Faculty/Staff Achievements

Dominic Daher, Director--Internal Audit and Tax Compliance, published an article, "Achieving Enhanced Liability Protection Through SMLLCs," in the November/December 2006 issue of Taxation of Exempts. Robert Elias, Professor--Politics, received a contract from The New Press/W.W. Norton to publish his book, The Empire Strikes Out: How Baseball Has Influenced American Globalization and Foreign Policy, and Sold the American Dream Abroad. The book will be published later this year. His article, "Glimmers of Hope," was published in the Mystery Readers Journal, Winter 2006-07, in a special issue on "Academic Mysteries." Roberta Johnson, Professor--Politics, published an article, "Corruption and Whistleblowing in Everyday Life," which was the lead article in the Fall 2006 issue of the American Bar Association's Focus on Law Studies. Pamela F. Miller, Director--Office of Sponsored Projects, has been elected to the board of directors of the Society of Research Administrators International (SRA). The society is an international organization dedicated to the education and professional development of research administrators, as well as the enhancement of public understanding of the importance of research and its administration. Miller will serve a two-year term on the SRA board and a one-year term as the board liaison to the international committee. She will continue to serve as a member of the society' s Distinguished Faculty, a position she has held since 2002. This designation is given to SRA members who are outstanding teachers, researchers, and exemplars in the field of research administration.

Lois Merriweather Moore, Adjunct Professor--School of Education, presented a session on her upcoming book, Countries and Cultures of the African Diaspora, at the Hawaii International Conference on Education in January. During the session, Tina Lemos, an instructor in the School of Nursing and a doctoral student in the School of Education, presented her chapter from the book, African Slavery in Mexico. The majority of the book's chapters were researched and written by doctoral scholars from Moore's Pan African Language and Culture class in the international and multicultural education department of the School of Education. The book will be published this summer by The Edwin Mellen Press. Daniel Rascher, Associate Professor--Sport Management, recently published various articles: "Major League Baseball Anti-Trust Immunity: Examining the Legal and Financial Implications of Relocation Rules," with Mark Nagel, Matthew Brown, and Chad McEvoy in Entertainment and Sports Law Journal, December 2006. "Treatment of Travel Expenses by Golf Course Patrons: Sunk or Bundled Costs and the First and Third Laws of Demand," with Matthew Brown, Chad McEvoy, and Mark Nagel in International Journal of Sport Finance, February 2007. "Executive Interview: Dan Champeau, Managing Director, and Chad Lewis, Analyst with Fitch," in International Journal of Sport Finance, Vol. 2, No. 1. "Executive Interview: Dennis Wilcox, Principal with Climaco, Lefkowitz, Peca, Wilcox & Garofoli Co., L.P.A.," in International Journal of Sport Finance, November 2006. "Executive Interview: Randy Vataha, Founder of Game Plan, LLC." with Dennis Howard in International Journal of Sport Finance, June 2006. Rascher also was an invited speaker at the conference of the Sport Marketing Association IV, November 2006, and at the conference of the Western Economic Association International, July 2006.

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