ALLISON W

Allison W. Pearson

W.L. Giles Distinguished Professor of Management

Richard C. Adkerson Notable Scholar

Grisham Master Teacher

College of Business







04/07/10









ADDRESS





Office: Department of Management Home: 311 Canterbury Road

& Information Systems Starkville, MS 39759

P.O. Box 9581 662.324.7806

302 G McCool Hall 662.769.1542

Mississippi State University

Mississippi State, MS 39762

662.325.7015

allison.pearson@msstate.edu



website: http://misweb.cbi.msstate.edu/~COBI/faculty/professor.shtml?apearson









EDUCATION





Ph.D., 1993

Major: Organizational Behavior & Human Resources Management

Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama



M.B.A., 1987

Major: Industrial Management

University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, Mississippi





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B.S., 1985

Major: Industrial Management

University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, Mississippi









RESEARCH Allison W. Pearson





JOURNAL ARTICLES





Chrisman, J.J., Chua, J.H., Pearson, A.W., and Barnett, T. 2010. Family involvement, family

influence, and family-centered non-economic goals in small firms. Entrepreneurship

Theory and Practice , 35, forthcoming.



Ralston, D.A., & Pearson, A.W. 2010. "The Cross-Cultural Evolution of the Subordinate

Influence Ethics Measure." Journal of Business Ethics, forthcoming.



Otondo, R., Pearson, A., Pearson, R., Shaw, J.,Shim, J. 2010. Managerial Problem-Solving in

the Adoption of Radio Frequency Identification Technologies. European Journal of

Information Systems. forthcoming.



Otondo, R. F., Barnett, T. , Kellermanns, F. Pearson, A. and Pearson, R. 2009. Assessing

Information Technology Use over Time with Growth Modeling and Hierarchical Linear

Modeling: A Tutorial. Communications of the Association for Information Systems,

Volume 25.



Pearson, A.W., Carr, J.C., & Shaw, J. 2008. Toward a theory of Familiness: A social capital

perspective. Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, November, 949-969.



Kellermanns, F.W., Floyd, S.W., Pearson, A.W. & Spencer, B. 2008. The contingent effect of

constructive confrontation on the relationship between shared mental models and decision

quality." Journal of Organizational Behavior, 29, 1-19.



Kellermanns, F.W., Eddleston, K.A., Barnett, T., & Pearson, A.W. 2008. An exploratory study

of family member characteristics and involvement: Effects on entrepreneurial behavior in

the family firm. Family Business Review, 21, 1.





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Carson, C., Mosely, D., Boyar, S. & Pearson, A.W. 2008. "A production self-efficacy scale: An

exploratory study". Journal of Managerial Issues, 20, 2, 272-285.



Ensley, M.D., Pearson, A.W. & Sardeshmukh, S.R. 2007. "The negative consequences of pay

dispersion in family and non-family top management teams: An exploratory analysis of

new venture, high growth firms." Journal of Business Research, 60, 1039-1047.



Moore, R.S., Moore, M., Grimes, P.W., Millea, M.J., Lehman, M., Pearson, A.W., Liddell, P., &

Thomas, M.K. 2007. "Developing an intervention bridging program for at-risk students

before the traditional pre-freshman summer program." College Student Journal, 41, 10,

151-159.





Carson, C.M., Mosely, D.C., Maertz, C.P., & Pearson, A.W. 2006. "Assessment of the validity

of Netemeyer et al's (1996) WFC and FWC Scales." The Journal of Conflict

Management, 17, 1.



Barnett, T., Kellermanns, F., Pearson, A., & Pearson, R. 2006-2007. "Measuring information

system usage: Replication and extension.” The Journal of Computer Information Systems,

47, 2, 76-85.



Hassan, A.M., Kunz, M.B., Pearson, A.W., & Mohamed, F. 2006. “Conceptualization and

measurement of perceived risk in online shopping.” Marketing Management Journal, 16,

1, 138-147.



Carr, J.C., Pearson, A.W., Vest, M.J., & Boyar, S.L. 2006. Prior Occupational Experience,

Anticipatory Socialization, and Employee Retention, Journal of Management, 32, 2,

1-17.



Boyar, S.L., Maertz, C.P., & Pearson, A.W. 2005. "The effects of work-family conflict and

family-work conflict on non-attendance behaviors." Journal of Business Research, 58, 7,

919-927.



Pearson, A.W., & Ensley, M.D. "Towering Patriarchs." 2005. Robb Report/ Worth, 40.



Ensley, M.D. & Pearson, A.W. 2005. "An exploratory comparison of the behavioral dynamics of

top management teams in new ventures: cohesion, conflict, potency, and consensus."

Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, 29, 3, 267-284.



Morrow, J.L., Hansen, M.H., & Pearson, A.W. 2004. "The cognitive and affective antecedents of

general trust in a strategic alliance." Journal of Managerial Issues, 16,1, 48-64.



Boyar, S.L., Maertz, C.P., Pearson, A.W., & Keough, S. 2003. "Work-Family conflict: A model

of linkages between work and family domain variables and turnover intentions." Journal

of Managerial Issues, 15, 2, 175-191.

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Pearson, A.W., Ensley, M.D., & Amason, A.C. 2003. "An assessment and refinement of Jehn's

(1995) intragroup conflict scale (ICS)." International Journal of Conflict Management,

13, 2, 110-127.



Ensley, M. D., Pearson, A. W., & Pearce, C. 2003. "Top management team process and new

venture performance: A theoretical model and research agenda." Human Resource

Management Review, 13, 2, 329-347



Ensley, M.D., Pearson, A.W., & Amason, A.C. 2002. "Understanding the dynamics of the

entrepreneurial team: Cohesion, conflict, and new venture performance." Journal of

Business Venturing, 17, 265-386.



Hochwarter, W.A., Pearson, A.W., Ferris, G.R., Perrewe, P.L., & Ralston, D.A. 2001. A re-

examination of Schriesheim and Hinkins 1990 measure of upward influence.

Educational and Psychological Measurement, 60, 5, 755-773.



Salisbury, W.D., Pearson, R.A., Pearson, A.W., & Miller, D. 2001.Investigating web shopping

adoption in terms of perceived risk: Developing a scale to measure perceived web

security. Industrial Management and Data Systems, 101, 4.



Chin, W., Salisbury, W.D., Pearson, A.W. & Stollak, M. 1999. Perceived cohesion in small

groups: Adapting and testing the perceived cohesion scale in a small group setting.

Small Group Research, 30, 6, 751-766.



Hochwarter, W.A., Zellars, K.L., Perrewe, P.L., & Harrison, A.W. 1999. The interactive role of

negative affectivity and job characteristics: Are high NA employees destined to be

unhappy at work? Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 29, 10, 2203-2218.



Harrison, A.W., Hochwarter, W.A., Perrewe, P. & Ralston, D. 1998. The ingratiation construct:

An assessment of the validity of the measure of ingratiatory behaviors in organizational

settings (MIBOS). Journal of Applied Psychology, 83,6, 932-943.



Harrison, A.W., Rainer, R.K., Jr., & Hochwarter, W.A. 1997. Gender differences in computing

activities. Journal of Social Behavior and Personality, 12, 4, 849-868.



Harrison, A.W., Rainer, R.K., Jr., Hochwarter, W.A., & Thompson, K.T. 1996. Testing the self-

efficacy - performance linkage of social cognitive theory. Journal of Social Psychology,

137, 1, 79-87.



Jones, M. and Harrison, A.W. 1996. IS project team performance: An empirical assessment.

Information and Management, 31, 57-65.



Hochwarter, W.A., Harrison, A.W., and Amason, A.C. (1996). Testing a second order

multidimensional model of negative affectivity. Educational and Psychological

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Measurement, 56, 5, 791-808.



Harrison, A.W., and Rainer, R.K., Jr. 1995. Development of a general measure of end-user

computing satisfaction. Computers in Human Behavior, 12, 1, 79-92.



Hochwarter, W.A., Amason, A.C., and Harrison, A.W. 1995. Negative affectivity as a moderator

of in the inequity-turnover relationship. Journal of Social Behavior and Personality, 10,

4, 757-770.



Amason, A.C., Thompson, K.T., Hochwarter, W.A. and Harrison, A.W. 1995. Conflict: An

important dimension in successful management teams. Organizational Dynamics, Fall

23 (2), 20 -34.



Rainer, Jr., R.K. and Harrison, A.W. 1993. Toward development of the end user computing

construct. Decision Sciences, 24, 1187-1205.



Sutton, C.D. and Harrison, A.W. 1993. Validity assessment of compliance, identification, and

internalization as dimensions of organizational commitment. Educational and

Psychological Measurement, 53, 217-223.



Harrison, A.W. and Rainer, Jr., R.K. 1992. An examination of the factor structures and

concurrent validities for the computer attitudes scale, the computer anxiety rating scale,

and the computer self-efficacy scale. Educational and Psychological Measurement, 52,

3, 735-745.



Harrison, A.W. and Rainer, Jr., R.K. 1992. The influence of individual differences on skill in

end-user computing. Journal of Management Information Systems, 9, 1, 93-111.



Oswald, S.L. and Harrison, A.W. 1992. Strategic issues for hospitals: Key operating variables

as predictors of financial failure. Journal of Non-Profit and Public Sector Marketing, 1,

4, 24-33.



Oswald, S.L., Harrison, A.W., and Woerner, W.W. 1992. Drug testing: Implications for unions.

Journal of Business Strategy, 9, 1, 27-37.



Oswald, S.L. and Harrison, A.W. 1992. Correlating strategic variables to hospital risk of failure.

International Journal of Health Care Quality Assurance, 5, 3, 12-18.







BOOK CHAPTER





Harrison, A.W. and Rainer, Jr., R.K. (1993). The effects of individual differences on user

satisfaction. In Human Factors in Information Systems, Jane M. Carey (Ed.); ABLEX.



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PROCEEDINGS





Sutton, C.D., Harrison, A.W., and Woerner, W.W. An examination and test of compliance,

identification, and internalization as dimensions of organizational commitment.

Proceedings of the 1990 Southern Management Association.



Oswald, S.L., Harrison, A.W., and Woerner, W.W. Strategic issues for hospitals: Key operating

variables as predictors of financial failure. Proceedings of the 1990 Southern

Management Association.



Harrison, A.W. and Rainer, Jr., R.K. The effects of individual differences on user satisfaction.

Proceedings of the Fourth Symposium on Human Factors in Information Systems.



Harrison, A.W. and Rainer, Jr., R.K. Computer training: Determining who and how.

Proceedings of the 1992 Southern Management Association.



Harrison, A. W. and Rainer, Jr., R.K. Toward development of the end user satisfaction construct.

Proceedings of the 1994 Southern Management Association.





Harrison, A. W. Work group effectiveness: A structural equations analysis of the effects of

individual differences. Proceedings of the 1994 Southern Management Association.



Amason, A.C. and Harrison, A.W. Good or bad or good and bad? Measuring functional and

dysfunctional conflict in strategic decision making teams. Proceedings of the 1995

Southern Management Association.



Hochwarter, W.A., Harrison, A.W., Ralston, D., & Perrewe, P. The predictors and components of

ingratiation: An examination and extension. Proceedings of the 1996 Southern

Management Association.



Ensley, M. D., Pearson, A.W. Understanding the dynamics of the entrepreneurial team: Group

process and new venture performance. Proceedings of the 1998 Southern Management

Association



Salisbury, W.D., Pearson, R.A., and Harrison, A. W. Who's afraid of the world wide web? An

initial investigation into the relative impact of two salient beliefs on web shopping intent.

Proceedings of the 1998 Association for Information Systems Americans Conference.



Salisbury, W. D., Pearson, R. A., Harrison A.H., and Miller, D. W. Identifying Barriers That Keep

Shoppers Off the World Wide Web: Developing a Scale to Measure Perceived Web

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Security. 1999 Proceedings of the Southern Management Association Meeting



Pearson, A.W., Morrow, J.L., Carr, J.C., & Hansen, M.H. The collective mind of the

organization: An examination of the shared mental model of the trust process. 2000

Proceedings of the Southern Management Association Meeting.



Ralston, D.A., and Pearson, A.W. "Measuring interpersonal political influence in organizations:

The development of a cross-cultural instrument of upward influence strategies. Proceedings

of the 2003 Southern Management Association, Clearwater Beach, FL.



Ensley, M.D., Carr. J.C., Pearson, A.W., & Sajasalo, P. "New venture team dynamics: When do

cultural individualism-collectivism norms make a difference?" Proceedings of the 2004

Southern Management Association. Atlanta, GA



Bergiel, E. and Pearson, A.W. "Shared mental models and group process." Proceedings of the

2006 Southern Management Association, Clearwater, FL



Mosley, D.C., Boyar, S.L., Carson, C.M., & Pearson, A.W. " Development and Validation of the

Production Self-efficacy Scale." Proceedings of the 2006 Southwest Academy of

Management Annual Meeting.







PAPER PRESENTATIONS





Sutton, C.D., Harrison, A.W., and Woerner, W.W. An examination and test of compliance,

identification, and internalization as dimensions of organizational commitment. 1990

Southern Management Association; Orlando, Florida.



Oswald, S.L., Harrison, A.W., and Woerner, W.W. Strategic issues for hospitals: Key operating

variables as predictors of financial failure. 1990 Southern Management Association;

Orlando, Florida.



Harrison, A.W. and Rainer, Jr., R.K. The effects of individual differences on user satisfaction.

Fourth Symposium on Human Factors in Information Systems. Phoenix, Arizona;

February, 1992.



Harrison, A.W. and Rainer, Jr., R.K. Computer training: Determining who and how. 1991

Southern Management Association. New Orleans, Louisiana.



Harrison, A.W. and Rainer, Jr., R.K. Sex typing in computing. 1993 Academy of Management;

Atlanta, Georgia. Chosen as Distinctive Paper



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Harrison, A.W. and Rainer, Jr., R.K. Toward development of the end user satisfaction construct.

1994 Southern Management Association Meeting; New Orleans, Louisiana.



Harrison, A. W. Work group effectiveness: A structural equations analysis of the effects of

individual differences. 1994 Southern Management Association Meeting; New Orleans,

Louisiana.



Hochwarter, W.C., Harrison, A.W., and Amason, A.C. Testing a second order multidimensional

model of negative affectivity: A cross validation study using hierarchical confirmatory

factor analysis. 1995 Academy of Management; Vancouver, Canada.



Amason, A.C. and Harrison, A.W. Good or bad or good and bad? Measuring functional and

dysfunctional conflict in strategic decision making teams. 1995 Southern Management

Association; Orlando, Florida.



Hochwarter, W.A., Harrison, A.W., Ralston, D., & Perrewe, P. The predictors and components of

ingratiation: An examination and extension. 1996 Southern Management Association;

New Orleans, Louisiana.



Hochwarter, W.A., Zellars, K.L., Perrewe, P.L., & Harrison, A.W. Destined to be unhappy at

work? The interactive role of negative affectivity and job characteristics. 1997 Academy of

Management Meeting; Boston, Massachusetts.



Ensley, M.D. & Pearson, A.W. Understanding the dynamics of the entrepreneurial team: Group

process and new venture performance. 1998 Southern Management Association, New

Orleans, Louisiana.



Perrewe, P.L., Hochwarter, W.A., Harrison, A.W., Ralston, D. A Re-examination of

Schriesheim and Hinkin's 1990 measure of upward influence. 1999 Society for Industrial

and Organizational Psychology.

Salisbury, W.D., Pearson, R.A., & Harrison, A.W. Who's afraid of the world wide web? An initial

investigation into the relative impact of two salient beliefs on web shopping intent. 1998

Association for Information Systems Americas Conference, Baltimore, MD.



Salisbury, W. D., Pearson, R. A., Harrison A.W., and Miller, D. W. Identifying Barriers That

Keep Shoppers Off the World Wide Web: Developing a Scale to Measure Perceived Web

Security. Presented at 1999 Southern Management Association Meeting, Communication,

Information Systems, Technology and Production Track.



Carr, J.C. & Pearson, A.W. Using paradox to resolve temporal and non-temporal theoretical

tensions in realistic job preview and expectations research: A theoretical development.

Presented at the 2000 Academy of Management, Toronto, Canada, August 2000



Morrow, J.L., Hansen, M.H., Pearson, A.W. The cognitive and affective antecedents of general

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trust in a strategic alliance. Presented at the 2000 Academy of Management, Toronto,

Canada, August 2000.



Pearson, A.W., Amason, A.C., & Ensley, M.D. An examination of the Intragroup conflict scale.

Presentation to the 2001 Academy of Management meeting.



Ensley, M.D. and Pearson, A.W. " A comparison of the behavioral processes of top management

teams in family and non-family firms: Cohesion, conflict, potency, and consensus."

Presentation at The 3rd Conference on Theories of the Family Enterprise: Search for a

Paradigm, December, 2003, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada.



Carr, J.C., Pearson, A.W., Vest, M.J., & Boyar, S. "Expectations, perceived congruence, and

occupational experience effects on voluntary turnover." 2003 Academy of Management,

Seattle, WA.



Carr, J.C., Ensley, M.D., Pearson, A.W., Vest, M.J., Boyar, S.L., & Mosley, D.C. "Voluntary

hostile turnover: occupational experience and fit effects in high turnover environments."

2004 Academy of Management, New Orleans, LA.



Kellermanns, F.W., Pearson, A.W., Spencer, B., & Floyd, S. "The interactive effects of shared

mental models and constructive confrontation on perceived decision quality in teams."

2005 Academy of Management Meeting.



Ensley, M.D., Pearson, A.W., & Sardishmuh, S. "Pay dispersion in top management teams." 2006

Family Enterprise Resource Conference, Niagara Canada. Best Paper - First Runner Up.



Kellermanns, F.W., Eddleston, K., Barnett, T., & Pearson, A.W. "Family member characteristics

and involvement: Effects on entrepreneurial behavior in the family firm". 2007 Academy

of Management Meeting, Honolulu, Hawaii.



Pearson, A.W., Carr, J.C., & Shaw, J. "Clarifying the familiness construct: A social capital

perspective". 2007 Theories of the Family Firm Conference, Starkville, MS.



Kellermanns, F. W., Eddleston, K., Barnett, T. & Pearson, A. 2007."Family member

characteristics and involvement: Effect on entrepreneurial behavior in the family firm.

2007 IFERA - Special Issue Conference, Wiesbaden, Germany.



Otondo, R.F., Pearson, A.W., Pearson, R. P., Shaw, J.C., & Shim, J. P. 2008. “Managerial

perceptions in adoption of emergency technologies: A qualitative study of the furniture

industry managers.” Qualitative Research in Management and Organisation Conference,

Albuquerque,NM.



Barnett, T., Pearson, A., Chrisman, J. & Chua, J. 2008. “An empirical assessment of the essence

and components approaches for defining family business and their relationship with value

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creation goals.” Theories of the Family Firm, Edmonton, Canada.



Debicki, B., Barnett, T., Kellermanns, F., Pearson, A., & Pearson, R. 2008. “Proximal and distal

consequences of goal orientation.” Academy of Management Meeting, Anaheim, CA.



Carskadon, T.C., Heiselt, A., Raven, M., & Pearson, A. 2008. “Day One Leadership

Community”. 2008 National First Year Experience Conference, San Francisco, CA.



Smith, M., Pearson, A.W., Heiselt, A., & Moore, M. 2009. “Day One Leadership Community –

The Second Year”. 2009 National First Year Experience Conference, Orlando, FL



Pearson, A.W., & Carr, J.C. 2009. "The central role of trust in social capital of the family firm".

The University of St. Thomas Conference on Family Capital, Family Business and Free

Enterprise. Minneapolis, MN. DBS.



Pearson, A.W. 2009. "A leadership perspective of stewardship in family firms". 2009 Theories

of the Family Firm Conference, Boston, MA. DBS.



Pearson, A.W. & Carr, J.C. 2009. "Social capital theory of the family firm". 2009 Research

Exemplars Conference, Storrs, CT. DBS.









RESEARCH AWARDS

1999. Researcher of the Year Award, College of Business.



2005. Louis A. Hurst, Jr. Outstanding Faculty Award, College of Business and Industry.

Awarded for the best combination of research, teaching and service.



2008. Louis A. Hurst, Jr. Outstanding Faculty Award, College of Business and Industry.

Awarded for the best combination of research, teaching, and service.



2009. Distinguished Service Award, Family Enterprise Research Conference.



2009. W.L. Giles Distinguished Professor.



2009. Selected as Entrepreneurship Research Exemplars by The Academy of Management and The

Connecticut Center for Entrepreneurship & Innovation (CCEI), for the published paper entitled “Toward a Theory of

Familiness: A Social Capital Perspective”, selected by the Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice editors as the

Exemplar paper for 2009.









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TEACHING Allison W. Pearson









1993-2009 Professor of Management

Department of Management and Information Systems

College of Business and Industry

Mississippi State University



COURSES TAUGHT





Undergraduate Graduate

Principles of Management Doctoral Seminar in Organizational Behavior

Organizational Behavior Doctoral Seminar in Human Resources

Leadership MBA Survey of Management

Human Resources Management MBA Leadership

Labor Relations MBA Organizational Behavior

Organizational Theory

Management Seminar

Production and Operations Management

Statistics

Organizational Communication

Compensation

Field Study in Entrepreneurship



TEACHING SUMMARY



Allison W. Pearson

1993-2008*



Semester Year Course Course Title # of Evaluation

Students Average

(5-pt scale)

Fall 2009 MGT3114 Principles of Mgt. & Product. 205

Fall 2009 MGT3114 Principles of Mgt. & Product 135

Fall 2009 MGT3333 Field Study in Entrepreneurship 15

Fall 2009 MGT6990 Field Study in Entrepreneurship 6



Spring 2009 MGT3114 Principles of Mgt. & Product. 194 4.3

Spring 2009 MGT3114 Principles of Mgt. & Product. 143 4.5



Fall 2008 MGT3114 Principles of Mgt. & Product. 176 4.4



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Fall 2008 GLC1002 Day One Leadership Community 276



Spring 2008 MGT3114 Principles of Mgt. & Product. 135 4.4

Spring 2008 MGT3114 Principles of Mgt. & Product. 198 4.3



Semester Year Course Course Title # of Evaluation

Students Average

(5-pt scale)

Fall 2007 MGT 3114 Principles of Mgt. & Product. 190 4.4

Fall 2007 GLC 1002 Day One Leadership Community** 225



Spring 2007 MGT 8063 Survey of Management 49 4.8

Spring 2007 MGT 3114 Principles of Mgt. & Product. 226 4.5

Spring 2007 MGT 3114 Principles of Mgt. & Product. 122 4.3



Fall 2006 MGT 3114 Principles of Mgt. & Product. 220 4.4

Fall 2006 MGT 3114 Principles of Mgt. & Product. 115 4.5



Spring 2006 MGT 3114 Principles of Mgt. & Product. 200 4.4

Spring 2006 MGT 3114 Principles of Mgt. & Product. 106 4.3



Fall 2005 MGT 3114 Principles of Mgt. & Product. 193 4.3

Fall 2005 MGT 3114 Principles of Mgt. & Product.



Spring 2005 MGT 3114 Principles of Mgt. & Product. 193 4.2

Spring 2005 MGT 3114 Principles of Mgt. & Product. 114 4.2



Fall 2004 MGT 3114 Principles of Mgt. & Product. 191

Fall 2004 MGT 3114 Principles of Mgt. & Product. 67



Summer 2004 MGT 3114 Principles of Mgt. & Product. 40 4.4



Spring 2004 MGT 3114 Principles of Mgt. & Product. 211 4.4

Spring 2004 MGT 3114 Principles of Mgt. & Product. 93 4.3



Fall 2003 MGT 3114 Principles of Mgt. & Product. 220 4.3

Fall 2003 MGT 3114 Principles of Mgt. & Product. 160 4.1



Summer 2003 MGT 3114 Principles of Mgt. & Product. 60 4.5



Spring 2003 MGT 3114 Principles of Mgt. & Product. 230 4.3

Spring 2003 MGT 3114 Principles of Mgt. & Product. 150 4.3



Fall 2002 MGT3114 Principles of Mgt. & Product. 230 4.5

Fall 2002 MGT3114 Principles of Mgt. & Product. 175 4.3



Summer 2002 MGT3114 Principles of Mgt. & Product. 70 4.5



Spring 2002 MGT3114 Principles of Mgt. & Product. 230 4.3



Spring 2002 MGT3114 Principles of Mgt. & Product. 150 4.5



Fall 2001 MGT3114 Principles of Mgt. & Product. 195 4.5

Fall 2001 MGT3114 Principles of Mgt. & Product. 168 4.2

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Summer 2001 MGT8112 Leadership Skills 25

Summer 2001 MGT3114 Principles of Mgt. & Product.** 75



Semester Year Course Course Title # of Evaluation

Students Average

(5-pt scale)

Spring 2001 MGT8112-01 Leadership Skills 28 4.7

Spring 2001 MGT8112-02 Leadership Skills 13 4.6

Spring 2001 MGT8112-V02 Leadership Skills 5 4.2

Spring 2001 MGT8112-501 Leadership Skills 15 4.7

Spring 2001 MGT3413 Production Management 96 4.4



Fall 2000 MGT8112 Leadership Skills 28 4.6

Fall 2000 MGT8112 Leadership Skills 28 4.5

Fall 2000 MGT7000 Directed Individual Study 1

Fall 2000 MGT9000 Research and Dissertation 1



Summer 2000 MGT8112 Leadership Skills 26 4.7

Summer 2000 MGT3113 Principles of Management 51 4.7



Spring 2000 MGT8112 Leadership Skills 22 4.6

Spring 2000 MGT8112 Leadership Skills 24 4.6

Spring 2000 MGT8813 Organizational Behavior 21 4.7

Spring 2000 MGT9000 Research and Dissertation 1



Fall 1999 MGT8112-01 Leadership Skills 27 4.5

Fall 1999 MGT8112-02 Leadership Skills 21 4.5

Fall 1999 MGT8112-201 Leadership Skills 10

Fall 1999 MGT8112-501 Leadership Skills 8

Fall 1999 MGT7000 Directed Individual Study 1

Fall 1999 MGT8000 Research and Thesis 1

Fall 1999 MGT9000 Research and Dissertation 1



Spring 1999 MGT4153 Management Seminar 26 4.8

Spring 1999 MGT8112 Leadership Skills 22 4.6

Spring 1999 MGT8813 Organizational Behavior 18 4.5



Fall 1998 MGT8112 Leadership Skills 23

Fall 1998 MGT8112 Leadership Skills 22

Fall 1998 MGT4153 Management Seminar 27 4.5



Summer 1998 MGT8112 Leadership Skills 24 4.5

Summer 1998 MGT8063 Survey of Management 11



Spring 1998 MGT4153 Management Seminar 25 4.8

Spring 1998 MGT8112 Leadership Skills 24



Fall 1997 MGT4153 Management Seminar 20 4.5

Fall 1997 MGT8112 Leadership Skills 20

Fall 1997 MGT8112 Leadership Skills 20



Summer 1997 MGT3113 Principles of Management 30

Summer 1997 MGT4153 Management Seminar 10

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Summer 1997 MGT8112 Leadership Skills 15

Summer 1997 MGT8112 Leadership Skills 15



Semester Year Course Course Title # of Evaluation

Students Average

(5-pt scale)





Spring 1997 MGT4153 Management Seminar 25 4.9

Spring 1997 MGT9513 Doctoral Seminar in HR 8 4.6



Fall 1996 MGT3113 Principles of Management 200 4.3





Fall 1996 MGT4153 Management Seminar 20 4.7



Summer 1996 MGT3513 Introduction to HRM 45

Summer 1996 MGT4153 Management Seminar 12



Spring 1996 MGT9813 Doctoral Seminar in OB** 8

Spring 1996 MGT3813 Organizational Behavior 50



Fall 1995 MGT3113 Principles of Management 200 4.5

Fall 1995 MGT4153 Management Seminar 25 4.4



Summer 1995 MGT3113 Principles of Management 50

Summer 1995 MGT4153 Management Seminar 10



Spring 1995 MGT9513 Doctoral Seminar in HRM** 14

Spring 1995 MGT3813 Organizational Behavior** 50 4.6

Spring 1995 MGT4153 Management Seminar 20

Spring 1995 MGT4153 Management Seminar 18



Fall 1994 MGT3113 Principles of Management 200 4.6

Fall 1994 MGT4153 Management Seminar 25 4.5



Summer 1994 MGT3213 Organizational Communication 45 4.5

Summer 1994 MGT4153 Management Seminar 10 4.5



Spring 1994 MGT4153 Management Seminar 20

Spring 1994 MGT4153 Management Seminar 20



Fall 1993 MGT3513 Introduction to HRM 75 4.2

Fall 1993 MGT4553 Collective Bargaining 30 4.4





* Mississippi State University does not conduct teaching evaluations every semester.

Evaluations are provided for every semester evaluations were conducted. The average evaluation reported is an average of the responses

to the ten evaluation questions. Scores range from 1 - 5, where 5=strongly agree and 1= strongly disagree.

** New Course: developed and taught









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DISSERTATION COMMITTEES





Completed:

Dr. Hwiseok Kim (1995)

Dr. Ahmad Zohdi Abd. Hamid (1995)

Dr. Michael Ensley (1997)

Dr. Chun-ShengYu (1998)

Dr. Richard Churchman (1998)

Dr. Jeff Periat (2000)

Dr. Jon Carr (2001)

Dr. Tammy Arthur (2002)

Dr. Jeff Brice (2002)

Dr. Don Mosely (2002)

Dr. Scott Boyar (2002)

Dr. Regina Fultz (2002)

Dr. David Miller (2003)

Dr. Ahmad Hassan (2004)

Dr. Erich Bergiel (2006)

Dr. Mark Schmidt (2006)

Dr. Shawn Keough (2007)

Dr. Nathan Campbell (2007)

Dr. Susan Seal (2007)

Dr. Sami Alwahabi (2009)

Dr. Curtis Matherne (2009)





In Progress:

Bart Debicki

D’Lisa McKee

Vinh Ngyuen







TEACHING AWARDS

2008. Louis A. Hurst, Jr. Outstanding Faculty Award, College of Business & Industry.

Awarded for the best combination of research, teaching, and service.

2007. Schillig Teaching Grant Recipient

2005. Louis A. Hurst, Jr. Outstanding Faculty Award, College of Business & Industry.

Awarded for the best combination of research, teaching, and service.

2003. John Grisham Master Teacher Award

2003. Thomas W. Hinkle Outstanding Undergraduate Teacher Award, College of Business

2003. Nominee, Carnegie National Teacher of the Year Award

2002. Schillig Teaching Grant Recipient



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2001. MSU Alumni Association Graduate Level Teaching Award

2001. Outstanding Graduate Teacher Award, College of Business & Industry

2000. Mortar Board Professor of Eminence

2000-2009. MSU Bettersworth Lecturer

SPECIAL TEACHING DEVELOPMENTS





Day One Leadership Community 2007

Served on a faculty team lead by Dr. Tom Carskadon to develop, design, and implement the initial Day One

Leadership Community.





Director, Day One Leadership Community 2008

The Day One Leadership Community is a living-learning community consisting of 286 freshmen from 59 different

majors; 49 Action Team Mentors; and 47 Community Service Agencies. All Day One students live together in

Cresswell Hall. Students are assigned to Action Teams to complete a project for a Community Service Agency. As

Director, I worked with the team of Drs. April Heiselt, Melissa Moore, and Cade Smith to review and enhance the

Day One Leadership Community and GLC1002.



The Day One Leadership Community 2008 Program Enhancements



 Day One Mission and Goals: Developed clearly articulated goals to guide each step of the program &

program enhancements.

 Day One Guidebook: Designed custom, 95-page, day-by-day guide of the activities, assignments, &

expectations for Day One students and ATMs.

 Day One Projects: Defined Projects clearly by their agency, purpose, scope, deliverables, service-hour

opportunities, & appropriateness for freshmen.

 Class Meeting Days Increased: Added Friday class time to allow for more AT work.

 Action Team Mentor Job Descriptions: Defined and streamlined ATM jobs around 4 primary activities,

including (1) meeting with their team on Mondays, (2) responding to weekly Discussions, (3) monitoring

and approving service-hours, and (4) participating in grading at the Day One Showcase.

 Action Team Mentors (ATMs): Recruited 49 MSU Faculty and Staff members to serve as mentors to each

Action Team of Day One Students.

 Community Partners (CPs): Recruited 47 Community Service organizations to host a Day One Action

Team project

 Action Team Composition: Assigned students to teams based on individual skills or experience.

 Weekly Discussion Questions: Designed weekly discussion questions to link students’ classroom content

to weekly project and service work.

 Custom Service Log Software: Worked with ITS to design custom service log system to track student

service work and have Action Team Members approve all service entries.

 Custom Day One Tab on OnCampus Portal: Worked with ITS and CTL to design custom tab on the

OnCampus portal for Day One students and Action Team Mentors. Updated site weekly with lecture

materials, notes, audio links, etc.

 Action Team Mentor and Community Partner Training: Trained ATMs and CPs on the specifics of

their roles in Day One on two training dates in August, 2008.

 Residence Hall Staff: Staffed Creswell Residence Hall primarily of Day One Alumni.

 On-site Assistant: Hired Day One assistant with office in Cresswell Hall for on-site service to students.

 Move-In Day: Welcomed parents and students to Cresswell Hall.

 Day One Field Day: Designed custom team building curriculum and team facilitator’s guide for a Day one

Field day to introduce Day One students to their teams by a 2-hour team-training event during Dawg Daze.



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 ALHP Fellow Integration: Integrated the 26 ALHP Fellows into Day One with the ALHP Fellows

serving as an additional mentor to each Action Team.

 Policy: Created a series of policies (e.g. research, admissions, travel) to consistently guide program.

 Day One Showcase: Hosted 600 guests for the Day One Showcase to view the student projects.

 Customized Weekly Lecture Material: Designed and delivered custom lectures unique to Day One.

 Special Guests: Hosted Mr. Hayley Fiskackerly, CEO of Entergy Mississippi, as guest lecturer.

 Assessments: Designed and conducted web-based, pre and post leadership assessment for Day One

students, as well as Day One Program assessments for, Day One Students, Action Team Mentors,

Community Partners, and ALHP Fellows.



Program Results



Program Statistics Day One 2007 Day One 2008

Applications 400 500

Student Enrollment 216 286

Projects/Action Teams (ATs) 32 47

Community Partners (CPs) 32 47

M/F breakout classes (Pods) 8 12

Action Team Mentors (ATMs)* 32 49

ALHP Fellows NA 26

Adults Served 3,695 6,144

Children Served 4,457 6,922

Service Hours Worked by Day One Students 4,542 7,036



* All University Faculty & Staff Volunteers







Achievement of Goals in the Day One Leadership Community 2008



% of respondents answering “strongly agree” or “agree” with achievement of goals

Day One Goals Students ATMs CPs ALHP

Fellows

(n=174/286) (n=26/49) (n=16/47) (n=20/26)

1. Day One helped students transition 83 84 52* 85

effectively to college life through the living-

learning community in Cresswell Hall and

through interactions with faculty/staff and

student mentors.

2. Day One helped students explore basic 87 96 79** 95

leadership knowledge and concepts to

prepare for leadership roles in life.

3. Day One allowed students to engage in 93 99 99 100

civic responsibility through service-learning

commitments.

4. Day One allowed students to engage in 91 92 86 100

civic responsibility through service-learning

commitments.

5. Day One allowed students to interact with 81 91 93 90

real-world leaders.

6. Day One helped students focus on 84 92 86 95

individual character development and

personal growth.



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7. Day One allowed students to interact with 92 84 86 100

a diverse student body.

8. The Day One program encouraged 88 88 72 90

students to engage in leadership roles within

the university and all aspects of life.

* 46 % of CPs answered “Uncertain”. CPs were not directly exposed to life in Cresswell Hall.

** 20 % of CPs answered “Uncertain”. CPs were not provided access to Leadership Course.









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SERVICE Allison W. Pearson









PROFESSIONAL - RESEARCH





Founding Fellow, Center of Family Enterprise Research

Editorial Board, Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice

Selected as 2009 Reviewer of the Year

Editorial Board, Family Business Review

Editorial Board, International Small Business Management

Editorial Board, Journal of Family Business Strategy

Review Board, Journal of Business Venturing

Review Board, Family Enterprise Research Conference.

Family Enterprise Research Conference Program Chair: Worked with colleagues to create and

disseminate call for papers; recruited a 30-member review board; worked with Canadian colleagues

on conference schedule and plan for April ’09 Winnipeg conference where we will host

approximately 200 scholars from 20 countries.

Academy of Management, Human Resource Division, Best Paper Committee, 2005-2008.

Review Board, Dimensions on Family Business Research, 2007, volume 1, “Values

and Responsible Ownership. Juha Kansikas and Stina Lehti (Eds.). University of Jyvaskyla,

Finland.

Review Board, Dimensions on Family Business Research, 2007, volume 2, “Knowledge

creation and psychological ownership. Juha Kansikas and Stina Lehti (Eds.).

University of Jyvaskyla, Finland.

Secretary for Southern Management Association (SMA) from 2002-2004. Responsible for

membership of the 780+ member organization; maintaining the SMA membership database; assisting

in hosting the 2002, 2003, 2004 conferences; and, coordinating correspondence to the membership,

including shipments of the Journal of Management. For 2004, SMA membership was at a 6-year

high of 791 members, from 41 US states, and from 17 countries including Australia, Austria, Brazil,

Canada, China, Cyprus, England, Germany, Indonesia, Korea, Lithuania, Mexico, The Netherlands,

New Zealand, Taiwan, & Turkey.

Ad hoc reviewer:

Management Information Systems Quarterly

IEEE Transactions

Human Relations

Journal of Management

Academy of Management Journal

Organizational Research Methods

Journal of Business Research

Journal of Management Studies

NSF Career Grant reviewer: Reviewed grant applications for new faculty career

endeavors. Grant applications were in excess of $400,000.

Academy of Management, Member

Southern Management Association, Member

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American Psychological Association, Member

Invited Speaker: Doctoral Consortium, Southern Management Association, 1998

Invited Speaker: Doctoral Consortium, Southern Management Association, 1999

Invited Speaker: Doctoral Consortium, Southern Management Association, 2000



Research in family-owned enterprises has resulted in several media events,

including:

 NBC Today Show Interview. Research on Family Business featured in segment on Family

Business on the NBC Today Show.

 Interview published in WorkForce Magazine and on WorkForce Website.

 Interview with Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal on leadership in business.

 Interview published in Garden Center Magazine regarding the dominance of family businesses in

the horticulture and greenhouse industry.

 Robb Report/ Worth Magazine. Our article was selected for the special issue of the 100 Top

Wealth Advisors in the US. This is a prestigious issue, and we were contacted by a few of the

firms in regard to their counseling of investments for family-owned enterprises.





UNIVERSITY



MSU Entrepreneurship Center, Advisory Board Member, 2009-2010: Work with E-Center to

foster, support, and help launch new-venture, start-up companies, based on MSU research. Center

launched in 2009. Currently 8 companies in various stages of pre-seed startup.

Powe Research Awards Committee, 2010

Distance Education Task Force, Chair, 2010

Giles Professor Selection Committee, 2010

Office of Research and Economic Development, Infrastructure Committee, 2010

Associate Vice-President of Research Search Committee, 2010

Athletic Council, 2008-2010

MSU Entrepreneurship Center Advisory Board, 2008-2010

Vice-President of Research and Economic Development Search Committee – 2009

Select Committee on Efficiencies and Innovations – 2009-2010

Honorary Degree Committee, 2007- 2009

Athletic Director Search Committee, 2007-2008

First Year Experience Committee, 2008-2009

Judicial Review Committee, Chair, 2002-2005; 2007-present

Teaching Effectiveness Committee, 2005-2007

Schillig Teaching Awards Committee, 2002, 2010

Faculty Recruitment, Screening, Selection Committee, Chair, 2002

Academic Honesty Committee, 1998-2001

MSU Leadership Symposium Invited Speaker, 2007, 2008

MSU Appalachian Leadership Honors Program, Orientation and Invited Speaker, 2007

Leadership Training Facilitator for MSU Call Center, MSU Foundation, 2007

Leadership Summit Facilitator of Student Session with General Colin Powell, 2008

Freshman Orientation Session Speaker, 2007, 2008, 2009: Spoke to groups of freshmen and

their families, over 1,000 people in each group, for the kick-off of freshmen orientation.

MSU Support Staff Conference: Featured speaker.



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Center for Teaching and Learning Speaker, 2007, 2008, 2009: Conducted workshops for the

Center for Teaching and Learning on teaching large classes

MSU Hall of Fame Reviewer and Luncheon Guest Speaker, 2007: Served on a review team to

select the students to be inducted into the MSU Hall of Fame for 2007.

Appalachian Leadership Honors Program Guest Lecturer, 2007: Delivered a 3 hour workshop

on ethics and values for the Appalachian Leadership Honors Program.

Appalachian Leadership Honors Program Mentor, 2008

MSU Alumni Association:

Send-Off Party, August, 2007, Nashville Alumni Association Meeting

Hattiesburg Alumni Association Meeting, 2007, Speaker

MSU 129th Birthday Celebration, 2007, Oktibbeha County Alumni Chapter

Send-Off Party, August 2007, Oktibbeha County Alumni Chapter, Speaker

Send-Off Party, August 2007, Lee County Alumni Chapter, Speaker

Tippah County Alumni Association Scholarship Dinner, 2007, Speaker

Washington County Alumni Association Meeting, 2008, Speaker

Huntsville, AL MSU Alumni Association, 2008, Speaker

Send-OFF Party, August, 2009, Huntsville, Marks, Coahoma Co Chapters.

MSU Women’s Basketball Mentor, 2002-2009

2004 SEC Women’s Basketball Tournament MSU Honoree. Attended the 2004 SEC tournament

as guest of the SEC. Attended dinner with the commissioner, athletic directors and other honorees.

Attended breakfast with the SEC “Greats” and ADs. Honored at half time of first MSU ballgame

by Commissioner Slive.







COLLEGE & DEPARTMENT

Assurance of Learning Committee, 2008

Faculty Workload Committee, Chair, 2008

Dean Search Committee, 2006-2007

Dean Search Committee, 1998

Undergraduate Curriculum Committee, 1998-1999; 2005-2008

Graduate Curriculum Committee, 1998

Task Force for MBA program, 1998-1999

Faculty Recruitment, 1996-1999; 2007-2008

Undergraduate Curriculum, 1998-1999

Family Business Research Initiative, 2005-2008

BOSS Camp Instructor, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007: worked with team of COB faculty to

create and deliver two one-week summer camp sessions for high school students each

summer.

Beta Gamma Sigma, 2004, MSU Chapter President: As 2004 BGS President, I was

responsible for coordinating BGS, including tapping, hosting the induction banquet,

financials, and selection of BGS member to attend the annual leadership conference. Melissa

Moore (2004 Secretary and President Elect) and I visited over 20 classes for tapping

ceremonies in order to personally recognize each COBI student who had earned their

invitation into BGS by being in either the top 7% of the Junior class or the top 10% of the

Senior class.

Society for Human Resource Management, Student Chapter Advisor, 2003-2004.







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FUNDED WORK

$570,000. Awarded by U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA). MSU

Entrepreneurship Center Development Program. 2009. Co-PIs G. Nelson, G.

Butler, M. Moore, R. Moore, R. Pearson, A. Pearson

$600,000. Mississippi State University Spin-Out Incubation Program:

Small Business Administration (SBA) Grant. 2008. PI, Gerald Nelson. Co-PIs, Gary Butler,

Melissa Moore, Rob Moore, Allison Pearson.

$88,985. "Wireless-Based Warehouse Management Systems for the Furniture

Industry." Funded by the US Small Business Administration through the Furniture

Outreach Program, Franklin Institute for Furniture Manufacturing and Management,

Mississippi State University. Robert Otondo, Project Director. With A. W. Pearson, R. A.

Pearson, J. C. Shaw, & J. P. Shim.

$15,000. 2007-2008. Selection and Hiring Training.

Ivey Mechanical. Awarded to T. Barnett & A. Pearson

$3,000. 2007 Schillig Special Teaching Grant for technology innovation in the classroom

with T. Barnett, M. Millea, M. Moore, R. Pearson, G. Nagel, G. Templeton, L. Carter.

$50,000. “Building Opportunities to Succeed in School: Sessions One and Two.”

Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs (GEAR UP), United

States Department of Education. Awarded through the Mississippi Institutions of Higher

Learning: February 2007. Co-Investigators: P. Grimes, A. Pearson, R. Pearson, M. Millea,

M. Moore, R. Moore, M. Lehman, P. Liddell and K. Thomas.

$50,000. Project title: Business Opportunities for Success School (BOSS Camp)

Awarded by the United States Department of Education, Gaining Early Awareness and

Readiness for Undergraduate Programs (GEAR UP), 2006. Co-Investigators: P. Grimes, A.

Pearson, R. Pearson, M. Millea, R. Moore, M. Lehman, P. Liddell and K. Thomas .

$44,998. Project title: Business Opportunities for Success School (BOSS Camp).

Awarded by the United States Department of Education, Gaining Early Awareness and

Readiness for Undergraduate Programs (GEAR UP), 2005. Co-Investigators: P. Grimes, A.

Pearson, M. Millea, R. Moore, M. Lehman, P. Liddell and K. Thomas (matched by MSU).

$25,000. Project title: Business Opportunities for Success School (BOSS Camp).

Awarded by the United States Department of Education, Gaining Early Awareness and

Readiness for Undergraduate Programs (GEAR UP), 2004. Co-Investigators: P. Grimes, A.

Pearson, M. Millea, R. Moore, M. Lehman and K. Thomas.

$15,000. Performance Appraisal Assessment Project.

Ivey Mechanical. 2004-2005. Awarded to T. Barnett & A. Pearson

$3,000. Top management team evaluation. Omnova Solutions

$3,000. Management and Supervisor training for Franklin Corporation

$25,000. Management and Supervisor training for Freide Goldman

$5,000. Management and Supervisor training for County Extension Coordinators

$3,000. Training for Mississippi Association of Supervisors

$3,000. Management and Supervisor training for Suncoast Enterprises

$3,000. Management and Supervisor training for Hemphill Construction

$15,000. Management and Supervisor training for Weyerhauser Corporation

$2,500. Schillig Special Teaching Grant, 2002







PROFESSIONAL – Business Outreach and Economic Development



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MSU Greek Leadership Conference, 2010, “True-Life Leadership”

Southern Farm Bureau Leadership Conference, 2010, “Money Can’t Buy You Love –

Coaching Employees for Lasting Outcomes”

Holmes Cultural Diversity Center, 2009, “Leading with Non-Verbal Communication”

MSU Staff Leadership Program Speaker. 2009, “ Organizational Culture”

MSU Support Staff Conference Speaker. 2009, “Non-Verbal Communication”

MSU WomenLEAD Workshop Series - developed and hosted (along with Julia Hodges

and Donna Reese, Bagley College of Engineering) a series of monthly personal development seminars

for female faculty in the Bagley College of Engineering and the College of Business.

Southern Farm Bureau, 2009. “Leadership Legacy”

Ivey Mechanical Company, Annual Meeting Presentation, 2009. “Professionalism for

Women”, Kingsport, TN.

Tupelo-Lee County CDF Seminar on Family Business, 2009. “Professionalizing Your

Family Firm”, in conjunction with the Center or Family Enterprise Research, Jim

Chrisman, Tim Barnett, Tim Yoder, and Tom Adkins.

Planters Bank Management Training, 2009. “Management 101”, Indianola, MS

“Leadership Challenges”, Invited Speaker, Pickering Institute, Jones County Junior College, 2008

“Time Management”, MSU Staff Leadership Training, 2008

“Purposeful Change”, Southern Farm Bureau, 2008

“Leadership Challenge”, 6-hour workshop for Mississippi Lignite Mine, 2008

“So What is Leadership Anyway?”, MSU Leadership Symposium, 2008.

“Becoming a Colleague; Becoming a Local”, COB New faculty orientation, 2008.

“Leading from the Heart”, East Mississippi Community College Ambassadors, 2008.

“Leading with Passion”, MSU Alumni Delegates, 2008.

“What am I really saying?: Non-verbal Communication”, Mississippi Association of

Academic Advisors, 2008. Recognized as Best Session.

Leadership Chickasaw Facilitator, 2006 & 2007.

Served as the Facilitator of the Leadership Chickasaw Classes of 2006 and 2007 by invitation of the

Chickasaw Development Foundation and the Leadership Chickasaw Board of Directors. Leadership

Chickasaw is a non-profit group designed to develop community leaders for Chickasaw county and the

state of Mississippi. Leadership Chickasaw has a 16-year history with over 300 graduates. The classes of

2006-2007 consisted of approximately 25 Chickasaw county residents. As facilitator, coordinated and

implemented all activities for Leadership Chickasaw from July 2006- April 2007, including monthly

meetings, course materials, project guidelines, and project presentations.

Information Resource Council, State of Mississippi, 2002-2004.

Stennis Institute for Government, invited speaker

Pro-Miss Leadership Institute, invited speaker

Training for MSU Business Affairs

Certified Public Manager Program, State of Mississippi, invited speaker

State of Mississippi SHRM conference, invited speaker

Golden Triangle Personnel Association, invited speaker

Treasurer for the Golden Triangle Human Resource Association, 2003-2004, coordinated

membership for the 60+ member organization of human resource managers.

Treasurer for the MS State SHRM Council State Conference Committee: Assisted in hosting

the 2003 State conference in April at Philadelphia, MS for approximately 400 HR professionals

from the state of Mississippi. Responsible for overseeing the budget for the conference and

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providing updated financial records for other committee members, as well as paying all conference

expenses. The conference earned a $27,000 profit.

State Council Member, Education Advocate, Mississippi Society for Human Resource

Management, 2003-2004.









COMMUNITY





MSU United Way, Division Leader for Academic Affairs, 2008, 2009: Coordinated with 15

units/colleges reporting to Academic Affairs for (1) recruitment or assignment of unit liaison, (2)

coordination of unit United Way Campaign, (3) implementation of unit United Way events, (4)

reporting of United Way contributions and pledges. 2-month campaign led to approximately

$50,000 raised in Academic Affairs for United Way.

Southern Ionics Scholarship Committee, 2005-2010

COPE Course Instructor, Boy Scouts of America: Instruct groups of 10-60 individuals for day-long

leadership and teambuilding course, including a variety of groups from MSU including the Freshman Class

of the MSU Vet School, MBA Leadership Skills Class, MSU Women’s Basketball Team, BOSS Camp

groups, Residence Hall Association, etc.

Friends of Scouting, Pushmataha Council.

Board of Directors, NorthCentral Mississippi United Way

Friends of the Museum Board, Oktibbeha County Heritage Museum

Oktibbeha County Master Gardeners: Guided efforts to revitalize and maintain grounds at the

Oktibbeha County Heritage Museum. Recognized by Proclamation of the Mayor and Board of

Aldermen of Starkville, MS, Dec. 16, 2008, for volunteer efforts in landscaping the museum.

Oktibbeha County Rose Society

Starkville Arts Council, Art in the Garden Host, May 2007.Hosted approximately 250 guests for

home garden tour to raise money for art scholarships for high school students.

Hosted MSU Women’s Club, 2008, “Interior Design: Bringing the Garden Indoors”.

Sponsor of the Northeast Mississippi Football League, 2005-2008

MSU-Starkville Symphony Patron

MSU Bulldog Club Member

MSU Women’s Basketball Booster Club Member









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