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In this Winter'08 Issue:
> Advances in Entrepreneurship
> Digital Forensics – Is Your Company Ready?
> Awards, Conferences, and Publications
> Communications Corner
> Alumni Update
> Upcoming Events

Awards, Conferences, and Publications
As mentioned in the previous Faculty E-Newsletter, please let us know if you have any news to announce: if one of your papers is accepted by a journal, a book is selected for publication, or you are recognized with an award. Email us at gsbnews@fordham.edu.
John Carey
Carey’s recent publications include: “Is TV Dead?”
(with Gali Einav), TV Quarterly, Winter 2008.
“Peer-to-Peer Video File Sharing: What Can We Learn From Consumer Behavior?” in Peer-to-Peer Video: The Economics, Policy and Culture of Today's New Mass Medium, (Eli Noam and Lorenzo Pupillo, eds.). Berlin: Springer Publishers, 2008.
“Expressive Communication and Social Conventions in Virtual Worlds,” ACM SIGMIS Database Journal, November 2007.
Alfred C. Holden
We would like to congratulate Alfred C. Holden as he was honored at The 2008 Fordham University Convocation, held on Sunday, March 2 at Rose Hill. Al received the Bene Merenti Medal for 20 years of service to Fordham.
John Hollwitz and Francis Petit
The Fordham Executive MBA Program, directed by Francis Petit, was recently highlighted as one of 11 EMBA Programs worldwide by EMBA News (Fall 2007) for its "Program Innovation" of incorporating Jazz Simulation Exercises at Jazz at Lincoln Center, taught by Professor John Hollwitz in its Management Core Course.
George E. Kroon
We would like to congratulate George E. Kroon as he was honored at The 2008 Fordham University Convocation, held on Sunday, March 2 at Rose Hill. George received the Bene Merenti Medal for 20 years of service to Fordham.
Paul S. Kushel
We would like to congratulate Paul S. Kushel as he was honored at The 2008 Fordham University Convocation, held on Sunday, March 2 at Rose Hill. Paul received the Bene Merenti Medal for 20 years of service to Fordham.
Dawn B. Lerman
Lerman’s co-authored article, "Why Are You Telling Me This? An Examination into Negative Consumer Reviews on the Web" was published in the Journal of Interactive Marketing.
Lerman also announced publication of her invited book chapter: Lerman, Dawn (2007), "Phonology, Morphology and Semantics: Towards a Fuller Conceptualization of Brand Name Meaning," Tina Lowrey (ed.), Psycholinguistic Phenomena in Marketing Communications, Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.
Juelly Lichtmann
We would like to congratulate Juelly Lichtmann as she was honored at The 2008 Fordham University Convocation, held on Sunday, March 2 at Rose Hill. Juelly received the Archbishop Hughes Medal for 20 years of service to Fordham.
Jim Lothian
Lothian had two papers accepted for publication:
“The Signaling Hypothesis Revisited: Evidence from Foreign IPOs” by the Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis.
"Real Exchange Rates over the Last Two Centuries: How Important Is the Harrod-Balassa-Samuelson Effect?" by the Economic Journal.
Nancy Baumeister McCarthy
We would like to congratulate Nancy Baumeister McCarthy as she was honored at The 2008 Fordham University Convocation, held on Sunday, March 2 at Rose Hill. Nancy received the Archbishop Hughes Medal for 20 years of service to Fordham.
Paul McNelis
McNelis’ recent publications include:
"Central Bank Learning, Terms of Trade Shocks, and Currency Risk: Should Only Inflation Matter for Monetary Policy?" with Guay C. Lim, Journal of International Money and Finance, 2007, Vol. 26, p. 865-886.
"Inflation Targeting, Learning and Q-Volatility in Small Open Economies", Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, 2007, Vol. 31, p. 3699-3722.
McNelis’ recent papers in Books or Conference Volumes include: "Forecasting Inflation with Forecast Combinations: Using Neural Networks in Policy", in M. Salzano and D. Colander (eds.), Complexity Hints for Economic Policy, Springer, 2007, p. 253-270 (with P. McAdams).
Philip M. Napoli
“Toward a Federal Data Agenda for Communications Policymaking,” by Napoli and Social Science Research Council Program Officer Joe Karaganis, has been published in CommLaw Conspectus: The Journal of Communication Law & Policy.
Napoli has been named a Docent (adjunct scholar) in the Department of Communication at the University of Helsinki.
The Donald McGannon Communication Research Center’s most recent book, edited by Napoli, Media Diversity and Localism: Meaning and Metrics (Erlbaum, 2007) is the subject of an extensive review in the latest issue of the Federal Communications Law Journal.
The Donald McGannon Communication Research Center’s most recent book, edited by Napoli, Media Diversity and Localism: Meaning and Metrics (Erlbaum, 2007) is the subject of an extensive review in the latest issue of the Federal Communications Law Journal.
Frank O'Connor
We would like to congratulate Frank O'Connor as he was honored at The 2008 Fordham University Convocation, held on Sunday, March 2 at Rose Hill. Frank received the Bene Merenti Medal for 20 years of service to Fordham.
Francis Petit
Petit presented the concurrent session "Promoting Executive Programs with a Sports Marketing Strategy: Lessons Learned by Fordham University" at the Executive MBA Council Annual Conference in Toronto.
Barbara M. Porco
We would like to congratulate Barbara M. Porco as she was honored at The 2008 Fordham University Convocation, held on Sunday, March 2 at Rose Hill. Barbara received the Bene Merenti Medal for 20 years of service to Fordham.
RP Raghupathi and Aditya Saharia
Saharia andRaghupathi’s paper "Identifying Risks in ERP Implementation" was chosen as the Distinguished Paper in the Information Systems track at the 2007 Annual Decision Sciences Institute Meeting held in Arizona in November.
Travis Russ
Russ has a number of recent publications:
Ruben, B. D., Russ, T. L., Smulowitz, S. M., & Connaughton, S. L. (2007). “Evaluating the impact of organizational self-assessment in higher education: The Malcolm Baldrige/Excellence in Higher Education framework.” Leadership and Organization Development Journal.
Russ, T. L. (2007). “Experiential learning in the basic communication course: Creating educative, not miseducative experiences.” In L.W. Hugenberg, S. Morreale, D. M. Worley, B.S. Hugenberg & D. A. Worley (Eds.). Basic Communication Course Best Practices: A Training Manual for Instructors. Dubuque, IA : Kendall/Hunt.
Russ, T. L. (2007). Casting agency: Exploring the communicative consequences of prejudging on interpersonal relationships. Communication Teacher.
Lederman, L. C., & Stewart, L. P., & Russ, T. L. (2007). Addressing college drinking through curriculum infusion in the communication classroom: A study of the use of an experiential learning intervention. Communication Education.
Tristan Uy
We would like to congratulate Tristan Uy as he was honored at The 2008 Fordham University Convocation, held on Sunday, March 2 at Rose Hill. Tristan received the Archbishop Hughes Medal for 20 years of service to Fordham.
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Communications Corner:
The year has started with a bang, which included our 2008 Faculty Retreat at the United Nations and our first Flaum Leadership Lectures, which featured Randall Rothenberg of the Interactive Advertising Bureau.
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Keith Norton is the new Director of Development for the Graduate School of Business. He replaced Robert Smith on January 1, 2008. He has been part of Fordham University’s Development Office for the past year working as Major Gifts Officer. Please contact Keith at knorton@fordham.edu or 212 636-7184.
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Darcy Antonellis
We would like to recognize Darcy Antonellis, a finance graduate, for her promotion to President of Warner Bros. Technical Operations.
Jacqueline Miller
Congratulations to Jacqueline Miller (GBA ’99) for her new appointment to the position of vice president, group account director for MicroMass Communications Inc.
Frank Waltman
Congratulations to Frank Waltman (GBA ’91) who has joined Prudential Retirement as head of the organization's Investment Products team.
Timothy Walsh
The Greater West Chester Chamber of Commerce has named Timothy S. Walsh Chairman of its Board of Directors.
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Joint Council
Wednesday, March 5, 2008 Location: Walsh Library, Rose Hill
8:30am – 12:30pm
Flaum Leadership Lecture: Marianne Cooper, IBM
Thursday, March 27, 2008
Location: Princeton Club, Nassau Room
6:00pm - 8:00pm
Marianne Cooper is a vice president with IBM Corporation. Cooper will be speaking about the qualities needed to lead large organizations and how – by staying true to these qualities – a leader can confront any challenge. This speaker series is generously funded by Sander Flaum, Adjunct Professor & member of the Board of Advisors. The format is informal and interactive with a focus on leadership. Please email us gradbusiness@fordham.edu for more information. Space will be limited.
FYI: World Wise Network Reception
Wednesday, April 2, 2008
Location: Princeton Club
6:30pm – 8:30pm
This is the inaugural meeting for the World Wise Network, which is dedicated to Graduate School of Business Administration alumni. Contact Stephanie Cziczo at cziczo@fordham.edu with questions or comments.
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