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Linda Poulson, associate professor and chair of the Accounting department in the Love School of Business, has been appointed to the Board of Directors of the North Carolina Association of CPAs for a three-year term.

Matthew Valle, professor of business administration, and currently the 2010-2011 Distinguished Visiting Professor of Management at the United States Air Force Academy, recently had an article published in Business Education Innovation Journal.

Steve DeLoach, a professor of economics, made a presentation at the Allied Social Science Associations annual meetings held Jan. 6-9, 2011. The ASSA is the largest annual economics conference, attracting more than 10,000 academic and government economists from all over the world.

Katy Rouse, assistant professor of economics, recently presented her new paper, "Curing the summertime blues: the impact of year-round schooling on academic achievement," at the Allied Social Science Associations Jan. 6-9, 2011. The ASSA is the largest annual economics conference, attracting more than 10,000 academic and government economists from all over the world.

Economics professors, Tina Das and Steve DeLoach published their paper, "Mirror, mirror on the wall: The effect of time spent grooming on earnings," in the (Vol 40, 2011, pp 26-34).

Keyaha Wescott, internship coordinator for the Love School of Business, has been appointed to serve on the Raleigh Community Advisory Board of the North Carolina Regional Black Chamber of Commerce.

Thomas K. Tiemann, Jefferson Pilot Professor of Economics, has been named a trustee of Eden Theological Seminary in St. Louis, Mo.

Tina Das, professor of economics, and Casey Dirienzo, associate professor of economics and associate dean of the Love School of Business, have published a paper titled “Quality of Political Management and the Role of Corruption: A Cross Country Analysis" in International Journal of Public Administration, 33(14): 832 – 842.

Christina Benson, assistant professor of business law in the Martha and Spencer Love School of Business, presented a paper, "Reviving Ancient Trade Routes: Can Iraq Leverage Trade and the WTO Accession Process to Rebuild its Post Conflict Economy?," at the annual Southeastern Academy of Legal Studies in Business conference, held in Charleston, SC in November.