DR. RODERICK POSEY, PROFESSOR OF ACCOUNTING,
FORMER INTERIM DEAN, FORMER DIRECTOR SCHOOL
OF ACCOUNTANCY
(April 19, 2007) EDITORIAL Yesterday usmnews.net published a report from one of its contributors concerning Dr. Rod
Posey’s receipt of the Bell South Outstanding Faculty Award. As indicated in the report, Dr. Posey claims more than 100
accounting articles published. Unfortunately, no one has been able to locate more than a handful of those publications.
If the publications exist, shouldn’t Dr. Posey include them on his vita?
(May 16, 2007) Special Report If Posey Gets to be a Full, Why Can’t Henderson? An Investigative Series on CoB Faculty
Research Credentials Reporters at usmnews.net have compiled a table that begs an interesting question: If Roderick
Posey gets to be a full professor of accounting, why can’t Jim Henderson? That table – Table 1 below – presents the
refereed journal articles produced by Posey and Henderson over their respective careers. As the bottom of the table
indicates, Posey began at USM in 1979, and earned his Ph.D. one year later in 1980. He was promoted to professor in
1991. Henderson began (tenure-track) a little later, in 1988, though he earned his Ph.D. back in 1980 (the same year
Posey earned his). He has been an associate professor of accounting since 1991.
(May 17, 2007) Special Report If Posey Gets to be a Full, Why Can’t Pate? An Investigative Series on CoB Faculty
Research Credentials Reporters at usmnews.net have compiled a table that begs an interesting question: If Roderick
Posey gets to be a full professor of accounting, why can’t Gwen Pate? That table – Table 1 below – presents the refereed
journal articles produced by Posey and Pate over their respective careers at USM. As the bottom of the table indicates,
Posey began at USM in 1979, and earned his Ph.D. one year later in 1980. He was promoted to professor in 1991. Pate
began (tenure-track) a little later, in 1990, earning her Ph.D. the following year (1991). She has been an associate
professor of accounting since 1997.
(May 18, 2007) Special Report If Posey Gets to be a Full, Why Can’t Green? An Investigative Series on CoB Faculty
Research Credentials Reporters at usmnews.net have compiled a table that begs an interesting question: If Roderick
Posey gets to be a full professor of accounting, why can’t Trellis Green be a full professor of economics? That table –
Table 1 below – presents the refereed journal articles produced by Posey and Green over their respective careers. As
the bottom of the table indicates, Posey began at USM in 1979, though he earned his Ph.D. one year later in 1980. Green
began a little earlier, in 1983, earning his Ph.D. the following year (1984). Green was promoted to associate professor of
economics in 1998.