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New Leadership for Undergraduate and Graduate Programs<br />
Rose Appointed Associate Dean<br />
Jerman Rose will bring his<br />
experience as a <strong>College</strong> leader<br />
to his new role as associate dean<br />
<strong>of</strong> undergraduate programs.<br />
In this position, Rose will also<br />
lead international business and<br />
entrepreneurship initiatives.<br />
Rose joined WSU in 1987<br />
and has taught marketing,<br />
international business, and<br />
entrepreneurship courses. His<br />
expertise is focused on small and<br />
medium enterprises.<br />
“Dr. Rose brings tremendous<br />
experience and expertise to the<br />
Jerman Rose<br />
role,” says Dean Eric Spangenberg.<br />
“He is an acclaimed teacher with significant<br />
international experience and contacts. His experience in<br />
teaching, researching, and practicing entrepreneurship<br />
will be invaluable to the CB and across WSU. Both<br />
undergraduate and graduate programs as well as our<br />
external constituencies will benefit from his leadership.”<br />
Rose has served as director <strong>of</strong> external programs for the<br />
<strong>College</strong> since 2003. In this role, he led the development<br />
<strong>of</strong> online programs, including curriculum development,<br />
faculty engagement, and program growth. A business<br />
owner himself, Rose has led the <strong>College</strong>’s Center for<br />
Entrepreneurial Studies since 1999, organized an awardwinning<br />
local chapter <strong>of</strong> Students in Free Enterprise, and<br />
teaches and lectures on entrepreneurship. In 2004, he was<br />
selected as a Fulbright Scholar with a five-month assignment<br />
to lecture at Can Tho University in Vietnam.<br />
“I am very pleased to be <strong>of</strong>fered the opportunity<br />
to contribute to the development <strong>of</strong> our world-class<br />
undergraduate programs in the role <strong>of</strong> associate dean,”<br />
says Rose. “After 19 years <strong>of</strong> service to the <strong>College</strong>, I<br />
have never been more optimistic about the direction <strong>of</strong><br />
the college, and our commitment to prepare students to<br />
think globally and act with entrepreneurial spirit.”<br />
With a doctorate from the University <strong>of</strong> Kansas, Rose’s<br />
research interests include international entrepreneurship,<br />
e-commerce, and entrepreneurship. He has authored<br />
several articles and contributed to numerous books in<br />
these fields, with his most recent work, “Are strategic<br />
assets contributions or constraints for SMEs to go international?<br />
An empirical study <strong>of</strong> the US manufacturing<br />
sector,” appearing in The Journal <strong>of</strong> The American Academy<br />
<strong>of</strong> <strong>Business</strong> (2004).<br />
Rose replaces M. Chris Paxson, who will return<br />
to teaching in the School <strong>of</strong> <strong>Hospitality</strong> <strong>Business</strong><br />
<strong>Management</strong>.<br />
Hess Appointed New Associate<br />
Dean <strong>of</strong> Graduate Programs<br />
The <strong>College</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Business</strong> has<br />
a new leader for their graduate<br />
programs in Traci Hess, an<br />
associate pr<strong>of</strong>essor <strong>of</strong> information<br />
systems.<br />
“I am delighted that Dr. Hess<br />
has agreed to lead the <strong>College</strong>’s<br />
graduate education programs,”<br />
says Dean Eric Spangenberg.<br />
“She is a highly respected<br />
member <strong>of</strong> our faculty, and she<br />
brings valuable experience and<br />
perspective to the role.”<br />
Traci Hess<br />
Hess received her master’s<br />
degree and doctorate from Virginia Tech and joined the<br />
<strong>College</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Business</strong> in 2002. In 2006, she received tenure<br />
and was promoted to associate pr<strong>of</strong>essor. Prior to her<br />
career in academia, she served as senior vice president at<br />
the Bank <strong>of</strong> Hampton Roads and Valley Bank.<br />
“I am honored and excited to contribute to the<br />
development and advancement <strong>of</strong> our successful graduate<br />
programs as a member <strong>of</strong> <strong>College</strong>’s leadership team,”<br />
says Hess.<br />
Hess has been honored with numerous <strong>College</strong> <strong>of</strong><br />
<strong>Business</strong> awards, including a Teaching Innovation grant<br />
in 2003, MIS Pr<strong>of</strong>essor <strong>of</strong> the Year awards in 2004 and<br />
2005, and Dean’s Excellence and Furman Fellowships in<br />
2005. She has served the <strong>College</strong> in a variety <strong>of</strong> capacities,<br />
including co-chair and departmental representative <strong>of</strong> the<br />
Undergraduate Program Policy Committee in the <strong>College</strong><br />
<strong>of</strong> <strong>Business</strong>, information systems doctoral program<br />
coordinator, <strong>College</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Business</strong> representative for the<br />
University Advisory Committee for Computing and<br />
Telecommunications, and department representative in<br />
the <strong>College</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Business</strong> Technology Steering Committee.<br />
Her research centers on human-computer interaction<br />
in a decision-making context, decision support technologies,<br />
and user acceptance and evaluation <strong>of</strong> information<br />
systems, and has appeared in Journal <strong>of</strong> <strong>Management</strong><br />
Information Systems, Decision Sciences, and Decision Support<br />
Systems. Hess currently serves as chair <strong>of</strong> the Association<br />
for Information Systems Special Interest Group on<br />
Human-Computer Interaction.<br />
Hess replaces Chuck Munson, who will return to<br />
teaching full-time in the Department <strong>of</strong> <strong>Management</strong> and<br />
Operations. Munson led CB graduate programs for two<br />
years, during which he spearheaded a major redesign <strong>of</strong><br />
the MBA curriculum.<br />
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