"Faculty Scholarship and Resources"

School of Business

 

      Matt Rafferty

   "Professor of Economics "

 

 

Matt Rafferty spoke on “Corporate R&D Policy”.  He examined the influence of corporate governance and executive compensation on corporate R&D.  There is some evidence that poor corporate governance reduces R&D activity and the market valuation of R&D assets.  There is also evidence that firms use equity compensation to mitigate the problems associated with poor corporate governance. 

School of Health Science

School of Communications

      

        Ed Alwood

"Professor of Journalism"

  

 

 

 

College of Arts and Sciences

 

          Jill Martin

   "Professor of Legal Studies"

 

Jill Martin "Professor of Legal Studies"

Jill Martin’s sabbatical work was titled “An Attorney of One’s Own Choosing.”  She studied the papers of John Collier, Commissioner of Indian Affairs during the New Deal, and Felix Cohen, an attorney in the Interior Department.  After both had left government service, the new commissioner proposed regulations proscribing attorney contracts with tribes, creating a controversy among attorneys and Indians, in which both Cohen and Collier were involved.

 

                  Stan Rothman

                  "Professor of Mathematics "

Stan Rothman presented a chapter from his soon to be published book called “Baseball and Statistics 101”.  The chapter is entitled “Mission Impossible: Will we ever have another .400 hitter?” He also talked about the Women’s Professional Baseball League and the Negro Leagues.

School of Education