ARTICLES CONCERNING
KIRBY "SKIP" E. HUGHES, PROFESSOR, DIRECTOR, SCHOOL OF ACCOUNTANCY

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(May 1, 2011) University of Southern Mississippi – A Tribal Moral Community Dr. K.E. "Skip" Hughes II, Director School of Accountancy, The Hypocrite Dr. Hughes claims to be a researcher. Research strives for knowledge. Why does he act contrary to the principles of reason, evidence, and truth as a USM administrator? You can’t do justice to that question without asking why USM is an institution of low academic quality.

(May 24, 2011) Is the CoB’s SoA a Twilight Zone? A Guest Viewpoint The USM business college’s (CoB’s) two newest accounting faculty, Kirby “Skip” Hughes and Michael Dugan, were said to be big-time researchers. Hughes came to USM from LSU, while Dugan came in from Alabama – both top tier national universities. However, a recent perusal of the CoB’s School of Accountancy’s (SoA’s) new journal articles webpage reveals that these two scholars are now publishing in the same types of low-level journals in which so many of the CoB’s long-time accountants have been, and are still, publishing.

(June 26, 2011) Research at the School of Accountancy University of Southern Mississippi Part 1 In a recorded meeting with Director “Skip” Hughes (he insisted on the recording), he revealed the following of his philosophy about research and journal publications (previously reported in the series “Things are going to change around here.”):

(June 27, 2011) Research at the School of Accountancy University of Southern Mississippi Part 2 Here’s what the list of School of Accountancy’s research looks like when the list is corrected for a marketing ploy of duplication, commonly called puffery, and research done at institutions other than the University of Southern Mississippi.

(June 30, 2011) Dear usmnews.net, One of the hot topics around the CoB has been your new series on research in the School of Accountancy. The most popular question is “what research?” I actually heard someone say that “research” and “School of Accountancy” are oxymorons.

(July 8, 2011) Mary Morgan Anderson What is the Quality of Her Research? To Apply a Director Hughes’ Evaluation Criterion: Is She “Smokin’ Dope?” Director Hughes told me “things are going to change around here [University of Southern Mississippi School of Accountancy].” He made this solemn promise in a discussion of research he expected faculty to accomplish now that he was Director of the School of Accountancy. He wasn’t the first new director to make such pledge. I advised Hughes that he would have to change faculty who for decades published only in low quality journals. I also wished him luck.