Dean's Club research to be presented in Peacock Hall Nov. 6

Research projects from Walker College of Business faculty and students will be presented on Appalachian State University campus for the 2025 Walker College of Business Research Day on Thursday, November 6.

The Walker College Dean's Club has supported the faculty research, and the Barnes Student Research grants have supported the student research.

All students, faculty, staff, and community members are encouraged to visit the Broyhill Commons in Peacock Hall between 10:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. to view the posters. The researchers will be periodically available to discuss their research.

Projects on the following topics will be displayed. 

Research Posters, 10am-2pm

Please note this is a preliminary list. 

  • The dark triad and counterproductive work behaviors: Power as a moderator 
    Madison Culver, Jacqueline Z Bergman, Jack Carson, and Christopher Holden
    This poster is also a Barnes Student Research Grant-funded project.

  • Experimental Analysis of 3-Player Contests with Endogenous Timing
    Zechariah Godbold, Brock Stoddard and Kyung Baik
    This poster is also a Barnes Student Research Grant-funded project.

  • Do Perceptions and Explanations of Supervisor Incivility Vary Based on Leader and Manager Prompt Terminology?
    Jack Carson, E. Russell and C. Pollard.

  • When Matching Hurts Less: Cognitive Style, Matching Appeals, and Pain of Donation
    Fayez Ahmad

  • Ancestry for Sale: Big Data and the Trust Paradox
    Lubna Nafees

  • Why Live Commerce Failed in the U.S.: A Framework of Successful Live Commerce
    Lijun Chen, Russell Haines, Shishi Wu and Andrew Chen (University of Kansas)

  • Communication in Polarized Communities
    Abhijit Ramalingam

  • An Exploration of Continuance Behavior in Fintech and Blockchain Cryptocurrencies: Driving, Inhibiting, and Heuristic Cues in Decision Making
    Bao Duong (CIS), David Dickinson (Economics), Charlie Chen (CIS)

  • Which team to play for? Intensifying competition in a ‘market for talent’
    Brock Stoddard, Abhijit Ramalingam & James Walker (Indiana)

  • #VanLife and Regenerative Tourism: The Possibilities for Integrating Mobile Living and Sustainable Travel Practices
    Danni Capps

  • Circadian Misalignment as a Moderator of Cyber Threat Appraisal. Avoidance Motivation, and Cybersecurity Performance
    David Dickinson, Charlie Chen

  • Perceptions of LGBT Inclusive Tourism Advertising
    Jeffrey Foreman

  • The Mutual Gains of Parental Support for Employee and Organizational Well-Being
    Cara Scheuer, Angela Grotto, & Jess Doll

  • Household understanding of factors contributing to stormwater-related flooding
    Kristan Cockerill, Austin Eggers, Pete Groothuis, Lori Medders and Tanga Mohr

  • “We’re All A Family”: Investigating How Diversity Interacts with Feelings of Mattering, Belonging, Work Outcomes, and Well-Being”
    N. Jamerson, C. Lobsiger, H. Wallace, L. White, A. Renegar, B. Behm, L. Young, B. Watkins, J. Doll, H. K. Davison, & T. Huelsman
    This poster is also a Barnes Student Research Grant-funded project.

  • Reframing Torts
    Joe Pekaar and Brock Stoddard
    This poster is also a Barnes Student Research Grant-funded project.

Honors Experience Posters, 10am-2pm

  • Strategic Growth Recommendations for Taelos Financial Partners
    Blake Benevento
  • Lessons from the 2025 Holland Fellows Program
    Avery Clark

  • My Summer at Barham and Associates
    Jeremy Everitt

  • Marketing Internship: Detailing Done Right
    Jillian Goldstein

  • Stanley Martin Construction Management Internship
    Nikolas Jacobs

  • Internship with BANGS Shoes
    Kenzie Jones

  • Finland and Estonia Study Abroad
    Michelle Li

  • Bridging Risk and Reality: My Summer Internship Experience at IMA
    Tina Lin

  • Navigating Numbers: My Finance & Accounting Internship Journey
    Pearce Lowrey

  • Town of Rutherfordton Internship
    Nicole Mercer

  • Study Abroad Experience in Bermuda
    Wilson Puckett

  • Accounting in Practice as an Intern
    Andriana Rink

  • Learning Beyond Borders: Insights from a Study Abroad Experience
    Hampton Smith

  • CIEE Accelerated Language Program in Taiwan
    Sophie Stohler

  • Holland Fellows Program
    Kayleigh Torres

  • Andersen Tax Internship in Chicago
    Jadon Williams

About the Barnes Student Research Program

The Barnes Program Student Research Grants provide business students with up to $1000 in funding to engage in research with a faculty mentor outside of the normal classroom experience. Learn more about the Barnes Scholars Program and student-faculty research at Appalachian's Walker College. Learn more about the Barnes Program at https://business.appstate.edu/students/research/research-grants.

About the Walker College Dean's Club

Contributions from Dean's Club members provide unrestricted support each year for critical needs in the college such as: student scholarships, travel funds for faculty and students to attend course-related conferences and/or visits to corporations, seed money for new programs or opportunities within the college, and resources to bring guest lecturers, such as leaders in business and government, to the classroom. Learn more about the Dean's Club at business.appstate.edu/give/deans-club.

Dean's Club research to be presented in Peacock Hall Nov. 6
Published: Nov 2, 2025 10:56am

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