Ramin Cooper Maysami, Ph.D., CFP

Ramin Cooper Maysami, Ph.D., CFP Dean/Professor, School of Business Department of Economics, Finance and Decision Sciences Revised: November 17, 2012 Education and Certifications Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), August 1992 Iowa State University of Science and Technology (Dissertation: Hedging Mortgage Rate Risk with Financial Futures and Options) Master of Science, May 1988 Iowa State of Science and Technology (Thesis: Possible Causes of Bank Failure and Some Preventive Methods) Bachelor of Science, May 1984 Iowa State of Science and Technology Certified Financial Planner (CFP TM ), September 2004 Financial Planning Association of Singapore Associate Wealth Planner (AWP TM ), July 2004 Financial Planning Association of Singapore Professional Experience Administrative Positions Dean, May 2012- Present School of Business Administration University of North Carolina-Pembroke, USA Acting Dean, July 2011- May 2012 School of Business Administration University of North Carolina-Pembroke, USA

Director, October 2007 - July 2011 Bachelor of Interdisciplinary Studies Program University of North Carolina-Pembroke, USA Director, Small Business Institute, October 2003 - October 2006 UNC-Pembroke Chapter Small Business Administration, USA Head, Interest-Free Banking Research Unit, October 1998 - July 2005 Asian Economic and Commerce Studies Center Nanyang Business School, Singapore Deputy Head, Central Banking Policies Research Unit, June 1999 - July 2003 Asian Economic and Commerce Studies Center Nanyang Business School, Singapore Director, Small Business Institute, August 1991 - May 1994 UI-Springfield Chapter Small Business Administration, USA Academic Positions Professor of Economics and Finance, August 2007 - Present Department of Economics, Finance, and Decision Sciences School of Business Administration University of North Carolina-Pembroke, USA Associate Professor of Economics and Finance, August 2003 July 2007 School of Business Administration University of North Carolina-Pembroke, USA Associate Professor of Financial Economics, January 2000 - July 2003 Nanyang Business School, Singapore Assistant Professor of Applied Microeconomics, June 1994 - December 1999 Nanyang Business School, Singapore Assistant Professor of Financial Economics, May 1990 - May 1994 School of Business and Management University of Illinois at Springfield, USA Instructor, September 1988 - April 1990 Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, USA

Teaching Undergraduate: Personal Finance, Business Finance, Money, Financial Institutions, and Markets, International Finance; Principles of Microeconomics, Principles of Macroeconomics, Managerial Economics, Asian Economies, Economics of Social Issues, Graduate: Foundations of Finance, Managerial Finance, Personal Financial Planning Foundations of Mico/Macro Economics, Managerial Economics, Intellectual Contributions 1. Peer Reviewed Journal Articles - PRJs 1. Harrington, Charles, and Ramin Cooper Maysami, Regional Universities and the Entrepreneurship Education Imperative, Journal of Entrepreneurship Education (forthcoming) (L) 2. Ding, David, Ramin Cooper Maysami and Charlie Charoenwong, The Influence of the Islamic Profit and Loss Sharing Scheme on Return from Investment and Deposit Accounts: An Empirical Study, The Journal of International Business Research and Practice, Vol. 6, 2012, pp 122-127 (D) 3. Bahhouth, Victor, Ramin Cooper Maysami, and Stewart Thomas, Does Technology Reduce The Working Capital Requirements of Businesses? An Exploratory Study, International Journal of Business, Accounting, and Finance (IJBAF),volume 06, number 2, Fall 2012 (D) 4. Bahhouth, Victor, Ramin Cooper Maysami, and Yan Shi, An Empirical Study of the Financial Characteristics of Firms Showing Positive Price Movements During Declining Markets, International Journal of Business and Economics Perspectives (IJBEP), Volume 01, 2012 (D) 5. Chia, Rosina, Elmer Poe, Ramin Maysami, and Ji Young Kim, How to Adapt One Proven Best Practice Globalization Project Across Campuses Within the UNC System, The Journal of Higher Education Management, Volume 27, No 1, May 2012 (D) 6. Kang, Zhixin, Maysami Ramin Cooper, and Aiwu Zhao, Investigation on Two Alternative Model-Free Realized Volatility Estimators, Journal of Finance and Accountancy Vol. 8: 1-13, 2011 (D) 7. Maysami, Ramin Cooper, Victor Bahhouth, and Joyce Bahhouth Significance of E-learning in Traditional Classes, International Journal of Education Research Volume 6, Number 2, Fall 2011 (L) 8. Maysami, Ramin C., and Cammie Oxendine, Small and Medium Enterprises in Singapore: What Contributes to Startup Success? The Journal of International Business Research and Practice, Volume 5, 2011 (D)

9. Bahhouth, Victor, and Ramin Cooper Maysami A Cross Sectional Study of Financial Measures in Predicting Stocks Riskiness during Year 2008 Crash Period, Academy of Accounting and Financial Studies Journal Volume 15, Special Issue Number 1, 2011 (D) 10. Spillan, John, E. Chaubey, Manmohan D., and Ramin Cooper Maysami, Career Interest In International Business: A Comparative Study Of Peruvian, Chilean And US Students, Journal of International Business Research, 10 (1), pp 21-34, 2011 (D) 11. Ramin Cooper Maysami and Victor Bahhouth, Foreign Banks in China: Critical Success Factors and Lessons Learned, Journal of International Business Research and Practice, Volume 4, 2010 (D) 12. Bahhouth, V. and Maysami R. and Khoueiry R. The Significance of Beta and Financial Measures in Predicting the Riskiness of S&P 500 Stocks during the Downturn of Year 2008, International Journal of Business, Accounting, and Finance (IJBAF) Volume 04, Number 02, summer 2010 (D) 13. Mensah, Cliff, and Ramin Cooper Maysami, Revisiting the synergy between no-till and roundup ready soybean technology, Journal of Development and Agricultural Economics Vol. 2(3), pp. 065-077, March 2010 (D) 14. Bahhouth, Victor, and Ramin Cooper Maysami, Risk Prediction Capabilities of P/E During Market Downturns, Academy of Accounting and Financial Studies Journal (AAFSJ), Volume 14, Number 2 (D) 15. Maysami, Ramin Cooper, Lei Yalin, and Zhang Long Research trends in resource and environmental management: a review of the literature, International Journal of Sustainable Strategic Management, Vol. 1, Issue 2, 2009, pp 127-139 (D) 16. Yong, Cao, and Ramin Cooper Maysami, Ownership Structure and Corporate Financial Policy, Journal of International Business Research and Practice, Vol. 2, pp 5-62, 2009 (D) 17. Maysami, Ramin Cooper and Chris Sakellariou, Financial Liberalization, Deposit Insurance and Bank Stability, Applied Economic Letters, Vol. 15, 2008, pp. 743-747 (D) 18. Bahhouth, Victor, Chris Ziemnowicz, and Ramin Maysami, Effects of Lifestyle, Culture, and Tradition on Consumer Behavior in a Developing Nation: The Case of Lebanon, International Journal of Business, Marketing, and Decision Sciences, Vol. 1, No 1 (summer 2008), pp. 91-10. (D) 19. Goby, Valerie, and Ramin Cooper Maysami, Refocusing Educational Assessment to Promote Creativity: The Backwash Effect of Singapore s Reformed Assessment Procedures, Management Development Journal of Singapore, Vol. 16, No. 1, pp. 89-110, 2008 (L) 20. Gan, Lydia, Maysami Ramin and Koh Hian Chye Singapore Cardholders: Ownership, Usage Patterns, and Perceptions Journal of Services Marketing, Vol. 22, No 4 and 5, 2008, pp. 267-279 (D)

2. Research Monographs 3. Books 4. Chapters 5. Peer Reviewed Proceedings 1. Ding, David, Ramin Cooper Maysami, and Charlie Charoenwong, The Influence of the Islamic Profit and Loss Sharing Scheme on Return from Investment and Deposit Accounts: An Empirical Study, The 2012 Meeting of the Academy of International Business-Midwest Chapter, Chicago, March 28-31, 2012 2. Kang, Zhixin, Ramin Cooper Maysami, and Edwin Clifford Mensah, An Investigation on the Return and Volatility in Vietnamese Real Estate Equity Market, The 2012 Southeast Decision Sciences Institute Conference, Columbia, South Carolina, February, 29-March 2, 2012 3. Spillan, John, Victor Bahhouth, Lin, Liang, Ramin Cooper Maysami, and Joyce Bahhouth, Prepare for Crisis: It s Part of doing Business, The 2012 Southeast Decision Sciences Institute Conference, Columbia, South Carolina, February, 29- March 2, 2012. 4. Bahhouth, Victor, Ramin Cooper Maysami, and Xinyan Shi, An Empirical Study of the Financial Characteristics of Firms Showing Positive Price Movements During Declining Markets, International Academy of Business and Public Administration Disciplines (IABPAD) Conference, Orlando, FL. January 2-5, 2012. 5. Maysami, Ramin Cooper and Cammie Hunt, Small and Medium Enterprises in Singapore: What Contributes to Startup Success? The 2011 Meeting of the Academy of International Business-Midwest Chapter, Chicago, March 23-25, 2011; 6. Bahhouth, Victor, and Ramin Maysami, Significance of the Financial Measures of Firms Moving Up the Stream, Academy of Finance Annual Conference, Chicago, March 23-25, 2011 (D) 7. Kang, Zhixin and Maysami, R. An Empirical Investigation on the Finite-sample Properties of the Realized Volatility Estimators Using High Frequency Data, The 2010 Annual Meeting of Southern Finance Association, Asheville, North Carolina, November 17-20, 2010 (D) 8. Bahhouth, V. and Maysami R. and Khoueiry R. The Relevance of Beta and Financial Measures in Predicting the Riskiness of S&P 500 Stocks during the Downturn of Year 2008, presented at the International Academy of Business and Public Administration Disciplines (IABPAD) Conference, Dallas, April 2010(D) 9. Bahhouth, V, Maysami R, and Bahhouth J. (2010). Significance of E-learning in Traditional Classes. Paper presented at the International Academy of Business and Public Administration Disciplines (IABPAD) Conference, Dallas, April 2010(L) 10. Bahhouth, V. and Maysami R. A Cross Sectional Study of Financial Measures in Predicting Stocks Riskiness during Year 2008 Crash Period. Paper presented at Allied Academies International Conference, New Orleans, April 2010(D)

11. Spillan, John E., Manmohan D. Chaubey, and Ramin Cooper Maysami, What Are Peruvian and Chilean Students Interest in International Business Career Assignments? Academy of International Business Midwest Chapter Annual Conference, Chicago, March 24-26, 2010(D) 12. Bahhouth, Victor, and Ramin Cooper Maysami, The Significance of Altman Measure in explaining US Stock Price Movements during 2008 Stock Crash Period: A Cross Sectional Study, Academy of Finance Annual Conference, Chicago, March 24-26, 2010(D) 13. Kang, Zhixin and Maysami, R. Comparing the Return Volatility Estimators in the Presence of Microstructure Noise, The Annual Meeting of the Academy of Business Economics, Chicago, Illinois, March 24-26, 2010 (D) 14. Bahhouth, V, Mensah, E, and Maysami R. Use of Logistic Strategy among Small Manufacturing Firms in Ghana, presented at the American Institute of Higher Education's 4th International Conference, Williamsburg, VA, March 2010(D) 15. Kang, Richard, and Ramin Cooper Maysami, An Empirical Comparison of Two Nonparametric Return Volatility Estimators, The 40th Annual Meeting of the Southeast Decision Sciences Institute, Willington, NC, February 17-19(D) 16. Kang, Zhixin and Maysami, R. Does Volatility Proxy Matter in Evaluating Volatility Forecasting Models? An Empirical Study, The 2009 Financial Management Association (FMA) Annual Meeting, Reno, October 21-24, 2009(D) 17. Spillan, John, Manmohan D. Chaubey, and Ramin Cooper Maysami, A Comparative Study of Peruvian and Chilean Students Interest in International Business Career Assignment, American Institute of Higher Education Conference, April 29-May 1, 2009(D) 18. Bahhouth, Victor, and Ramin Cooper Maysami, Risk Prediction Capabilities of P/E During Market Downturns, Allied Academies Conference, April 8-11(D) 19. Richard Kang, and Ramin Cooper Maysami, Does Volatility Proxy Matter in Evaluating Volatility Forecasting Models? An Empirical Study, The 2009 Midwest Economic Association Annual Meeting, Cleveland, Ohio, March 22-24, 2009(D) 20. Bahhouth, Victor, and Ramin Cooper Maysami, Is the Price Earning Ratio a Better Risk Indicator Than Beta During Negative Price Swings? Academy of Finance Annual Conference, Chicago, March 18-20, 2009. (presented and published in the conference proceedings) (D) 21. Kang, Richard and Ramin Cooper Maysami, Evaluating Volatility Forecasting Models, The 39 th Annual Meeting of the Southeast Decision Sciences Institute, February 18-20, 2009, Charleston, SC. (presented and published in the conference proceedings)(d) 22. Bahhouth, Victor, and Ramin Cooper Maysami, Are Financial Measures Good Predictors of Stock Price movements? Evidence from Stock Market Downturns, Academy of Finance Annual Conference, Chicago, April 2-4, 2008 (D)

23. Bahhouth, V. Ziemnowicz, C, Maysami R. Effects of Lifestyle, Culture, and Tradition on Consumer Behavior in a Developing Nation Results from Lebanon., presented at the International Academy of Business and Public Administration Disciplines (IABPAD) Conference, Dallas, April 2008(D) 6. Peer Reviewed Presentations 1. Maysami, Ramin Cooper, and William Wendt, The iauthor Writes an ibook: So, What are the Benefits to Students and Authors of the itextbook? Lilly South Conference on College and University Teaching, Greensboro, NC, February 15-17, 2013 2. Maysami, Ramin Cooper and Rebecca Gonzalez, Instructional Techniques and Teaching Pedagogy for a Synchronous US-China Course, Academic and Business Research Institute Conference (AABRI), Orlando, FL. January 3-5, 2013 3. Maysami, Ramin Cooper, and William Wendt, "iauthor: An idemonstration of How to Use the ibook Author App to Create an Economics itextbook," The 2012 Southeast INFORMS conference, Myrtle Beach, NC, October 4-5, 2012. 4. Maysami, Ramin Cooper and William Wendt, iforget the Paper Textbook.iBooks are here!, presented at the Society for Applied Learning Technology New Learning Technologies 2012 Conference, Arlington, VA, August 13-14, 2012 5. Fricke, David, and Ramin Cooper Maysami, Teaching a Case Study Course Online: Yes, It Can Be Done! Lilly South Conference, Greensboro, NC, February 10-12, 2012 6. Maysami, Ramin Cooper and Anh Pham, Vietnam's Banking System: Current Status and Prospects for the Future, The 47th Annual Meeting of Southeastern Chapter of INFORMS, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina October 6-7, 2011(D) 7. Bahhouth, Victor, Ramin Cooper Maysami, and Xinyan Shi, Examining the Features of Resilient Firms, The 47th Annual Meeting of Southeastern Chapter of INFORMS, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina October 6-7, 2011(D) 8. Harrington, Charles, and Ramin Cooper Maysami, Entrepreneurship Education and the Role of the Regional University, The 47th Annual Meeting of Southeastern Chapter of INFORMS, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina October 6-7, 2011(L) 9. Maysami, Ramin Cooper, and William Wendt, The ipadization of the Classroom, The 47th Annual Meeting of Southeastern Chapter of INFORMS, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina October 6-7, 2011(L) 10. Maysami, Ramin Cooper and Cammie Hunt, Small and Medium Enterprises in Singapore: What Contributes to Startup Success? to the 2011 Meeting of the Academy of International Business-Midwest Chapter, Chicago, March 23-25, 2011(D) 11. Maysami, Ramin Cooper and Victor Bahhouth, Strategies to Enhance Effective Delivery of Financial Services: Customer Relationship Management For Financial

Services Revisited, The 47 th Annual Conference of the Academy of Business Economics, Chicago, March 23-25, 2011(D) 12. Maysami, Ramin Cooper and Charles Harrington, Customer Relationship Management for Financial Services: Strategies, Implications, and the Role of People, Process, and Technology in Effective Delivery, The 41th Annual Meeting of the Southeast Decision Sciences Institute, Savannah, GA, February 23-25, 2011(D) 13. Maysami, Ramin Cooper (moderator), Charles Harrington, and Cammie Hunt (panelists), the Administration-Faculty-Student Troubled Triangle in Online Teaching and Learning: Can We Identify the Good, The Bad and the Ugly, or are We All Partners in a Challenging Game? The 41th Annual Meeting of the Southeast Decision Sciences Institute, Savannah, GA, February 23-25, 2011(D) 14. Sullivan, Mary, and Ramin Cooper Maysami, Can the United States Replicate Canada s Social-Welfare Policies to Reduce Domestic Poverty? The 46th Annual Meeting of Southeastern Chapter of INFORMS, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina October 7-8, 2010 (note: this is an undergraduate student research seminar presentation) (D) 15. Maysami, Ramin Cooper, Cammie Oxendine, and Stewart Thomas, Teaching Online: The Good, The Bad and Other Issues in Between, Panel Discussion organized at the 46th Annual Meeting of Southeastern Chapter of INFORMS, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina October 7-8, 2010(L) 16. Maysami, Ramin Cooper, and William Wednt, Tools Of the Teaching Trade: itunes, Podcasts, UTube, FluentNews.Need We Name More? Workshop organized at the 46th Annual Meeting of Southeastern Chapter of INFORMS, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina October 7-8, 2010(L) 17. Maysami, Ramin Cooper and William Wendt, App This, Tweet That: Teaching In the 21t Century and Beyond, presented at the Society for Applied Learning Technology New Learning Technologies 2010 Conference, Arlington, VA, August 18-20, 2010(L) 18. Maysami, Ramin Cooper and Richard Kang, Total Productivity Movement in a Tertiary Institution in Singapore Academy of International Business Midwest Chapter Annual Conference, Chicago, March 24-26, 2010(D) 19. Maysami, Ramin Cooper and Cammie Hunt-Oxendine, The Contingency Relationship Between Environments, Strategy and Distinctive Marketing Competencies of Tied Insurance Agents in Singapore: The Impact of the Financial Advisors Act Midwest Academy of Legal Studies in Business Annual Conference, Chicago, March 24-26, 2010(D) 20. Maysami, Ramin Cooper, and William Wednt, ipodization of Classrooms: Apps, Tweets, Widget, and., Society for Applied Learning Technology New Learning Technologies 2010 Conference, Orlando, FL, March 3-5, 2010(L) 21. Maysami, Ramin Cooper and Cammie Hunt-Oxendine, Evolution of the Tied Insurance Agents Amidst the Changing Financial Landscape The 40th Annual Meeting of the Southeast Decision Sciences Institute, Wilmington, NC, February 17-19, 2010(D)

22. Maysami, Ramin Cooper, and Richard Kang, Proposed Total Productivity Model in an Educational Setting Using an Inside-Out Approach, The 40th Annual Meeting of the Southeast Decision Sciences Institute, Wilmington, NC, February 17-19, 2010(D) 23. Maysami, Ramin Cooper and William Wendt, A New Educational Paradigm A Reform of our Approach to College Teaching, 5 th Annual Golf Coast Economics Association Teaching Conference, Savannah Georgia, November 5-6, 2009(L) 24. Maysami, Ramin Cooper, Rick Crandall and Eric Dent, Managing Change in Institutions of Higher Learning Spurred by Initiating the AACSB Accreditation Process, Round Table Discussion, The 44th Annual Meeting of Southeastern Chapter of INFORMS, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina October 2-3, 2008 (L) 25. Cao Yong, and Ramin Cooper Maysami, Ownership Structure and Corporate Financial Policy: Evidence from the Chinese Listed Companies, AIB International Conference 2008, Chicago, April 2-4 (D) 26. Maysami, Ramin Cooper, Rick Crandall, Charles Harrington, Victor Bahhouth, and Christopher Ziemnowicz Get Them To Go: Learning Through International Student Exchange-- Why Are American students hesitant to participate? Panel Discussion, Academy of International Business Conference 2008, Chicago, April 2-4. (L) 27. Wendt, William, Ramin Cooper Maysami, and Charles Harrington, Using Multimedia Digital Assets in a Critical Thinking Course Design, Teaching and Learning with Technology Conference, Raleigh, NC, March 4-5, 2008(L) 28. Maysami, Ramin Cooper, Bill Wendt, and Charles Harrington, To Instill Thinking in Economics Classes through the Use of Multimedia Content and Podcasting, Lilly South Conference, Greensboro, NC, Feb 7-9, 2008(L) 7. Faculty Research Seminars 8. Non-Peer Reviewed Journals 9. Others 1. Maysami, Ramin Cooper, and Sinan Yildirim, Private Banking Services: How Do Domestic Banks Compare to Foreign Institutions Operating in Singapore? Asia Financial Planning Journal, Volume 09, Issue 2, 1 st Quarter 2008, pp. 40-45. (A) Professional Development Certificate Programs 1. The Laureate Certificate in Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, October 2012 2. Case Studies Methodology, Laureate Education Group, September-October 2011 3. Problem Based Learning, Laureate Education Group, September-October 2011 4. Project Based learning, Laureate Education Group, September-October 2011

Collaborative Learning, Laureate Education Group, September-October 2011 Continuing Education/Workshops Attended 1. UNC General Administration Workshop on Distance and Online Education (Online Instructor Certification; Synchronous Online Learning; Social Media in the Distance Educators toolbox), November 29, 2012 2. AACSB Blue Ribbon Committee on Accreditation Quality, Southern Business Deans Conference, New Orleans, LA, November 13, 2012 3. Writing to the Top: Writing in the Discipline QEP Faculty Development, University of North Carolina at Pembroke, November 2, 2012 4. Writing to the Top: Creating Effective Writing Assignments QEP Faculty Development, University of North Carolina at Pembroke, October 12, 2012 5. Writing to the Top: Creating Writing Intensive Syllabi, QEP Faculty Development, University of North Carolina at Pembroke, October 26, 2012 6. Writing to the Top: Responding to Student Writing, QEP Faculty Development, University of North Carolina at Pembroke, September 12, 2012 7. AACSB Annual Accreditation Seminar, September 2012 8. AACSB New Deans Seminar, Las Vegas, NV, July 2012 9. AACSB Department Chair Seminar, San Diego, CA, April 2012 10. AACSB Optimizing Business School Financial Performance: Strategies for Sustaining Quality, December 5-6, 2012 11. 23 rd Annual Faculty Development in International Business: International Financial Management, Moore School of Business, University of South Carolina, June 12-17, 2011 12. AACSB Department Chair Seminar, New York, NY, April 27-29, 2011 13. Writing to the Top: When Less Is More--Responding to Student Writing Across the Disciplines QEP Faculty Development, University of North Carolina at Pembroke, March 18, 2011 14. AACSB Teaching Business Ethics Seminar, Tampa, Florida, March 7-8, 2011 15. Writing to the Top: Creating a Writing Intensive Course, QEP Faculty Development, University of North Carolina at Pembroke, February 11, 2011 16. Civic Engagement Institute: Deep Commitment to Our Communities Anchor Institutions, Engagement, and Collaboration, Elon University, Elon, NC, February 8, 2011 17. Workshop for Department Chairs on Faculty Evaluation and Conflict Resolution, University of North Carolina at Pembroke, September 3-4, 2008. 18. Faculty Conference on Learning: Building Toward Success, sponsored and

conducted by the AACSB International, Orlando, Florida, June 6-8, 2007; 19. 2007 UNC Leadership Development Workshops for Chairs, sponsored and conducted by the University of North Carolina General Administration, Chapel Hill, NC, May 30-31, 2007 20. Peele, James, and Ramin Cooper Maysami, Offshore Banking: Motivations, Structure, and Consequences for the American Financial systems, Pembroke Undergraduate Research and Creative Center Annual Conference, April 6, 2009. (note: this is an undergraduate student research seminar presentation)(d) 21. Karen Bailey, and Ramin Cooper Maysami, The Iraqi Financial System: Past, Present, and Promise of the Future, Pembroke Undergraduate Research and Creative Center Annual Conference, April 6, 2009. (note: this is an undergraduate student research seminar presentation)(d) 22. Maggie Wojtowicz and Ramin Cooper Maysami, Poland's Financial Past, Present and Future! Pembroke Undergraduate Research and Creative Center Annual Conference, April 23, 2008. (note: this is an undergraduate student research seminar presentation), (D) 23. Taruna Walters and Ramin Cooper Maysami, The Rise in India s Financial Might! Pembroke Undergraduate Research and Creative Center Annual Conference, April 23, 2008. (note: this is an undergraduate student research seminar presentation). (D) Other Professional Activities: 1. Co-Editor, March 2011-Present 2. Journal of International Business Research and Practice 3. Assistant Editor, International Macroeconomics, December 2007-Present 4. Advances in Accounting, Economics and Finance 5. Member, Editorial Board, January 2006-Present 6. International Journal of Sustainable Strategic Management 7. Member, Editorial Review Board, August 2005-Present 8. Asia Financial Planning Journal 9. Presented papers in professional and educational conferences in the United States, Hong Kong, Singapore, Greece, Iran, Malaysia, Brunei, Mexico and Thailand, (Continuous) December 1994 Present 10. Session Chair, Academy of International Business, Midwest Chapter, March 2011 11. Discussant, Academy of International Business, Midwest Chapter, March 2011 12. Session Chair, Southern Finance Association, November 2010 13. Track Chair, Southeast Informs Undergraduate Student Paper Track, October 2010 14. Presenter, Digital Academy, UNC-Pembroke, September 28, 2010 15. Reviewer, Academy of Finance Journal, September 2010 16. Reviewer, Southern Finance Association Annual Meeting, June 2010 17. Reviewer, Southeast Informs, May 2010 18. Session Chair, Academy of International Business-Midwest Chapter, March 2010

19. Discussant, Academy of International Business-Midwest Chapter, March 2010 20. Discussant, Academy of Finance, March 2010 Service Administrative Committee Memberships Service to the University: Chair, UNC-Pembroke Faculty Senate, August 2011-August 2012 University of North Carolina at Pembroke (Represent the Faculty in meeting with the Chancellor and other members of the administration of the University of North Carolina at Pembroke) Chair, University Appeals Board, August 2011-August 2012 (to arrange for the meeting of the Campus Appeals Board in reviewing the student appeals of decisions reached by the campus judicial board) Member, Chancellor s Budget Advisory Committee, August 2010-Present Member, Campus Master Plan, February 2011-Present Chair, Academic Affairs Committee, August 2008-July 2010 University of North Carolina at Pembroke (Appointed by the Senate to Chair the Academic Affairs Committee responsible to oversee all academic proposals requiring University-wide approval) Member, Ad Hoc Committee on General Education Curriculum, August 2008-May 2010 (to review the roles and responsibilities of the University s General Education Subcommittee) Member, Ad Hoc Committee on Foreign Language Requirements, August 2008-May 2010 (to assess the feasibility of requiring foreign languages as part of UNCP s general education curriculum ) Member, Ad Hoc Committee on Diversity Course Requirements, August 2008-May 2010 (to assess the feasibility of requiring a specific course on diversity as part of UNCP s general education curriculum ) Senator, August 2007-Present University of North Carolina at Pembroke, Faculty Senate (Member of a component of the policy-making apparatus at the University) Online Education (School of Business) Steering Committee, September 2007-Present (to develop a set of best practices in development and delivery of online classes) Member, Interdisciplinary Program Design Committee, January 2007-November 2007 University of North Carolina at Pembroke (to participate in the design and implementation of an Interdisciplinary program which would include several tracks constructed through cooperation among different schools and colleges at UNCPembroke)

Member, UNCP Governing Ideas Task Force, October 2006-February 2007 (charged with the development and recommendation of the University s Mission, Vision, and Core Values Statements) Blackboard User Group Steering Committee, August 2005-Present (to help design activities of the group, selection of topics, and sourcing of speakers) Member, Advisory Committee for Selection of Distance Education Director, UNCP, April-August 2004 Member, University Honors College Advisory Council, UNCP, September 2003-Present (to recommend policy changes to the Dean of the University Honors College); External Examiner, PhD Program, December 2001-August 2006 Vancouver University, Singapore Campus External Assessor, PhD Program, December 2001-August 2003 Division of Banking and Finance, Nanyang Business School (to examine the progress of Banking and Finance PhD candidates at Nanyang Business School) Coordinator and Principal Lecturer, February-July 2003 Ministry of Foreign Affair s program in Banking and Finance (to design, develop, and participate in the delivery of a two-week program for participants from regional governments such as Indonesia, Brunei, Vietnam, Cambodia, and Myanmar) Coordinator and Sole Lecturer, February-May 2002 Ministry of Foreign Affair s program in Banking and Finance (to design and deliver a two-week program to participants from regional governments such as the Philippines, China, Cambodia, and Myanmar) Member, Task Force on Teacher of the Year Award, April-August 2001 Nanyang Business School, Singapore (to devise suggested guidelines for submission to the Dean and Division Heads) Organizer, ITESM University s (Toluca, Mexico), February-June 2001 Business Study Trip to Singapore (to arrange for seminars and site visits for a group of MBA Mexican students/professors on a Business Study Mission to Singapore) Coordinator Banking and Finance Program, January 2001-June 2002 Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Singapore (to design, organize and co-teach a two-week executive course on Banking and Finance for Central Bankers from ASEAN countries) Chairperson, MBA Business Study Mission to Mexico, October 1999-July 2000 (to organize a business study mission to Mexico for the participant in the Master of Business Administration as partial requirement for degree completion) Coordinator--Vietnam-Cambodia-Laos Cooperative Program, January 2000-May 2000 (to organize a two-week executive course on Economic Development Experience of Singapore in conjunction with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Asian Commerce and Economics Studies Research Center)

Joint Coordinator, Singapore Cooperation Program Training Awards, August-October 1999 (to organize a two-week executive course on Economic Development Experience of Singapore in conjunction with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Asian Commerce and Economics Studies Research Center) Deputy Coordinator, May-July 1999 Executive Program on Singapore Cooperation Program: Vietnamese Bilateral, 1999/2000 (to organize a one-week executive course on Economic Development Experience of Singapore in conjunction with the Center for Continuing Education, Nanyang Business School) Member, Video Library Committee, September 1999-July 2004 (to assess the suitability of various education-related material for inclusion at the NTU library) Cross-Disciplinary Consultant, August 1999-December 2001 Asia Business Law Review Journal (to advise the editorial board of the journal on article selection for each issue and to provide feedback on financial and economic law articles. Member Career Guidance Committee, June 1998-October 1999 Nanyang Business School (to provide academic counseling to Junior College students interested in attending the Nanyang Business School) Member M.Sc. in Financial Economics Task Force, July-December 1998 Nanyang Business School (to help design and launch the program) Member Internal Audit Committee, July 1995-July 1997 Nanyang Business School (to participate in the internal audit of the Nanyang Business School) Coordinator External Audit, Division of Applied Economics, July 1995-July 1997 Nanyang Business School (to prepare the documents necessary for the external audit of the division of Applied Economics of the Nanyang Business School) Member Admission Test Task Force, July-Dec 1996 Nanyang Business School (to help design the appropriate admission criteria for students interested in attending the Nanyang Business School) Member University Appeals Committee, May 1990-May 1994 University of Illinois-Springfield Member Program Personnel Committee, May 1990-May 1994 University of Illinois-Springfield Member, Economics Faculty Recruiting Committee, September 1988-April 1990 Iowa State University President, Economics Graduate Student Association, September 1988-April 1990 Iowa State University

Senator, Graduate Student Senate, September 1988-April 1990 Iowa State University Search Committee Membership: Member, Finance Search Committee, September 2008-May 2011 Member, School of Business Dean Search Committee, August 2008-May 2010 Chairperson, Finance Search Committee, August 2008-May 2009 Member, Dean of Arts and Sciences Search Committee, October 2007-April 2008 University of North Carolina at Pembroke, Chairperson, Finance Search Committee, September 2007-March 2008 School of Business, UNCP Member, Decision Sciences Faculty Search Committee, September 2007-March 2008 School of Business, UNCP Chairperson, Decision Sciences Faculty Search Committee, April 2007-July 2007 School of Business, UNCP Member, Economics Faculty Search Committee, September 2006-April 2007 School of Business, UNCP Chairperson, Finance Search Committee, September 2006-February 2007 School of Business, UNCP Chairperson, Search Committee, November 2004-March 2005 Director of Undergraduate Programs, School of Business, UNCP Member, Search Committee, March 2004-October 2004 Director of Distance Education Grants/Research/Consulting Projects (Continuing and/or Completed) UNC Technology Grant (Competitive grant supported by the University of North Carolina General Administration; Developing ECN 2410, Asian Economies, to be taught synchronously with the Guangzhou University of Business Studies in Guangdong, China. Travelled to Guangzhou to set up the technology, as well as cooperatively developing the class for this mode of delivery) (2010) Enhancing Student Comprehension through Self-Supporting Learning Modules in differing Modalities over multiple Delivery Platforms (renewed for another year) (2008) (Supported by the Teaching and Learning Center Teaching Enhancement Grant; Continuing to develop audio and visual modules and incorporating them in our teaching of economics and finance online) Enhancing Student Comprehension through Self-Supporting Learning Modules in differing Modalities over multiple Delivery Platforms (2007)

(Supported by the Teaching and Learning Center Teaching Enhancement Grant; A series of instructional Podcasts have been developed and made available to students of economics, finance, and statistics classes in support of their learning activities); the project has been completed and implemented in several economics classes; Educational Advantages to Entrepreneurship: Stimulating Economic Growth through Education (2006) (Supported by a research grant from the School of Business at UNCP; Project is completed and the results have been reported to the Dean of the School of Business) Credit- and charge card selection Criteria among Singaporean Consumers (2003) (Supported by a research grant from Nanyang Business School; Project is completed and the results have been published) This research aims to identify (and quantify) some of the major determinants of credit and charge card selection through the design and distribution of a survey questionnaire following the model set by Meidan and Davos (1994). Investigation of the availability of electronic banking services in Singapore and analysis of consumer attitudes and perceptions of such services (2003) (Supported by a research grant from Nanyang Business School; Project has been completed and the results were presented) This project aims to achieve two distinct, yet related, goals: (1) An investigation of the Internet banking options offered by domestic and qualifying full license foreign banks, as well as financial services offered by other online banking retailers; (2) An analysis of consumer attitudes towards- and their level of acceptance of Internet banking, using the methodology first employed by Rugimbana and Iversen (1994) in studying electronic funds transfer system. Preparation for Placement in Institutions of Higher Education and Exam-Taking Behavior Among Singaporean Pre-University Students. (2003) (Supported by a research grant from Nanyang Business School; Project is completed one paper has been delivered to the Asia Pacific Conference on Education and another paper was presented at the 2005 Meetings of the Academy of Economics and Finance.) The Singapore government has embarked on an effort to develop a more entrepreneurial environment among the Singaporean public and especially among the young and educated. Technopreneurship is the buzzword. The current study aims to assess whether prospective university students translate these genuine efforts by the authorities into another testpreparation exercise. Viability of Interest-Free Insurance Products in Singapore (2002)

(Non-funded project. Project is completed; A research paper based on the findings of the research was presented at the 2003 Meetings of the Eastern Economic Association in New York. An article based on this research has been published in the Applied Financial Economics Letters) Conducted an extensive survey of market participants in Singapore to assess the extent of their familiarity with the concept of Interest-Free Insurance products, and to ascertain the potential success of the Interest-Free Insurance products if fully implemented in Singapore. The results have been presented in various conferences locally and internationally. Interest-Free Banking (non-funded project) (2002) Joint research with the staff of the Central Bank of Iran, with additional support from Central Banks of Malaysia and Singapore, to develop proposals for enhancement of Interest-free Banking and its regulation nation-wide. Several journal articles have been published, partly based on the findings of this research. Monetary and Exchange Rate Policy in developing countries (non-funded project) (2001) Joint Research with the staff of the Monetary and Banking Research Institute (MBRI) to devise and recommend policy issues based on the experience of Singapore. An Article based on the results of the study has been published. A Market Analysis of Buyer Agency (1998) (non-funded project, Completed two papers were published in professional journals based on the results of the study) A Survey of home-buyers was conducted in Springfield, Illinois, USA to analyze the familiarity of the market participants with the subject of Buyer Agency. Recommendations were made, based on the results of the study, on effective marketing campaign by potential buyer Agents to effectively reach likely clients. Honors/Awards Recipient of the School of Business Outstanding Professor Award, 2010-2011, University of North Carolina at Pembroke, March 2011 Recipient of best paper award, Significance of E-learning in Traditional Classes; The International Academy of Business and Public Administration Disciplines (IABPAD) Conference, Dallas, April 2010 Recipient of best paper award, The Relevance of Beta and Financial Measures in Predicting the Riskiness of S&P 500 Stocks during the Downturn of Year 2008, International Academy of Business and Public Administration Disciplines (IABPAD) Conference, Dallas, April 2010 Recipient of best paper award, Effects of Lifestyle, Culture, and Tradition on Consumer Behavior in Ghana; The International Academy of Business and Public Administration Disciplines (IABPAD) Conference, Dallas, April 2010

Recipient of Outstanding Teacher Award, University of North Carolina at Pembroke, May 2009 Recipient of Peter B. Vail Facultyship Award, University of North Carolina at Pembroke, April 2009 Recipient of Distinguished Research Award, Allied Academies Spring 2009 International Conference, New Orleans, LA 2009 Recipient of the Adolf Dial Award for Excellence in Research and Creative Work, University of North Carolina at Pembroke, May 2008; Recipient of the Best Paper Award Risk Prediction Capabilities of P/E During Market Downturns the International Academy of Business and Public Administration Disciplines (IABPAD) Conference conference, New Orleans, 2009; Recipient of Best Paper Award, Effects of Lifestyle, Culture, and Tradition on Consumer Behavior in a Developing Nation Results from Lebanon. Paper, The International Academy of Business and Public Administration Disciplines Conference Dallas (April 2008). Recipient of the annual School of Business Facultyship Award, University of North Carolina at Pembroke, April 2007; Nominated for the 2007 Adolph L. Dial Endowed Awards in the area of Scholarship and Creative Work, UNC-Pemborke; Nominated for the 2007 UNCP Board of Governors Award for Teaching Excellence; Recipient of the Best Paper Award, The Cross Validity of Altman s Modified Measure in Identifying Risky Stocks, The International Academy of Business and Public Administration Disciplines Conference, Orlando 2007 Recipient of the School of Business Facultyship Award, University of North Carolina at Pembroke, April 2006; Nominated for the 2006 Adolph L. Dial Endowed Awards in the area of Scholarship and Creative Work, Nominated for the Teacher of the Year (Business) Award, Nanyang Business School, Singapore, February 2003; Recipient of Distinguished University Service Award, University of Illinois--Springfield 1993; Recipient of The Dennis Foss Creative Excellence in Teaching Award, University of Illinois--Springfield, 1992; Recipient of the Teaching Excellence Award, Iowa State University, 1989