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Phipps HEALTH
SCIENCES
BUSINESS
W illiam “Bill” Hervey, professor
O ne of the current projects of Dr. Simone of Health Sciences, presented “Epide-
T. A. Phipps, assistant professor of Man- miological criminology (Epicrim): A
agement, examines the business of black theoretical framework for domestic and global
beauty and whether it can be considered social terrorism research and analysis” at the Society for
entrepreneurship or a contributor to social injus- Terrorism Research’s 10th annual international
tice. “One of the pros of the black beauty industry conference held at The Hague, Netherlands.
is the creation of employment opportunities,” Epidemiological criminology is already
Phipps says. “One of the cons is the potential loss being used by Hervey and others in several
of identity as individuals try to conform to a stan- real-life projects, including interventions for
dard of beauty that may be very different from youth gangs in a number of large cities, as well
who they naturally are.” as for prison gangs. It is the subject of a number
Phipps is examining the black beauty industry of books, including two for which Hervey has
from a historical perspective by researching two provided chapters.
of its early entrepreneurs, Annie Turnbo-Malone
and Sarah Breedlove (Madame C.J. Walker). HERVEY
She has presented her research at the Academy
of Management Annual Conference, and it is
currently under review for journal publication.
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
D r. Kevin Floyd, chair of the School of In-
FLOYD formation Technology and Master of Science
in IT coordinator, is conducting quantitative
research to examine the psychometric properties of
the Multifactor Leadership Questionnaire (MLQ).
The results of the study will help identify what types
of leadership are demonstrated in higher education.
“This could help institutions to prepare appropriate
leadership development or training programs for
new administrators,” Floyd says. “It will also add to
the existing research that has been conducted to
assess the reliability and validity of the MLQ.”
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