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Does Social Media Help or Hinder Women Job Seekers? It Depends

March 6th, 2023
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In “Drawing on Attributional Engineering to Unlock the Potential of Cybervetting to Combat Gender Discrimination in Hiring,” published in the June 2021 issue of Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Culverhouse’s Dr. Maura Mills and Younsung Cho, along with Dr. Angela Grotto (Manhattan College) consider the nuanced – and sometimes less-than-intuitive – ways that cybervetting may affect gender bias in hiring.

Culverhouse Climbs UT Dallas B-School Research Productivity Rankings

February 28th, 2023
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Research productivity is a key indicator of business school quality, and one of the most important benchmarks is the protocol established by the University of Texas at Dallas’ Naveen Jindal School of Management. In the year since Culverhouse has made the list, the school has climbed from #96 to #88 in North America.

New Analytics Tools Detect and Disrupt Sex Trafficking Activities

January 17th, 2023
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Groundbreaking modeling from The University of Alabama is credited with assisting in the identification of dozens of potential sex trafficking victims in Alabama, according to new research detailed in the INFORMS Journal on Applied Analytics.

Crisis, Loss, and Resilience in Ukrainian Entrepreneurs

December 13th, 2022
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When Russia invaded Ukraine in February, Culverhouse Professor of Management Dr. Peter Harms was troubled and wanted to help. Though no lover of violence or war—he is a Mennonite by background, a pacifist—he had long helped the U.S. military with research concerning mental health and well-being.

Dr. Burcu Keskin Wins INFORMS Teaching Award

December 8th, 2022
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At its annual meeting in October 2022, the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS) awarded a distinction to Dr. Burcu Keskin for excellence in teaching. INFORMS is the leading international association for professionals in operations research.

Does Gender Matter in Commercial Real Estate?

November 21st, 2022
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Does gender matter in commercial real estate transactions? In “Is Commercial Real Estate Gendered?,” published in the Journal of Real Estate Research, Culverhouse’s Drs. Alan Tidwell, Sandra Mortal, and Vishal K. Gupta, along with Dr. Eren Cifci (now at Austin Peay State University), tackled that very question, publishing the first empirical investigation of gender inequities within commercial real estate transactions.

U.S. Census Bureau Chief to Visit Culverhouse

November 14th, 2022
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On Wednesday, November 16, Rob Santos, the 26th director of the U.S. Census Bureau will meet with students from the Culverhouse College of Business and present an evening public lecture that is open to all.