AWARDS

Lynn Keane, Technology Support and Training Management, received the Paul S. Lomax Award for Doctoral Scholarship and Service from the Dept of Administration, Leadership and Technology at NYU.

Dan Norris, Technology Support and Training Management, was elected to the Board of the Hospitality Information Technology Association and appointed to the Microsoft Academic Advisory Board for hospitality applications.

John Gerdes, Technology Support and Training Management, was appointed to the academic advisory board of Techsmith, the makers of Camtasia Studio, a program for developing education and training software.

Daniel Norris, elected V.P. of the South Carolina chapter of Hospitality Financial and Technology Professionals (HFTP). HFTP is an international professional association that now has over 4,600 members around the world and is the sponsor of the leading certifications and the largest hospitality technology show in the world called HiTec...

PUBLICATIONS

Brookshire, R. G., Crews, T. B., and Brown III, H. F. (2009) Student success in a university introductory networks and telecommunications course: Contributing factors, International Journal of Information and Technology Education 5(1), 53-61.

Gerdes, J. Jr. & Stringam, B. B. (2008). Addressing Researchers’ Quest for Hospitality Data: Mechanism for Collecting Data from Web Resources.  Tourism Analysis, 13(2), 309-315.>

Cardon, P. W. (2008). A critique of Hall’s contexting model: A meta-analysis of the intercultural business and technical communication literature. Journal of Business and Technical Communication, 22(4), 399-428.

Crews, T. B. &  Stitt-Ghodes, W. L. (2008). Managing the traditional and technology classroom.  In M. Rader (Ed.) National Business Education Yearbook: No. 46. Effective Methods of Teaching Business Education (pp. 67-79). Reston, VA: National Business Education Association.

Fjermestad, J., Passerinin, K, Bartolacci, M. R., and Patten, K. (2008) ‘Wireless Connectivity and Its Relationship to Emerging Economies: the Example of China,’ International Journal of Mobile Communications (6:5), pp. 633-645.

Cardon, P. W., & Scott, J. C. (2007, in press). Loss of face among Chinese businesspeople in intracultural and intercultural business interactions. The Delta Pi Epsilon Journal, 49(2).

Cardon, P. W. (2008). Frontline employee communication. Business Communication Quarterly, 71(2), 232-233.

Cardon, P. W. (2007, in press). Online sales messages. Business Communication Quarterly, 70(4).

Ko, E., & Cardon, P. W. (2007, in press). Marketing research in Korea. Special joint issue of Journal of Business Research and Journal of the Korean Academy of Marketing Science.

Cardon, P. W. (2008). Horizontal and vertical individualist and collectivist tendencies among Chinese and American management students. Journal for Global Business Education, 8, 1-18.

Gale, E., Crews, T. B., and North, A. B. (2007). "Service learning: A business communication course tool." Journal of Applied Research in Business Instruction, 5(2), 1-6.

Crews, T. B. (2007). "How professional organizations can help meet the professional development needs of middle school business and technology educators." The Delta Pi Epsilon Journal, 49(2), 140-146.

PRESENTATIONS

Karen Patten, Technology Support and Training Management, and Katia Passerini, Michael R.Bartolacci, Jerry Fjermestad, "Reflections and Trends in the Expansion of Cellular Wireless Services in the U.S. and China", Communications of the ACM.

Stitt-Gohdes, W. L., & Crews, T. B. (July 2007). Benefits of ISBE membership. International Society for Business Education (ISBE), Vienna, Austria.

Crews, T. B., Wilkinson, K., & Wiedmaier, C. (July 2007). Innovative technology uses: Value-added teaching, assessment and research. International Society for Business Education (ISBE), Vienna, Austria.

Crews, T. B., and Weaver, T. (June 2007). Student teaching internships: Using True Colors. International True Colors Association. Las Vegas, NV.

RESEARCH

Tena Crews, 04/07 Funded: Teaching Excellence Grant on Fundamentals of Inquiry. Center for Teaching Excellence, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 03/07 Funded: Improving Student Advisement by Considering Student and Course Profiles, National Academic Advising Association (NACADA). Co-investigator, John Gerdes, University of South Carolina.

Tena Crews, 03/07 Funded: Analysis, Design, Development, and Evaluation (ADDE) of Appropriate Online Training for the Chinese Community, International Research Grant, College of Hospitality, Retail, and Sport Management, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC