KAREN L. SHUMWAY, PH.D. DEPARTMENT OF MANAGEMENT AND MARKETING Angelo State University ASU Station 10891 San Angelo, Texas 76909-0891 Phone: 325 942 2383 ext 226 Fax: 325 942 2384 E-mail: kshumway@angelo.edu I. EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND Degree Institution Date Major Field of Study Master s Certificate Villanova University 2011 Information Security Ph.D. University of Illinois, Chicago 2001 Management Specialty Area Ethics MBA University of Chicago 1986 Business Administration, Marketing BA Northwestern University 1981 Economics II. FULL TIME EXPERIENCE August, 2001 to Present. Angelo State University Associate Dean College of Business, October 2012 to Present Professor of Management, August 2013 to Present Director of Academic Assessment, June 2011 to July 2012, Assessment and Accreditation Coordinator for the College of Business, July 2010 to Present, Associate Professor August 2008 to August 2013, Assistant Professor August 2002 to August 2008, Visiting Assistant Professor, August 2001 to August 2002 Courses include business strategy and policy formulation (undergraduate), corporate strategies and policies (graduate), ethics in organizations, management ethics, communications in business and Industry. Faculty secretary of local chapter of Omicron Delta Kappa National Leadership Honor Society (2001 2004). Faculty member of local chapter of Delta Sigma Pi business fraternity. Creator and organizer of the Institute for Ethics Education. MBA Director/Advisor for the Department of Management & Marketing (2001-2002). Leadership role in SACS, ACBSP and AACSB accreditation initiatives (2008 to present). Committee chair for College of Business Outcomes Assessment (2008 present). Appointed Director of Academic Assessment to manage university-wide student learning outcomes assessment June 1, 2011. 1993-2001. Robert Morris College Dean, School of Business Administration Responsible for the strategic direction and planning of the School of Business Administration. Managed five curriculum chairpersons to enhance curriculums and build an exemplary assessment program. Academic programs under my direction included both AAS and BBA degrees. Guided the School through the regional (NCA) accreditation
process. Assisted the Deans of other schools within RMC to gain approval for additional bachelor degrees. Coordinated with branch campus directors at multiple locations to ensure quality instruction college-wide. Developed articulation agreements with both community colleges and master degree level institutions. Constructed the first set of master degree level courses offered at RMC. Researched and coordinated plan to attain additional national-level accreditation for the School of Business Administration. Dean of Faculty, Senior Division Developed bachelor degree program faculty members and curriculum to attain NCA accreditation at branch campuses. Increased faculty credentials in accordance with fiveyear plan to pursue additional accreditation. Increased enrollment and retention in bachelor degree program. Associate Dean, School of Business Administration Supervised over 30 full-time faculty members. Coordinated hiring of all full-time faculty members for the School of Business Administration at the Chicago campus. Assistant Professor and Program Director Academically advised and planned schedules for over 200 students, the majority of whom qualified as at-risk either socio-economically or academically. Taught two courses per quarter in addition to advising responsibilities. Assistant Professor Courses include Business Strategy and Policy, Business Ethics, Human Resource Management, Organizational Behavior, Leadership, Contemporary Applied Management, Principles of Management Member of Faculty Advisory Committee, Illinois Board of Higher Education 1993-1995. University of Illinois at Chicago Instructor for Business Strategy and Policy and Organization Theory. 1987 1992. Senn-Delaney Management Consultants Consulting activities specializing in productivity improvement, cost cutting techniques, organization restructuring, and management training and development. 1989-1992 Project Manager (Midwest Region) 1988-1989 Senior Consultant (Midwest Region) 1987-1988 Consultant (Midwest Region) 1981 1986. Prudential Property & Casualty Insurance Company 1985-1986 Training Coordinator (Mid-America Home Office) 1983-1985 Supervisor (Mid-America Home Office) 1981-1983 Underwriter (Mid-America Home Office) PART TIME PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE April, 2008 Present. Robert Morris University Trustee and Chair, Education and Technology Committee, Board of Trustees Elected member serving second three-year term. Govern 7000+ private, not-for-profit institution of higher education awarding associate, bachelor, and master degrees.
April, 2006 Present. Association of Collegiate Business Schools and Programs (ACBSP) Chair, Baccalaureate and Graduate Degree Board of Commissioners Elected by the Baccalaureate/Graduate Degree Commission. Administer all accreditation activities for baccalaureate/graduate degree-granting institutions. Develop and interpret accreditation standards. Make final decisions pertaining to accreditation. Accreditation Review Team Member, Team Leader, Mentor Review, comment upon, and score applications for accreditation. Participate in international site visits to verify accreditation application. Coordinate team review requirements and prepare final feedback for applicant. Mentor schools going through accreditation or reaffirmation self-studies. August, 2007 Present. Roman Catholic Diocese of San Angelo Instructor, Ethics and Integrity Workshops Conduct mandatory workshops for church employees and volunteers who serve in any capacity that puts them in contact with children or other at-risk individuals. July, 2010 July, 2011 Townhouse Construction Corporation Association Treasurer Elected member of townhouse association with fiduciary and property management responsibilities. March, 2003 August, 2010. Division of Continuing Studies, Angelo State University Instructor, Continuing Education Develop and conduct workshops/short classes for community businesses and not-forprofits. Topics include ethics in the workplace, moral decision-making in organizations, communication and teamwork. September, 2006 February, 2010. Angelo Catholic School School Board President 2008 2010, School Board Member 2006-2008 Advise policy implementation for 3K-6 private school with 120 + students. August, 2003 May, 2004. The Quality Texas Foundation Board of Examiners, Texas Award for Performance Excellence Review, comment upon, and score written applications by organizations applying for a state-level performance award patterned after the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award. Participated in first stage and consensus evaluations for applicant educational organization during the 2003-2004 award cycle. Prepared written evaluations in all performance categories including Leadership; Strategic Planning; Student, Stakeholder, & Market Focus; Measurement, Analysis, & Knowledge Management; Faculty & Staff Focus; Process Management and Results. Category leader for Strategic Planning. January, 2004 May, 2005. Trinity Lutheran School School Board Member Govern not-for-profit 3K-6 private school with 230+ students.
1996 1998. Midtown Educational Foundation Advisory board member and external coordinator of Midtown Center s Summer Program, Advise curriculum development for summer program based on Catholic social teachings. Organized and coordinated the first program offered on the Robert Morris College Campus in 1996, which has been sustained on a yearly basis by both organizations. Organized and guest lectured on ethics and character in annual summer program for boys in grades 6-8. 1999 2000. Illinois Board of Higher Education Faculty Advisory Committee Member. Advise development and implementation of state level initiatives in higher education. III. TEACHING INTERESTS Strategic Management Business Ethics Information Security Business Strategy & Policy Critical Thinking for Business Leadership Communication in Business Organization Theory Organizational Behavior Human Resource Management Principles of Management IV. RESEARCH INTERESTS Organizational ethics Corporate social responsibility Business ethics teaching pedagogy Critical thinking teaching pedagogy V. GRANTS AND AWARDS A. Research Grants Received: The Elephant in the Business School: Teaching Business Students How to Think, Faculty Development and Enrichment Program Grant, Angelo State University, January, 2007 August, 2007, $8,648. Teaching Ethical Reasoning and Critical-Thinking in the Business Classroom, President s Circle Grant, Angelo State University, March, 2006, $400. Strategic Analysis of Corporate Social Responsibility Programs, Faculty Research Enhancement Grant, Angelo State University, October, 2002 December, 2002, $9,877. B. Honors and Awards: Outstanding Faculty Member in Service, College of Business, Angelo State University, awarded May, 2011.
Best of Regions Award, ACBSP Region VI Annual Conference, November, 2009 Mr. and Mrs. Virgil J. Powell TSCRA Professor in American Economic Principles, endowed professorship awarded September, 2009 for five years. Region 6 Teaching Excellence Award, Association of Collegiate Business Schools and Programs (ACBSP), awarded June, 2009. Outstanding Faculty Member in Teaching, College of Business, Angelo State University, awarded May, 2009. Distinguished Faculty Achievement Award, Angelo State University, awarded October, 2007. Nominated for Teaching Excellence Award, Angelo State University, February, 2007. Nominated and initiated to Delta Sigma Pi business fraternity by students at Angelo State University, March 2003. Initiated to Omicron Delta Kappa, a national leadership honor society, December 2001. Thomas Jefferson Excellence in Teaching Award, Robert Morris College, awarded April 1996. Commendation letters from the Dean, College of Business, University of Illinois at Chicago, for outstanding teaching ratings in each semester of teaching. Winner, summer research assistantship competition, College of Business, University of Illinois at Chicago, 1994. VI. PUBLICATIONS A. Refereed Journal Articles A Meta-Theoretical Model of Ethics in Business Organizations, with D. Elenkov and T. Badgett, Review of Business Research, accepted for publication in Review of Business Research. Serve with Distinction: Strategies and Principles of Premier Socially Responsible Companies, with D. Elenkov and T. Badgett, Journal of International Business and Economics, Vol. 12, Number 2, pp. 59-66. Distribution of Perishable Products: New Lessons From A Series of Practical Experiments, with T. Badgett and D. Elenkov, Review of Business Research, Vol. 11, Number 5, 2011, pp. 1-7. Using the Baldrige Application Process to Smooth the Road to Excellence and Accreditation, with D. Alexander and C. Gaulden, The Quality Management Forum, Vol. 34, Number 4, Winter 2009, pp. 17-19.
B. Refereed Proceedings Articles Teaching Assessable Ethical Reasoning in the Business Classroom in International Academy of Management and Business 2006 Conference Proceedings, January 22-25, 2006, Las Vegas, NV. Serve With Distinction: Strategies and Principles of Premier Socially Responsible Companies in 2005 Society for Advancement of Management Proceedings, April 3-6, 2005, Las Vegas, NV. A Meta-Theoretical Model of Ethics in Business Organizations in The Academy of Management Annual Meeting Conference Proceedings, August 6-11, 2004, New Orleans, LA. "A Parsonian Framework for Business Ethics" in 1994 Midwest Academy of Management Proceedings, Chicago, Illinois. "The Effects of Growth on Financial Performance of Small and Medium-Sized Businesses: Implications for Strategy" with David L. Torres in 1994 Small Business Institute Director's Association Proceedings: Providing Total Quality Small Business Consulting, (ed. R. Rubin) San Antonio, Texas, 352-361. Nominated for best paper award. B. Other Professional Publications Invention D-0872: Self-Service Student learning Assessment System filed and recognized as intellectual property for copyright and licensing within the Texas Tech System, February, 2012. Academic Outcomes Assessment Training a training website for Angelo State University, June, 2011. Outcomes Assessment 101 a training manual for University of Wisconsin Stout. March, 2011. Leadership Seminar, Information Technology Department a training manual for Information Technology Department, Angelo State University, April, 2010. Caught in the Trap of Pornography in West Texas Angelus, Volume XXX, No. 3, March, 2010. Safe Environment: Due care in protecting our children from the dangers of pornography in West Texas Angelus, Volume XXVIII, No. 8, August, 2008. The Ethics of Stem Cell Research in West Texas Angelus, Volume XXVII, No. 10 November, 2006.
C. Refereed Papers Presented, Meetings with no Published Proceedings D. Integrating the Standards, 2013 ACBSP Annual Conference, Salt Lake City, Utah, June 2013. Integrating the Standards, 2012 ACBSP Annual Conference, Baltimore, Maryland, June, 2012. Serve With Distinction: Strategies and Principles of Premier Socially Responsible Companies with Detelin S. Elenkov and Tom F. Badgett, International Society of Business and Economics Conference, Venice, Italy, June, 2012. Building Bridges: A University's Journey to Build Sustainable and High-Impact Integrated Assessment of Student Learning and Strategic Planning" with Doyle Carter, Texas A&M Annual Assessment Conference, College Station, Texas, February, 2012. The Banner Breakthrough: Overcoming Obstacles to Adopting a Culture of Student Learning Outcomes Assessment with Jeff Sefcik, American Society of Business and Behavioral Sciences Annual Meeting, Las Vegas, Nevada, February, 2012. Integrating Leadership, Strategic Planning and Outcomes Assessment Together, 2011 ACBSP Annual Conference, Indianapolis, Indiana, July 24-27, 2011. Building on a Rock Year 2: A University s Continuing Collaborative Journey to Build a Sustainable Foundation in Outcomes Assessment with Strategic Planning with Brian Braden and Doug Fox, American Society of Business and Behavioral Sciences Annual meeting, Las Vegas, Nevada, February, 2011. Building on a Rock: A University s Collaborative Journey to Build a Sustainable Foundation in Outcomes Assessment with Strategic Planning with Brian Braden and Doug Fox, The Assessment Institute, Indianapolis, Indiana, October, 2010. Pedagogy for Teaching Undergraduate Organizational Ethics: Applying Continuous Improvement and Collaboration to Improve Student Learning with James P. Cummings, Jr. ACBSP Annual Conference, Los Angeles, California, June 2010. Building on a Rock: A Collaborative Journey of People, Process and Technology toward Sustainability in Assurance of Learning and Strategic Planning with Brian Braden and Doug Fox, American Society of Business and Behavioral Sciences Annual Meeting, Las Vegas, Nevada, February 2010. Pedagogy for Teaching Undergraduate Organizational Ethics with James P. Cummings, Jr., ACBSP Region 6 Conference, Santa Fe, New Mexico, 2009. Received Best of Region Award. Using the Baldrige Application Process to Smooth the Road to Excellence and Accreditation with David Alexander and Corbett Gaulden, ACBSP Annual Conference, New Orleans, Louisiana, 2008.
"Shame and the Erosion of Ethics: A Business Application" with Laurence J. Quick and John Giannini. Midwest Business Administrator's Association Conference, Chicago, Illinois, 1995. "Diversity and Capitalism: Latinos and the Question of Class" with David L. Torres and John A. Garcia. PSID/LNPS Conference, Ann Arbor, Michigan, September 25, 1993. VII. PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES A. Professional Service Session Chair, 2012 International Academy of Business and Economics Conference Venice. Session Chair, 2006 International Academy of Management and Business Conference. Reviewer, Academy of Management Annual Conference, 2002 2007. Reviewer, Business and Society Review, 2005. B. University Service Chair, Department of Management and Marketing Post-Tenure Review Committee, April 2012. University Core Curriculum Committee, August 2011 Present. College of Business Tenure and Promotion Committee, 2010- Present Chair, Academic Assessment Committee, June 2011 June 2012 SACS Accreditation Action Team, June 2011 June 2012 SACS Accreditation Quality Enhancement Plan Development Committee, July 2010 June 2012 Chair, SACS Accreditation QEP Technology and Other Resources Subcommittee, September 2010 June 2012 Chair, Common Learning Goals Committee, College of Business and Professional Studies, Angelo State University, October 2008 September, 2010. Chair, Outcomes Assessment Committee, College of Business and Professional Studies, Angelo State University, September 2008 June 2011. Norris Family Endowed Chair in International Business Search Committee, College of Business and Professional Studies, Angelo State University, August 2008 December 2009.
Chair, Business Law/Legal Social Environment Search Committee, College of Business and Professional Studies, Angelo State University, August, 2008. Operations Management Search Committee, College of Business and Professional Studies, Angelo State University, April, 2008. Student Participants Committee, College of Business and Professional Studies, Angelo State University, 2007-2008. Faculty Salary Schedule Committee, Angelo State University, September, 2006 2008. Strategic Planning Committee, College of Business and Professional Studies, Angelo State University, 2005 2008. Graduate Program Assurance of Learning Committee, College of Business and Professional Studies, Angelo State University, 2005 - Present. Wells Fargo Scholarship Award Committee, College of Business and Professional Studies, Angelo State University, 2004 2007. Core Curriculum Committee, Angelo State University, September, 2005 2007. Chair, Mission Statement Committee, College of Business and Professional Studies, Angelo State University, 2005 2006. University Master Plan Committee, Angelo State University, 2005-2006. Graduate School Committee, Angelo State University, 2001-2003. Chair and Member, Management Curriculum Committee, Robert Morris College, 1993-2001. Chair, Ethics Across the Curriculum General Education Assessment Committee, Robert Morris College, 1999-2001. Management Curriculum Professional Assessment Committee, Robert Morris College, 1996-2001. Assessment Steering Committee, Robert Morris College, 1996-1998. C. Professional Development Activities ACBSP Annual Conference, Salt Lake City, Utah, June 2013 AACSB Annual ICAM, Chicago, IL, April, 2013 ACBSP Annual Conference, Baltimore, MD, June, 2012 Texas A&M Assessment Conference, College Station, TX, February, 2012
SACSCOC Annual Conference, Orlando, FL, December, 2011 ACBSP Region 6 Conference, Las Cruces, NM, November, 2011. SACSCOC Summer Institute, Fort Worth, TX, July, 2011 ACBSP Annual Conference, Indianapolis, IN, June, 2011 Texas A&M Assessment Conference, College Station, TX, February, 2011. SACSCOC Annual Conference, Louisville, KY, December, 2010. ACBSP Region 6 Conference, San Antonio, TX, November, 2010. ACBSP Annual Conference, Los Angeles, CA, June, 2010. ACBSP Annual Conference, San Antonio, TX, June, 2009. AACSB Annual Conference, Orlando, FL, April, 2009. AACSB Assessment Conference, Dallas, TX, December, 2008. ACBSP Region 6 Annual Conference, Tulsa, OK October, 2008 ACBSP Annual Conference, New Orleans, LA, June, 2008 Systems-Centered Training, Systems-Centered Training and Research Institute, April, 2007 to April, 2013 Blackboard Training, BbWorld 07 Conference, Boston, MA, July, 2007. AACSB Teaching Business Ethics Conference, University of Colorado at Boulder, July, 2004. Quality Texas Foundation Examiner Training, Fall, 2004. Lilly Conference on Teaching, Miami University of Ohio, November, 2003. ACBSP Deans and Department Heads Workshop, Kansas City, MO, 1996. ACBSP Annual Conference, Nashville, TN, 1996. AAHE Annual Conference, Chicago, IL, 1996. Reading Strategies Workshop, sponsored by Robert Morris College, 1996. Critical Thinking Workshop with Richard Paul, Foundation for Critical Thinking, sponsored by Robert Morris College, 1995.