Dean's Club Grants

Dean's Club Grants

The Walker College of Business Dean's Club funds research grants each academic year to assist faculty in conducting research.

Grants are available to tenured and tenure track faculty for research expenses in increments of $1,000. Awards greater than $1,000 may be considered under special circumstances.

These grants are designed to reimburse faculty for out of pocket type expenses necessary for conducting research. The types of research projects that will be considered are new research projects (i.e., this is not research that has already been conducted) and a new direction of a current research project (i.e., the researcher has conducted research in a subject area and now wishes to extend the study in a new direction).

Each recipient will be asked to participate in a poster session or presenting event. More information about dates and presentation format will be provided to grant recipientsApply and learn more about the Walker College of Business Dean's Club Research Grant.

2021-2022 Dean's Club Research Posters

Title of Research

Researcher(s)

What makes a Good Audit Hire, and How has that Changed Post-COVID?Pennie Bagley, Kevin Eller, Brian Hasson
The Impact of Coastal Groundwater Issues on the Coastal Tourist Economy of North CarolinaJohn Whitehead
Consumer Improvisation, Vulnerability and ResiliencePia Albinson,  Kesha Coker,   Jessica Zeiss
Collateral Enforcement in Public Goods GamesBrock Stoddard
Newcomer Socialization: Investigating the Role of Cultural ValuesH. Kristl Davison
Consumer Responses to Legality Framing About Medical Canabis in Social MediaJeff Foreman
Air Transport in the COVID Era: A Fear and Satisfaction Analysis using a Best-Worst ScaleSteven Leon
Healthcare User Generated Content (HUGC) and COVID Vaccination Hesitancy and ResistanceWei Xie
Is the Influencer I Follow Human or Robot: A Case of Computer Generated Imagery (CGI) Influencers and BrandsLubna Nafees
Personality and Ethical ChoiceDavid Dickinson
How Online Gambling Impacts Probability Judgements in a Bayesian task environmentParker Reid
Collateral Enforcement in Small Groups Brent Johnson
Between-group inequality and cooperationAbhijit Ramalingam & Sarah Brodin

2020-2021 Dean's Club Research Posters

Title of Research

Researcher(s)

Between-group Inequality & CooperationAbhijit Ramalingam
Political Ideology Does Not Predict Self-control in Stroop Task PerformanceDavid Dickinson
A Survey of the Internal Control Environment of Charter Schools & Stakeholder Suggestions for ImprovementScot Justice, Alex Helms(Louisiana State University) & Dana R. Rummell (Kennesaw State University)
Proactive De-Energization: The Implications of Electricity Scarcity on Consumer & Community WellbeingPia Albinsson
Factors Related to Consumer Hoarding During Covid-19?Christy Cook, Pia Albinsson & Jim Stoddard
Estimating the Economic Value of the Crab Bank Seabird SanctuaryJohn Whitehead
Experimental (Re)analysis of the House-Money Effect in a Public PlaceBrock Stoddard & Abhi Ramalingam
Trust, Consensus, & Emergence of Cryptocurrency Under COVID-19Jason Xiong
A Comparison of Real & Hypothetical Lab ExperimentsTanga Mohr & John Whitehead
In or Out: Understanding Inclusion & Exclusion ExperienceJacqueline Tilton & William Northington
Consumers' Perceptions of the Environmental & Public Health Benefits of Last Mile Drone DeliverySteven Leon, Charlie Chen & Aaron Ratcliff
A Temporal Perspective of Food Waste Reduction BehaviorLubna Nafees
Refining the Appreciative Intelligence Construct & AssessmentBrian Whitaker
Voluntary Redistribution & CooperationAbhi Ramalingam
Causes of Inequality & the Choice of Enforcement in a Voluntary Contributions MechanismBrock Stoddard & Abhi Ramalingam
Investigating How Nonprofit Donors Evaluate Low Financial Sustainability Separately from High Financial Reporting Accountability & Positive Reputation in the CommunityScot Justice, Janice E. Rummell (Shippensburg University) & Tonya D. W. Smalls (Emory University)
How Checkout Charity Creates Bounds for Preference Regarding a Roundup Donation RequestNeel Das, Lubna Nafees, Unal Boya & Anindita Das
Cross-Cultural Investigation of Collaborative Consumption Users' Behavioral IntentionsPia Albinsson, Lubna Nafees, Yasanthi Perera (Brock University) & Lucy Matthews (Middle Tennessee State University)
Online Consumer Activism: Youth Activism at the Forefront of the Climate CrisisPia Albinsson
Sea-Level Rise, Groundwater Quality, & the Impacts on Coastal HomeownersDennis Guignet, Ash Morgan & John Whitehead
Creativity is in the Mind of the Beholder: The Role of Thinking StyleIlgim Benoit
Discomfort at the Holiday Dinner Table: Politics, Religion, & the Confirmation BiasDavid Dickinson
Another Buzz Word or a New World? How Blockchain Ethics Impact the IT IndustryJason Xiong
Can Social Media Influencer (SMI) Power Influence Consumer Brand Attitudes? The Mediating Role of Perceived SMI Credibility.Lubna Nafees, Jim Stoddard, Nik Nikolov & Christy Cook
The Impact of Social Psychological Distance on Information Adoption in Consumer ReviewsJeffrey Kaleta & Cheryl Aasheim (Georgia Southern)
The Forward Discount Anomaly & the Risk Premium: A Survey Based AnalysisOnur Ince & Tanya Ince
The Impact of Macroeconomic Uncertainty on Volatility of Professional Exchange Rate ForecastsOnur Ince & Tanya Ince

Between-group inequality and cooperation

Abhijit Ramalingam & Sarah Brodin

2018-19 Dean's Club Research Posters

Title of Research

Researcher(s)

The Impact of Insufficient Sleep on Political Information Search OutcomesDr. David Dickinson and John Holbein who is at University of Virginia (Political Science Department)
Collaborative Consumption in IndiaDrs. Pia Albinson, Lubna Nafees, and  Yasanthi Perera at Brock University
Perceived Risk Related to Commercial Drone Deliveries:  An investigative StudyDrs. Dawn Medlin and Sandra Vannoy
Risk Taking Behaviors in Using Public Wi-FiDr. Hoon Choi, Dr. Carrell Carpener (Longwood Univeristy) and Dr. Myung S. Ko (University of Texas at San Antonio)
Insights on Carbon Tax Acceptability: Evidence from Washington's 2016 and 2018 Referenda Collaboration with Steffen Kallbekken (CICERO-Norway and Stefan Callceti (Georgia State Univ.)Dr. Todd Cherry
Bee Data Visualization with the United Nations FAO Office Dr. Joseph Cazier
The Effects of Collegiate Amenities and Conference Change on Student Quantity and Quality at a UniversityDrs. Austin Eggers and Pete Groothuis
Economic Impact of Hemlock Woody Adelgid (HWA ) in Western North Carolina:  The Effect of Payment Schedule and Attribute Nonattendance on Benefit EstimatesDr. John Whitehead
Strategic Thinking in ContestsDrs. Bruner, McEvoy and Stoddard
Differences in Social Media Use by Generational CohortDrs. Nafees and Jim Stoddard, Christy Cook
Does Reducing Inequality Increase Cooperation?Drs. Brock Stoddard and Abhijit Ramalingam
Virtual Exchange in Mareting Research Education:  the Influence of personality and socialization on Consumers Willingness to Share on Social Media Drs. Pia Albinson and Unal Boya, Caroline Ducarroz from the Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium
The experience of inequality and the persistence of low cooperationDrs. Brock Stoddard and Abhijit Ramalingam
How Blockchain based Electronic Invoicing Revloutionizes Business Process and Delivers Business ValueDr. Jason Xiong and Dr. Yong Tang from University of Electronic Science and Technology of China
Electronic Word-of-Mouth:  An Investigation into Business Responses to Online ReviewsDr. Steve Leion
Adapting the BuyGrid Business to Business Framework to International MarketsDr. Nik Nikolov
The Evolution of the Social Accounting Movement and Steps Towards the Future Success of CSRDr. Mary Stolberg and Sirisha Karra

2018-19 Photo Album

2017 Dean's Club Research Posters

Title of Research

Researcher(s)

Altruists or Propagandists: Understanding the Prolific Online Reviewers Adopting Big DataHoon Choi
Customer's Perspectives of Air Drone Delivery ServicesCharlie Chen
Collaborative Consumption - An Examination of Consumers' Willingness to Share not OwnPia Albinsson
Sleepiness, Time-of-Day & Legal JudgementsDavid Dickenson
Trends in Hospital Acquisitions in the United StatesBetty Coffey, David Williams
Using Technology for Good Texting and Driving: The Lethal EffectHoon Choi, Dawn Medlin, Jason Xiong
An Empirical Study of Satisfaction, Loyalty and WWOM in the Health Insurance IndustrySteven Leon, Makoto Nakayama
A Comparative Study of the Competitiveness of Impact Investing in Financial PerformanceTammy Kowalczyk
Public Perception of American Veterinary Medical Association Animal Product StandardsCarol Kline, Bob Fischer, Hassan Tajalli, Jeff Johnson, R. Cody Rusher
ICT for Sustainable Development: Interventions with Economically Disadvantaged Small BusinessJason Xiong

2017 Photo Album