Nurse Staffing Management. Interdisciplinary Nursing Quality Research Initiative. Robert Wood Johnson
Foundation. Requested Funding for $299,942.
14. Ford, E.W. (PI) and Huerta, T.R. (Co-PI). (April 2008). Evaluating Healthcare Value Through Data Envelopment
Analysis. Texas Tech University Research Services. $35,000 (not funded).
13. Huerta, T.R., National Environmental Scan of Regional Health Authority Organization Frameworks, Canadian
Institutes of Health Research. $5,200 CDN – Collaborator.
12. Huerta, T.R., Urban-Rural Migration and Health And Quality of Life in Homeless People, Vancouver Foundation.
$10,000 CDN – Collaborator.
11. Ford, E.W., Huerta, T.R., Delucia, P.R., Hill, G., Haq, S., Hicks, R., Green, A., Seifert, C., C. Mullins, C., Chang, J.,
and Peterson, L.T. (October 2007) Implementing a CPOE System: The Impact on Nursing Care Core Measures. AHRQ
Health Services Research Demonstration and Dissemination Grant (PA-07-247). $598,294.
10. Ford, E.W., Huerta, T.R., Delucia, P.R., Hill, G., Haq, S., Hicks, R., Green, A., and Seifert, C. (October 2007) Health
Information Technology: Difficulties in Diffusion. TTU-TTUHSC Joint Initiative. Texas Tech University. $496,000 (not
funded).
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9. Ford, E.W., Huerta, T.R., Delucia, P.R., Hill, G., Haq, S., Hicks, R., Green, A., and Seifert, C.(October 2007)
Consequences of Implementing a CPOE System: A Nurse Workflow Analysis. Texas Tech’s Vice President of Research
Award Grant Program. $629,371 (not funded).
8. Huerta, T.R. Interdisciplinary Capacity Enhancement Seed Grant: Mapping Canadian Tobacco Control. $7,500 CDN
– Principal Investigator.
7. Huerta, T.R., & Norman, C.D. Evaluation of the State Health Leadership Initiative, Harvard University. $120,000
CDN – Collaborator.
6. Mergel, I., Laser, D., Contractor, N. & Huerta, T.R. Interdisciplinary Capacity Enhancement Seed Grant: Mapping
National Implementation of the FPT Ministers’ accord on Tobacco Control. 5,000 – Principal Investigator.
5. Huerta, T.R., Moor, G., Best, A. Application Development Grant: Better Practice for Interpersonal Support
Components of Comprehensive Community Based Approaches to Adult Smoking Cessation for Vulnerable Populations,
Canadian Tobacco Control Research Initiative. $5,000 CDN – Project Collaborator.
4. Provan, K.P., Clark, P.I., Huerta, T.R. Tobacco Control Harm Reduction Network Analysis, The Battelle Center for
the Public Health. $27,000 CDN – Investigator.
3. Huerta, T.R. Public Health Cyberenvironments: Defining scope and needs in the Health Service Research and
Population Health Communities. $50,000 USD – Principal Investigator.
2. Huerta, T.R. Health Service Research Contract, Provincial Health Services Agency (PHSA). $45,000 CDN –
Investigator.
1. Huerta, T.R., Moor, G., Best, A. Concept mapping of the Healthy Weights Community, BC PHSA. $22,000 CDN –
Contract Investigator.
CONFERENCES AND TRAINING:
HOM Vancouver Research Ambassadorship, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, 2008
Québec Transdisciplinary Research Training Program in Public and Population Health, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, 2008
Canada’s Public Health Association, Interorganizational Health Networks as Agents for Systems Change, Ottawa,
Ontario, Canada, 2008
Opportunities and Challenges Advancing Tobacco Control in Canada: Open Space Proceedings, Edmonton, Alberta,
Canada, 2007
Advancing Tobacco Control in Canada: Learnings from World Café, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, 2007
Networks Leadership Symposium, Harnessing the Value of Networks: Network Management, Analysis and Evaluation,
Banff, Alberta, Canada, 2007
Networks Leadership Summit III, Using Networks to Enable Change: Developing, Sustaining and Evaluating Networks,
Banff, Alberta, Canada, 2007
Sunbelt XXVI: International Network of Social Network Analysts, Vancouver, B.C., Canada, 2006
Annual Invitational Symposium for Research to Inform Tobacco Control, Toronto, ON, Canada, 2005
Web-Assisted Tobacco Interventions, Canadian Institute of Health Research, Bethesda, MD, 2003
Sunbelt XXV: International Network of Social Network Analysts, Redondo Beach, CA, 2005
Academy of Management, New Orleans, LA, 2004
NIH Principal Investigator’s Training, National Institutes of Health, Seattle, WA, 2004
Digital Governance Online, National Science Foundation, Seattle, WA, 2004
2005 Annual Invitational Symposium for Research to Inform Tobacco Control, Toronto, ON, Canada, 2003
Web-Assisted Tobacco Interventions, Canadian Institute of Health Research, Toronto, ON, Canada, 2003
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS:
Member, American College of Healthcare Executives (2008)
Member, Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (2008)
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Member, Academy of Management (2003)
Member, National Association of Parliamentarians (2002)
Member, American Society of Public Administration – ASPA (2001)
Member, New England Complexity Sciences Institute (1998)
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE (REVIEWS):
Reviewer, National Science Foundation (2008)
Faculty Advisor for TTU chapter of Upsilon Phi Delta (2008)
Journal of Medical Internet Research, December (2007)
SSHRC Reviewer, September Competition (2006)
Reviewer, Organization and Management Theory, Academy of Management (2006)
Reviewer, Organization Behavior, Academy of Management (2006)
Reviewer, Organization Development and Change, Academy of Management (2005)
Reviewer, Organization Behavior, Academy of Management (2005)
TEACHING HISTORY:
Texas Tech University (TTU)
University of Southern California (USC)
California State University, Los Angeles (CSLA)
California State University, Fullerton (CSUF)
MGT 5391 (TTU): Strategic and Global Management
MGT 5371 (TTU): Managing Organizational Behavior and Organizational Design
MGT 3376 (TTU): Organizational Behavior
PPD 404/PPMT 404 (USC): Quantitative Methods
PPD 523 (USC): Advanced Methods in Quantitative Analysis
POLS 472 (CSLA): Computers in the Public Sector
POLS 572 (CSLA): Seminar: Information in the Public Sector
POLS 479 (CSLA): Organization and Management
POLS 579 (CSLA): Seminar: Organization and Management
EDFN 452 (CSLA): Quantitative Methods
CRUJ/POSC 320 (CSUF): Introduction to the Public Sector
DISSERTATION COMMITTEES:
Lori Peterson – Committee Member
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY:
Managing Partner August 1997 – August 2003
SpinDOCS Consulting
Strategic marketing through multiple communication channels
Capacity building through custom database construction
Design turnkey need-specific technology solutions
Interim Executive Director March 1999 – July 2000
FSL, Inc., California State University, Los Angeles
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Chief operating officer for a 1.3 million dollar non-profit 501(c) 3 organization
Development of a complete set of policies and procedures on such diverse topics as corporate safety, legal affairs,
personnel and strategic planning
Compliance assurance with California Code of Regulations (Title V), Federal Nonprofit regulations, California
Educational Code, Internal Revenue Service regulations and local policy
Community building among diverse constituencies through the development of a comprehensive program for leadership
development
Student Services Professional June 1992 – March 1999
California State University, Los Angeles
Development and implementation of innovative programs to encourage students to attend college through outreach
materials, the leveraging of professional relationships and network building
School ombudsman for educational quality, equity and environment issues
Data dissemination for local area school districts
Coordination of a campus based $250,000 grant for outreach to minority/low income/disadvantaged schools in Los
Angeles county
Enrollment management and student services for a client population of over 1,000 students, 10,000 prospects and 2,000
professionals through the development and implementation of a custom-built application system
COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES:
Life Time Member, CSLA Alumni Association
Vice Regent, Sigma Nu Fraternity (2002 – 2008)
HONORS/AWARDS:
Best Theory to Practice Paper Award 2009 – The Academy of Management’s Health Care Management Division. Paper
entitled: “Assessing Differences Between Realized and Anticipated Gains from Electronic Health Record Adoption”.
2000 Division Commander of the Year, Sigma Nu Fraternity
1999 Alumnus of the Year, CSU, Los Angeles, Associated Students Inc.
1995 CSU Doctoral Forgivable Loan Recipient
1995 USC Dean’s Merit Scholar (Full Scholarship)
Pi Sigma Alpha Political Science Honor Society
1994 Alumnus of the Year, Sigma Nu Fraternity, Eta Phi Chapter
1992 Entrepreneur Certificate of Appreciation, City of Los Angeles
1989 Greek Scholar of the Year
1988 PSCFA Fall CEDA Debate Champion
Minority Biomedical Research Support Program (Laboratory-based research grant)
Freshman Honors Scholar in Chemistry
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MARK A. THOMPSON
Curriculum Vitae: September 2009
Health Organization Management (HOM) Program Rawls College of Business Texas Tech University Lubbock, TX 79409
Phone: (806) 742-1535 Email: [email protected]
Current Positions
Associate Director, MBA Programs in Health Organization Management (HOM), Rawls College of Business, Texas
Tech University, 2009-present.
Associate Professor of HOM, Texas Tech University, 2009-present.
Research Associate, Center for Natural Hazards Research, East Carolina University, 2005-present.
Past Positions
Cree-Walker Chair of Business Administration (and Associate Professor of Economics), Augusta State
University, 2007-2009.
State Economic Forecaster, IEA, University of Arkansas-Little Rock, 2006-2007.
Assistant Professor of Economics, Stephen F. Austin State University, 2003-2006.
Education
Ph.D., Economics, Texas Tech University, 2003 (M.A., 2000).
B.B.A., Texas Tech University, 1997.
Editorial Activities
Co-Editor, International Journal of Information and Operations Management Education, 2006-present.
Editorial Board, International Journal of Economic and Social Research, 2008-present.
Editorial Board, Journal of Business Valuation and Economic Loss Analysis, 2005-present.
Guest Co-Editor, Special Issue on Multidisciplinary Aspects of Executive Education: Engineering,
Management, and Economics, International Journal of Continuing Engineering Education and LifeLong Learning, 19(1), 2009.
Refereeing services for Applied Economics, Applied Energy, Applied Financial Economics, Ecological Economics,
Energy Economics, Energy Journal, Global Review of Business and Economics, International Journal of
Information and Operations Management Education, International Journal of Production Economics,
International Review of Economics and Finance, International Review of Economics Education, Journal of
Business Valuation and Economic Loss Analysis, Journal of Economics and Finance, Journal of Regional
Analysis and Policy, Natural Hazards.
Research Interest
Health Care Markets, Risk Analysis, Operations Management, and Time Series Econometrics
Refereed Publications
“Forecasting the Periodic Net Discount Rate with Genetic Programming,” with N.F. Wagner, Journal of Business
Valuation and Economic Loss Analysis, conditionally accepted
“Price Transmission and Pass-Through Effect in U.S. Alcoholic Beverage Industries,” with T.P. Ballinger and J.B.
Stine, International Journal of Economic and Social Research, forthcoming.
“Twister! Employment Responses to the 3 May 1999 Oklahoma City Tornado,” with B.T. Ewing and J.B. Kruse,
Applied Economics, 41(6), 2009, pp. 691-702.
“Hurricane Katrina and Economic Loss: An Alternative Measure of Economic Activity,” Journal of
Business Valuation and Economic Loss Analysis, 4(2), 2009, Article 5.
“A Multidisciplinary Plan for Executive Education and Life-Long Learning Programmes in Wind Science and
Engineering,” with B.T. Ewing and J.B. Kruse, International Journal of Continuing Engineering
Education and Life-Long Learning, 19(1), 2009, 74-81.
“Component Structure for Nonstationary Time Series: Application to Benchmark Oil Prices,” with R. Bhar and S.
Hammoudeh, International Review of Financial Analysis, 17(5), 2008, pp. 971-983.
“Threshold Cointegration Analysis of Crude Oil Benchmarks,” with S. Hammoudeh and B.T. Ewing, Energy
Journal, 29(4), 2008, pp. 79-95.
“Analysis of Time-Varying Turbulence in Geographically-Dispersed Wind Energy Markets,” with B.T. Ewing and
J.B. Kruse, Energy Sources, Part B: Economics, Planning and Policy, 3(4), 2008, pp. 340-347.
“Industrial Production, Volatility, and the Supply Chain,” with B.T. Ewing, International Journal of
Production Economics, 115(2), 2008, pp. 553-558.
“VAR and Generalized Impulse Response Analysis of Manufacturing Unit Labor Costs,” with B.T. Ewing,
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Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, 387(11), 2008, pp. 2575-2583.
“Examination and Comparison of Hispanic and White Unemployment Rates,” with B.T. Ewing, A.L. Reyes,
and J.C. Wetherbe, Journal of Business Valuation and Economic Loss Analysis, 3(1), 2008, Article 11.
“Transmission of Shocks among Health Care Sector Index Returns,” with B.T. Ewing and J.B. Kruse, Applied
Financial Economics Letters, 4(1), 2008, pp. 71-75.
“Are Adjustments in the Default Risk Premium Asymmetric?” Applied Economics, 39(21), 2007, pp. 26932698.
“Dynamic Cyclical Comovements of Oil Prices with Industrial Production, Consumer Prices, Unemployment and
Stock Prices,” with B.T. Ewing, Energy Policy, 35(11), 2007, pp. 5535-5540.
“Asymmetric Mean Reversion in Corporate Profits,” with B.T. Ewing, Applied Economics Letters, 14(13), 2007,
pp. 935-938.
“Symmetric and Asymmetric Stationarity Tests of Productivity,” with B.T. Ewing, Engineering Economist, 52(4),
2007, pp. 355-365. Article was highlighted in the December 2007 issue of Industrial Engineer magazine.
“Worker Compensation and Macroeconomic Shocks in Service- and Goods-Producing Sectors,” with B.T. Ewing,
International Journal of Services and Operations Management, 3(4), 2007, pp. 411-426.
“Using Volume to Forecast Stock Market Volatility around the Time of the 1929 Crash,” with B.T. Ewing and
M.A. Yanochik, Applied Financial Economics, 17(14), 2007, pp. 1123-1128.
“Macroeconomic Activity and the Compensation of Health Care Workers,” with B.T. Ewing and J.J.
Hoffman, Journal of Business Valuation and Economic Loss Analysis, 2(2), 2007, Article 2.
“The Short-Run Expansion Path for the Firm,” with C.T. Jones, Journal of Economic Education, 38(3), 2007,
pp. 325-330.
“Relative Forecasting Performance of REIT Return Volatility,” with B.T. Ewing and J.E. Payne,
Forecasting Letters, 1(3), 2007, Article 3.
“Do Flow Rates Respond Asymmetrically to Water Level? Evidence from the Edwards Aquifer,” with B.T. Ewing
and T. Kerr, Journal of Applied Statistics, 33(10), 2006, pp. 1121-1129.
“Is there Asymmetry in the Municipal Bond Risk Premium?” with J.B. Stine, Municipal Finance Journal, 27(3),
2006, pp. 35-44.
“Asymmetric Adjustment in the Prime Lending-Deposit Rate Spread,” Review of Financial Economics, 15(4),
2006, pp. 323-329.
“Modeling Volatility Changes in the 10-year Treasury,” with G. Covarrubias, B.T. Ewing, and S.E. Hein,
Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, 369(2), 2006, pp. 737-744.
“Examining Asymmetric Behavior in US Petroleum Futures and Spot Prices,” with B.T. Ewing and S.
Hammoudeh, Energy Journal, 27(3), 2006, pp. 9-23.
“Government Expenditures and Revenues: Evidence from Asymmetric Modeling,” with B.T. Ewing, J.E. Payne,
and O. Al-Zoubi, Southern Economic Journal, 73(1), 2006, pp. 190-200.
“Market Forces and Price Ceilings: A Classroom Experiment,” with J.B. Kruse and O. Ozdemir,
International Review of Economics Education, 4(2), 2005, pp. 73-86.
“On Conditional Volatility Transmission among Mutual Fund Portfolios,” with S.K. Jones, Applied Financial
Economics Letters, 1(6), 2005, pp. 339-342.
“Comparing the Impact of News: A Tale of Three Health Care Sectors,” with B.T. Ewing and J.B. Kruse, Journal
of Business Finance and Accounting, 32(7/8), 2005, pp. 1587-1611.
“Transmission of Employment Shocks Before and After the Oklahoma City Tornado,” with B.T. Ewing and
J.B. Kruse, Environmental Hazards, 6(4), 2005, pp. 181-188.
“Volatility Forecasting of Global REIT Returns,” with B.T. Ewing and J.E. Payne, Risk Letters, 1(2), 2005, Article
2.
“Empirical Examination of the Corpus Christi Unemployment Rate and Hurricane Bret,” with B.T. Ewing and
J.B. Kruse, Natural Hazards Review, 6(4), 2005, pp. 191-196.
“Forecasting the Volatility of Health Care Stocks,” with B.T. Ewing and J.B. Kruse, Revista Brasileira de
Economia de Empresas/Brazilian Journal of Business Economics, 4(2), 2004, pp. 7-18.
“Employment Dynamics and the Nashville Tornado,” with B.T. Ewing and J.B. Kruse, Journal of Regional
Analysis and Policy, 34(2), 2004, pp. 47-60.
“Corporate Bond Funds and Macroeconomic Shocks,” with S.K. Jones, Finance Letters, 2(5), 2004, pp. 11-15.
“Money Demand and Risk: A Classroom Experiment,” with B.T. Ewing and J.B. Kruse, Journal of
Economic Education, 35(3), 2004, pp. 243-250.
“Valuing Low Probability Risk: Survey and Experimental Evidence,” with J.B. Kruse, Journal of Economic
Behavior and Organization, 50(4), 2003, pp. 495-505.
“A Comparison of Employment Growth and Stability Before and After the Fort Worth Tornado,” with B.T.
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Ewing and J.B. Kruse, Environmental Hazards, 5(3-4), 2003, pp. 83-91.
“Unit Roots and Asymmetric Adjustment: Implications for Valuing Fringe Benefits,” with B.T. Ewing, J.E.
Payne, and M.J. Piette, Journal of Forensic Economics, 15(2), 2002, pp. 173-179.
“A Comparison of Salient Rewards in Experiments: Money and Class Points,” with J.B. Kruse, Economics Letters,
74(1),
2001,
pp.
113-117.
Book Chapters, Proceedings, and Editorials
“Introduction,” with B.T. Ewing, Special Issue on Multidisciplinary Aspects of Executive Education:
Engineering, Management, and Economics, International Journal of Continuing Engineering
Education and Life-Long Learning, 19(1), 2009, pp. 1-3.
“OPEC Dilemma: Which Way to Go?” with S. Hammoudeh, Zawya Community Blogs, October 19, 2008.
“Lessons Learned from the Current Crisis,” with S. Hammoudeh, Middle East Economic Survey, October 6, 2008.
A slightly different version posted on Zawya Community Blogs, October 7, 2008.
“Oil Price Speculators and US Regulation,” with S. Hammoudeh, Middle East Economic Survey, August 11,
2008.
“Wind Hazard Risk Perception: An Experimental Test,” with J.B. Kruse and B.T. Ewing, in T. Cherry, S. Kroll, and
J. Shogren (eds.), Environmental Economics, Experimental Methods, Routledge, 2008, pp. 395-406.
“American Behavioral Adjustments to Higher Gasoline Prices,” with S. Hammoudeh, Zawya Community Blogs,
June 22, 2008.
“Asymmetry in Dubai Oil Spreads,” with S. Hammoudeh, Middle East Economic Survey, January 28, 2008.
“Spreads, Cycles and Trends in Oil Benchmarks,” with S. Hammoudeh, Zawya Community Blogs,
November 8, 2007.
“Response of Building Costs to Unexpected Changes in Real Economic Activity and Risk,” with B.T. Ewing and
D. Liang, in M. Adams and A. Alkhafaji (eds.), Business Research Yearbook: Global Business
Perspectives, 2006, pp. 251-255.
“Analysis of Local Labor Market Responses to Tornadoes,” with B.T. Ewing and J.B. Kruse, in B.T. Ewing and
J.B. Kruse (eds.), Economics and Wind, Nova Science Publishing, 2006, pp. 25-34.
“What Does Cutting the Grocery Sales Tax Really Mean?” with G.L. Hamilton, Talk Business with Roby Brock,
December 20, 2006.
“SFA’s Nelson Rusche College of Business Contribution to Nacogdoches’ Economy,” with B.T. Ewing, The
Daily Sentinel, November 6, 2005. Report prepared for SFASU College of Business and TTU Center
for Professional Development, 2005.
“Transmission of Labor Market Risk: Evidence from the May 3, 1999 Oklahoma City Tornado,” with B.T. Ewing
and J.B. Kruse, Proceedings of the 10th Americas Conference on Wind Engineering, 2005.
“Surplus,” in The Encyclopedia of Capitalism, S. Hussain (ed.), Facts On File, 2004.
“Labor Market Responses to Tornadoes,” with B.T. Ewing and J.B. Kruse, Proceedings of the 11th
International Conference on Wind Engineering, 2003.
“The Oklahoma City Tornado Outbreak: A Wind Damage-Economic Loss Interface,” with J. Kruse, R. Peterson, E.
Shaw, K. Simmons and D. Smith, Proceedings of the Americas Conference on Wind Engineering, 2001.
“Radar-Derived Analysis of the 3 May 1999 Oklahoma City Tornado and Comparison to Damage Estimates,”
with J. Kruse, R. Peterson, E. Shaw, K. Simmons and D. Smith, Proceedings of the Americas
Conference on Wind Engineering, 2001.
Working Papers
“Time Series Analysis of Transaction Prices in Health Care Services,” with B.T. Ewing and E. Frezza, invited
to revise/resubmit to International Journal of Healthcare Technology and Management.
“VARMA-GARCH Modeling of Precious Metals Volatility,” with S. Hammoudeh and Y. Yuan, invited to
revise/resubmit to International Review of Economics and Finance.
“A State-Level Analysis of Business Cycle Asymmetry,” with B.T.
Ewing. “Dynamic Cyclical Relationships among Oil Benchmarks and US
Macroeconomy,” with R. Bhar and S. Hammoudeh. “Using the State
Economic Freedom Index to Explain Variation in the State Coincidence
Index of Economic Performance,” with M.D. Stroup. “Natural Disasters
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and Health Care: Differences in Rural and Urban Communities,” with B.T.
Ewing and
J.B. Kruse. “Health Care Activity Index,” with B.T. Ewing.
Reports
Augusta Economic Commentary (monthly) and Regional Footprints (quarterly), ASU Hull College of
Business, 2008-2009.
“Economic and Fiscal Impacts of Arkansas Performance-Based Incentives 2003-2005: An Assessment,” with G.L.
Hamilton, prepared for Arkansas Division of Legislative Audit, Legislative Joint Auditing Committee,
Report ID: PSPE02906, 2007.
Arkansas Economic Outlook (quarterly) and Research Update (monthly), UALR Institute for Economic
Advancement, 2006-2007.
Prepared a series of reports for U.S. Department of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and
Technology, with B.T. Ewing and J.B. Kruse, 2002-2005.
Awards & Honors
Augusta Metro Chamber’s Top 10 in 10 Young Professionals to
Watch, 2009. Featured in Augusta magazine, June/July
2009. Leadership Augusta, Class of 2009. National Science
Foundation, SGER, “Collecting Economic Impact Data:
Implications for Disaster Areas and Host Regions,” Senior
Personnel, 2005-2006. Teaching Excellence Award,
Department of Economics & Finance, Stephen F. Austin
State University, 2005. Faculty Development Grant, Stephen
F. Austin State University, 2005. Omicron Delta Epsilon,
2003.
Courses Taught
Domestic & Global Business Conditions (HOM MBA)
Operations Management & Management Science (HOM MBA)
Business Statistics (undergraduate level)
Managerial Economics (MBA and undergraduate level)
Microeconomics (intermediate and principles level)
National & International Economics for Managers (MBA)
Regional Economics (MBA)
Regional Business Climate (MBA and undergraduate level)
International Business (Study Abroad in Ecuador)
Other Professional Activities
Conference presentations include Public Choice Society Meetings, Southern Economic Association Meetings,
Southern Regional Science Association Meetings, University of Arkansas-Little Rock Economic Forecast
Conference, University of Georgia Augusta Regional Economic Outlook, Western Economic Association
International Meetings.
Serve as session chair and discussant at several conferences.
Invited Seminars/Workshops include Appalachian State University, Augusta State University, Baylor University,
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Georgia Council of Economic Education, Texas Tech University, UALR Institute for Economic
Advancement.
Community presentations to various professional and civic groups.
Media coverage/interviews for Arkansas Business, Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, ASU Bell Ringer, ASU Reports-On
Air, Augusta Chronicle, KTHV-TV (CBS Little Rock), Metro Spirit (Augusta), Talk Business with Roby
Brock (Little Rock), Wall Street Journal, WACG-FM 90.7 (Georgia Public Broadcasting), WAGT-TV (NBC
Augusta), WJBF-TV (ABC Augusta), WNRR-AM 1230 “People and Issues with Helen”, WRDW-TV (CBS
Augusta), WRDW-AM 1630 “Buzz on Biz”, WTHB-AM 1550 “Speaking with…”
Guest Columnist, Augusta Chronicle (Your Business section), 2007-2009.
Developed the Augusta Tourism Activity Index, a monthly measure of tourism activity in Columbia and
Richmond counties sponsored by the Augusta Metro Convention and Visitors Bureau, 2008.
Developed the Greater Augusta Economic Activity Index, a monthly measure of economic activity for the AugustaAiken MSA economy, 2007.
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