Faculty
Dr. Jody W. Lipford
Department Chair
Professor of Economics and Business Administration
B.S., Francis Marion College
M.A., Ph.D., Clemson University
Joined PC Faculty: 1991
jlipford@presby.edu
Courses Taught:
Introductory Microeconomics; Introductory Macroeconomics; Intermediate Macroeconomic Theory; Money, Banking, and Financial Markets; Comparative Economic Systems; Economics of Property Rights; and International Trade
Areas of Specialty:
Public Finance, Public Choice; Property Rights
Professional Memberships:
Southern Economic Association, 1991-present
Association of Private Enterprise Education, 2002-present Regional Advisory Commission to State Board of Economic Advisors, 2001-present
Publications and Professional Development:
Lipford, Jody W. and Pompe, Jeffrey. 2005. Putting Private Lands into Public Hands: Explaining Voter Choices to Puchase Public Lands. Journal of Private Enterprise 20: 1-24.
Presented "Explaining Voter Choices to Purchase Public Land" (co-authored with Jeff Pompe), Association of Private Enterprise Education Meeting, April 2004.
Presented " South Carolina's Jocassee Gorges -- Private Vice or Public Virtue?" (co-authored with Bruce Yandle and Jerry Slice), Association of Private Enterprise Education Meeting, April 2004.
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Samuel L. Howell
Professor of Business Administration
B.S., Presbyterian College
M. Acc., University of South Carolina
Joined PC Faculty: 1980
slhowell@presby.edu
Courses Taught:
• Financial Accounting
• Managerial Accounting
• Cost Accounting
• Governmental and Not-for-Profit Accounting
• Federal Income Taxation
• Investment Analysis
Dr. Rickey H. Madden
Associate Professor of Business Administration
B.S. Erskine College
M.B.A. University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Ph.D. University of Georgia
Joined PC Faculty: 2005
rhmadden@presby.edu
Courses Taught and Areas of Specialty:
• Principles of Marketing
• Business Strategy
• Personal Selling
• Consumer Behavior
• Marketing Research
• Promotion Management
• International Marketing
Norman M. Scarborough
William Henry Scott III Associate Professor of Information Science
B.S., M.S., Clemson University
Joined PC Faculty: 1979
nmscarb@presby.edu
Recent Awards:
2005 PC Professor of the Year
Courses Taught:
• Small Business Management
• Business Law
• Applied Management Information Systems
• Statistics
Areas of Specialty:
• Entrepreneurship
• Small Business Management
• Teaching & Technology
Publications and Professional Development:
Eight books, including:
• Effective Small Business Management
• Entrepreneurship
• Essentials of Small Business Management
• Building A Business Plan with Lotus 1-2-3
• Business: Gaining the Competitive Edge
plus several articles
Dr. Jerry K. Slice
Professor of Economics and Business Administration
B.S., Clemson University
M.S., Ph.D., Mississippi State University
Joined PC Faculty: 1989
jkslice@presby.edu
Areas of Specialty:
• Microeconomics
• Environmental Economics
• International Economics
Outside interests:
Wilderness activities, hiking, canoeing
Dr. Suzanne J. Smith
Robert M. Vance Professor of Business Administration
B.S., Presbyterian College
B.E., Vanderbilt University
Ph.D., Clemson University
Joined PC Faculty: 1987
ssmith@presby.edu
Areas of Specialty:
• Management
• Operations Management
• Managerial Communication
• Teaching and Technology
• Disney Management
Courses taught:
• Management & Organizational Behavior
• Operations Management
• Applied Management Information Systems
• Managerial Communication
• Managing the Magic: Lessons on Management from the Mouse (2006)
Awards:
Presbyterian College Professor of the Year, 2001
Presbyterian College SGA Spirit of PC Award, 2001
Presbyterian College Outstanding Young Alumna Award, 1999
Professional Activities:
Decision Sciences Institute member, SC Liberal Arts College Consortium of Management and Organizational Behavior Faculty, Disney Institute 2005
Recent Presentations and Publications:
"Student Video Research Projects: Expanding Communication Platforms in Management & Organizational Behavior," Decision Sciences Institute, November 2003.
"Creating and Presenting Dazzling PowerPoint Presentations," South Carolina Association of School Librarians Annual Meeting, March 2000 (co-presented with Norman Scarborough).
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Dr. Foard H. Tarbert Jr.
Professor of Business Administration
B.A., Newberry College
Ph.D., Clemson University
Joined PC Faculty: 1974
ftarb@presby.edu
Courses taught:
• Managerial Finance
• Real Estate
• Statistics
• Applied Management Information Systems
Favorite expressions:
• Mornin'Troops!
• Hello my good friends.
• Sounds like a personal problem to me.
• Wrong again, Lizard Lips.
• Who'd a ever thunk it?
• I am the departmental creampuff.
• Give you another choice.
• Now go get a gravy biscuit at Whiteford's.
• Have a nice life.
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