Editors-in-Chief 
William C. McDowell                    Middle Tennessee State University 
Michael L. Harris East Carolina 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 

Shawn Carraher University of Texas at Dallas 

Phillip E. Davis Texas State University 

Eugene Fregetto University of Illinois at Chicago 

Joseph Geiger University of Idaho 
Armand Gilinsky Sonoma State University 

Michael Goldsby Ball State University 
David Lyn Hoffman Metropolitan State College of Denver 

Jeffrey Hornsby University of Missouri Kansas City 
Jerry Kudlats Jacksonville University 

Cathleen (Folker) Leitch Wilfrid Laurier University 

Robert Lussier Springfield College 
Matthew R. Marvel Ball State University 

Brian McKenzie California State University, East Bay 

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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2017-2018 SBI Officers  SBI   
Small Business Institute ® 

President: 

John H. Batchelor 

University of West Florida 

Jbatchelor1@uwf.edu 

President-Elect: 

Deborah Cours 

California State University-Northridge 

Deborah.cours@csun.edu 

Vice President of Programs: 

Timothy Dunne 

Boise State University 

Timothydunne@boisestate.edu 

Vice President of Programs-Elect: 

Whitney Peake 
Western Kentucky University 

Whitney.peake@wku.edu 

Secretary/Treasurer: 
Joshua Aaron 

Middle Tennessee State University 

Joshua.aaron@mtsu.edu 

Vice President of Marketing and 

Communications: 

Blake Escudier 

Entrepanalysis, LLC
Blake@escudier.us  

Vice President of Membership:  

Kathleen Liang 

North Carolina Agriculture and Technical 

State University 

Cliang@ncat.edu 

Vice President of Research and 

Publications: 
Denise Cumberland 
University of Louisville 

Denise.cumberland@louisville.edu 

Vice President of Development: 
Shanan Gibson 

East Carolina University 

Gibsons@ecu.edu 

Immediate Past President: 

Patrick Walker 

Lindenwood University 

Pwalker@lindenwood.edu 

Editors, Journal of Small 

Business Strategy: 
William C. McDowell  

Middle Tennessee State University 
William.mcdowell@mtsu.edu   

Michael L. Harris 
East Carolina University 

Harrismi@ecu.edu 

Editor, Small Business 

Institute Journal 
Troy A. Volker 

University of Houston Clearlake 

Volker@UHCL.edu 

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