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Mathew Joseph, Ph.D., enjoys taking an active role in the lives of his students. Case in point: In just the time it took for this short interview, a line of students formed outside his office.
The Emil C.E. Jurica Distinguished Professor of Marketing holds leadership roles in a number of St. Mary’s University organizations, such as the Faculty Academic Mentor (FAM) program, the McNair Scholars program, Study Abroad and the Greehey Scholars program, which he will take over as director in June 2013.
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History Professor Teresa Van Hoy, Ph.D., began what she thinks of as her “scholarly pilgrimage” in June 2011 when she became O’Connor Chair of the History of Hispanic Texas and the Southwest. She is studying the history of Latinos in the Borderlands, researching their contributions to Mexico’s fight with the French in the 1860s. Additionally, Van Hoy is examining the history of Cinco de Mayo.
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Philosophy Professor Glenn “Chip” Hughes, Ph.D., is on a quest that is both difficult to explain and potentially so important that it touches at the very heart of humanity and human rights: If the principle of human dignity is universal and inalienable, then where does it come from?
Hughes, who traveled to Norway’s International Peace Research Institute of Oslo (PRIO) as a Fulbright Scholar in 2008, is looking for the philosophical and theoretical foundations that prove human dignity is both universal and inalienable.
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With more than 30 years of management and executive experience, Earnie Broughton is not your typical college professor. He followed a business career path, rather than an academic one. Before coming to the University in August 2011, he spent 11 years as the Ethics Program Coordinator for USAA on the front lines of one of the hottest business issues in generations. “I can’t think of a more interesting decade to have been involved in organizational ethics,” Broughton said. “Starting with Enron and continuing through the near economic collapse precipitated by the financial markets, we have been reminded time and again of the importance of ethics and values in guiding our choices and conduct at both individual and collective levels. In my view, the opportunities for game–changing breakthroughs in organizational behavior and individual conduct have never been greater.”
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Biological Sciences Professor Colette Daubner has a doctorate in biological chemistry and spends hours squinting at spectrophotometer readings to find clues about how enzymes influence ways the human brain works. But Daubner cautions people not to jump to conclusions about what that says about her or science. “Some non–scientists believe that scientists are dry, dull people who only relate to numbers and equations. I want students to know that scientists are like overgrown children, still in awe of butterflies and bubbles and stars and fossils,” Daubner said.
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Biological sciences professor Marshall McCue, Ph.D., wants to learn not just how living things work, but why they work the way they do. Why can a snake survive without food for up to one year whereas some birds can only tolerate one day of fasting? What happens when bats sleep? “I am interested in using cutting–edge research techniques to explore how different organisms have adapted to meet the complex environmental challenges posed by their unique habitats,” McCue explained.
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David Sommer, Ph.D., knows that good risk management is essential to business success and survival. Bad risk management? Well, that’s what happened in 2008. “The entire financial crisis of recent years was the result of a catastrophic failure to exercise sound risk management at all levels, from individual home buyers, to mortgage lenders, to investment banks, to rating agencies, to investors, to the Federal Reserve, to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, to federal regulators,” said Sommer, who is a professor and the Charles E. Cheever Chair of Risk Management. “Everyone was behaving as if past outcomes—such as continual increases in home prices—were perfect predictors of future outcomes.”
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These are hard times. Across the country people are feeling the crunch of a downturned economy. Fraudulent loans, mortgage schemes and identity theft have caused more people to lose their homes and join the ranks of the homeless and impoverished. Genevieve Hébert Fajardo doesn’t think the story has to end that way.
In the current economy, public school finance is a hot topic, and few understand its ins and outs better than St. Mary's University School of Law Professor Albert Kauffman.
Scientists have wondered for decades why mammals’ brains are so large relative to their body size, but for the most part all they could do was guess. That is, until a young doctoral student named Thomas Macrini teamed up with two world–class researchers to reveal the secrets hiding inside 190–year–old fossils. Macrini, an assistant professor of biological sciences at St. Mary’s University since 2009, brings to his classroom many unique perspectives, including the one of a ground–breaking paleontologist.
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Bahman Rezaie, Ph.D., has seen a lot of firsts at St. Mary’s – the first computer (which he used), the first research grant from the National Science Foundation (which he received), and implementation of the first core curriculum (which he helped design). 
In this increasingly wired world, how can we keep students interested in the classroom? Dr. Carol Redfield believes the answer is educational gaming. As an expert in the field of eLearning, computer gaming, and educational gaming, she firmly believes that educational gaming can engage students in learning and keep them interested for the rest of their lives.
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Border trade with Mexico, neighborhood redevelopment, economic development, forecasting local and regional economies, the impact of the creative industry on a local economy—these are just some of the topics that Steve Nivin tackles each day. Through a unique partnership with the San Antonio Hispanic Chamber of Commerce and St. Mary’s University, Nivin serves as the director of the SABÉR Institute. The economic research think tank publishes a monthly economic report focused on the San Antonio economy and provides economic analysis, forecasting, and economic development services to Chamber members and other public and private organizations. The Institute also provides unique research and educational opportunities for St. Mary’s University students.
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Since 1986, Dr. Flores has served as an expert witness in more than 50 federal voting and civil rights lawsuits including serving as the statistical testifying expert in NAACP v. Harris, which focused on the presidential challenge in Florida in 2000. Flores’ expertise was crucial in LULAC v. Perry case, the 2006 U.S. Supreme Court case resulted in lines in five Texas Congressional districts to be redrawn. His expert testimony helped prove that the division of two congressional districts in Laredo, Texas had violated provisions of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. He has also presented before Texas Legislature Redistricting Committees and testified before U.S. House Committees on voting irregularities.
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Problem solving is the name of the game for Rafael Moras, Ph.D. Within the Industrial Engineering department, Moras specializes in lean production—a problem solving technique uses mathematics as well as factoring in external causes and effects. Whether it’s lean production or the traditional statistical principles of Six Sigma, Moras teaches students what they need know in order to trouble shoot a production line in order to eliminate extra time, cost and waste.
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Since when does turning a profit for shareholders mean ‘by any means necessary'? And, why do some business leaders at the pinnacle of their careers make decisions that harm their shareholders, their employees, and the very foundations of the national economy? As the Bill Greehey Chair in Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, K. Matthew Gilley’s research examines the relationship between executive compensation and ethical/unethical behavior, along with corporate governance, and outsourcing.
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