Faculty Accomplishments

Dr. John B. Duncan

Dr. Duncan has been named to the Board of Directors for the International Assembly of Collegiate Business Education (IACBE), the business accrediting group through which CSU’s business programs are accredited.

Recent Publications:
John B. Duncan, Implementing a Compassionate Ministry Plan at Ultimate Support Systems.”  Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Christian Business Faculty Association, 2009.

John B. Duncan and Jason Harvey, “Late Trading and Market Timing at Putnam Securities.”  Southeast Case Research Journal, (5) 2, Fall 2008: 65-73.

Recent Presentations:

John B. Duncan, “Ultimate Support Systems, Inc.: A Case Examining the Integration of Business and Ministry.”  Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Christian Business Faculty Association, Lakeland, Florida, October 2010.

John B. Duncan, “Changing a Corporate Culture by Implementing a Compassionate Ministry Plan.”  Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Southeast Case Research Association, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, February 2010.

John B. Duncan, Implementing a Compassionate Ministry Plan at Ultimate Support Systems.”  Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Christian Business Faculty Association, Rogers, Arkansas, October 2009.

John B. Duncan, “The 90 Minute Christian MBA.”  Presented at the annual meeting of the Fellowship of Companies for Christ International, Naples, Florida, September 2009.

John B. Duncan and Jason Harvey, “Late Trading and Market Timing at Putnam Securities.”  Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Southeast Case Research Association, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, February 2008.

Dr. Arnold Hite

May 2010, Dr. Arnold Hite was awarded the Charleston Southern University, Excellence in Teaching Award.  Each year three candidates are nominated by faculty peers.  The final selection is made by the CSU Trustees and announced prior to spring graduation. 

Recent Scholarly Activities:

November 2010, Dr. Arnold Hite was an invited lecturer at The University of Applied Sciences, Wiener Neustadt, Austria.    Two lectures were given to faculty and students over three days.  Lectures topics were:

1. Macroeconomic Policy in Conflict:  the U.S. Experience.
2. Mechanics and Conceptual Problems of Measuring Inflation

October 2010, Dr. Arnold Hite attended the Market Economics Conference, sponsored by, the Council for Christian Colleges and Universities, Hillsdale College, and the Acton Institute in Dearborn MI.

April 2010, Dr. Arnold Hite was the Keynote Speaker at the Low Country Chapter of the South Carolina Association of Environmental Engineers.   Lecture topic:  The Economics of Going Green.

June 2010, Dr. Arnold Hite attended the Market Based Management University Summer Program sponsored by the Koch Foundation in Wichita, Kansas.

Dr. Mela Wyeth

Recent Scholarly Activities:

Editorial Reviewer for Quantitative Analysis for Management, 11th edition, copyright 2012 Render, Stair and Hanna, Pearson Higher Education,  Prentice Hall.  Topics reviewed: Linear Programming Models, Linear Programming Applications, Transportation and Assignment Models, Integer Programming, Goal Programming and Non-linear Programming.

 

Recent Presentations:

Laura Downing and Mela Wyeth, “Accounting Update: Risk Management and Asset Protection.”  Presentation to the Institute of Management Accountants, Industry Updates on Employment Law and Accounting, 2010 Winter Conference, February 26, 2010.

Mr. Larry Smith

Recent Scholarly Activities:
Larry D. Smith, “The Church & the Economy.”  Experience Kingdom Life Focus Magazine, Summer Issue, 2009.

Louis C. Mancuso, Ghasem S. Alijani, Obyung Kwun, and Larry D. Smith, “Successful Outcomes of Teaching Minority Undergraduate Students Entrepreneurial Business Planning Concepts Using Andragogy and Service Learning.”  Presented at the annual meeting of the Allied Academies in New Orleans, April, 2009.  This paper won the Distinguished Research Award has been accepted for publication in the Journal of Entrepreneurship Education.

Larry Smith Served as Subject Matter Expert (SME) for McGraw-Hill Learning Solutions in summer of 2008.  The project was a custom-written on-line insurance course for Bryant and Stratton College in Buffalo, NY.  The course was designed to prepare students for licensure in the state of New York for certain life and health lines of insurance sales.  Smith authored the content of the subject material, verified its accuracy, and integrated into the material the principles of effective on-line pedagogy.

Dr. Rick Martinez

Recent Publications:
Richard J. Martinez, Robin Rogers, Gaynor Yancey, and Jon Singletary. “Spiritual Capital in Modern Organizations.” Journal of Biblical Integration in Business (13), 2010: 158-174.
Richard J. Martinez, Robin Rogers, Gaynor Yancey, and Jon Singletary. “The Role of Spiritual Capital and Community in Amish Enterprises.”  Journal of Biblical Integration in Business (13), 2010: 175-181.
Recent Presentations:
Sharon Johnson and Rick Martinez, “Workshop on Biblical Integration: Content and Process,” 2010 Christian Business Faculty Association Annual Meeting.

Dr. Sharon Johnson

Recent Scholarly Activities:

Sharon Johnson, “Editors Introduction,” Journal of Biblical Integration in Business, Volume 13.

Sharon Johnson, Yvonne Smith and Erik Hiller, “The God of the Games: Towards a Theology of Competition.”  Selected to be published in Christian Scholar’s Review in 2011.

Sharon Johnson, “Tribute: Lessons Learned from a Scholar, a Mentor and a Man of God,” Journal of Biblical Integration in Business, Volume 12 (2010).

Sharon Johnson, “Tribute to Lisa Klein Surdyk,” Journal of Biblical Integration in Business, Volume 12 (2010).

Sharon Johnson, “The CSU Experience with the CLA,” presented with Jeff Babetz at the CIC/CLA Consortium Summer Meeting, New Jersey (2010).

Sharon Johnson and Rick Martinez, “Workshop on Biblical Integration: Content and Process,” 2010 Christian Business Faculty Association Annual Meeting.

Sharon Johnson, “Dissertation Showcase,” sponsored and directed at the 2010 Christian Business Faculty Association Annual Meeting.

Sharon Johnson, “Editor’s Workshop,” 2010 Christian Business Faculty Association Annual Meeting, presented with Dr. Yvonne Smith and Dr. Kent Smith

Sharon Johnson, "Student Perspectives of Competition: A Qualitative Analysis." American Journal of Business Education, coauthored with Dr. Michael Firmin, Spring 2009.

Sharon Johnson, “When You Get What You Want, Will You Want What You Get?” and “Fire Prevention,” two devotional pieces appearing in Solomon Was a Businessman: Advice from the Wealthiest man on Earth, edited by Ardith Baker and David Whitlock, Fall, 2008 (published by Wipf and Stock Publishers).

Sharon Johnson, “Dissertation Showcases.” 2008 Annual Meeting of the Christian Business Faculty Association, Indianapolis, Indiana.

Sharon Johnson, “Institutional Research and Student Life – Partnership,” Annual Conference of the Association of Christians in Student Development (ACSD), June, 2008, Cedarville University.