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William C. McDowell Middle Tennessee State University 

Senior Editor 
Dianne H. B. Welsh    University of North Carolina — Greensboro 

Associate Editors 
Joshua Aaron       Middle Tennessee State University 
Whitney O. Peake    Western Kentucky University 
Raj Mahto       University of New Mexico 

Editorial Assistant 
Stacy Aaron Middle Tennessee State University 

Editorial Review Board 
Semra Ascigil Middle East Technical University 
Joe R. Bell University of Arkansas at Little Rock 
David Brennan University of St. Thomas 
Shawn Carraher University of Texas at Dallas 
Phillip E. Davis East Carolina University 
Eugene Fregetto University of Illinois at Chicago 
Joseph Geiger University of Idaho 
Armand Gilinsky Sonoma State University 
Michael Goldsby Ball State University 
Michael Harris East Carolina University 
David Lyn Hoffman Metropolitan State College of Denver 
Jeffrey Hornsby Kansas State University 
Jerry Kudlats Middle Tennessee State University 
Cathleen (Folker) Leitch Wilfrid Laurier University 
Robert Lussier Springfield College 
Matthew R. Marvel Ball State University 
Brian McKenzie California State University, East Bay 
Thaddeus McEwen North Carolina A&T State University 
Abbas Nadim University of New Haven 
John E. Prescott University of Pittsburgh 
Neal Pruchansky Keene State College 
Jeff Shields University of North Carolina at Ashville 
Leo Simpson Seattle University 
Matthew C. Sonfield Hofstra University 
Harriet Stephenson Seattle University 
Jude Valdez University of Texas at San Antonio 

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2016-2017 SBI Officers                                                                        SBI    
 
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President: 
Patrick Walker 
Lindenwood University 
Pwalker@lindenwood.edu 

 
President-Elect: 
John H. Batchelor 
University of West Florida 
Jbatchelor1@uwf.edu 

 
Vice President of Programs: 
Deborah Cours 
California State University-Northridge 
Deborah.cours@csun.edu 
 
Vice President of Programs-Elect: 
Timothy Dunne 
Middle Tennessee State University 
Timothy.Dunne@mtsu.edu 
 
Secretary/Treasurer: 
Joshua Aaron  
Middle Tennessee State University 
Joshua.aaron@mtsu.edu 
 
Vice President of Marketing and 
Communications: 
Whitney Peake 
Western Kentucky University 
Whitney.peake@wku.edu 
 

Vice President of Membership:  
Kathleen Liang 
University of Vermont 
Cliang@uvm.edu 

 
Vice President of Research and 
Publications: 
Denise Cumberland 
University of Louisville 
Denise.cumberland@louisville.edu  
 
Vice President of Development: 
Joy Griffin 
California State University-Northridge 
joy.griffin@csun.edu 
 
Immediate Past President: 
William C. McDowell 
Middle Tennessee State University 
William.mcdowell@mtsu.edu 
 
Editor, Journal of Small 
Business Strategy: 
William C. McDowell  
Middle Tennessee State University 
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Editor, Small Business 
Institute® Journal: 
Michael Harris 
East Carolina University 
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