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(June 24, 2008) Special Report Built by Englebrecht An Examination of the Subtext in Mary Morgan Anderson's Research Record CoB assistant professor of accounting, Mary Morgan Anderson, was recently deposed (as a defendant) in a case before the United States District Court. Part of her deposition concerned USMNEWS.NET. Anderson was asked about her opinion of articles/reports on the website. The relevant portion of Anderson's deposition is inserted below (Q=plaintiff's question; A=Anderson's response):

(June 24, 2008) CoB News, 24 June 2008 Dakhlia Can Deliver, But He Needs Some Help From his perch atop the CoB's 2007-08 journal ranking committee, Sami Dakhlia brought home the goods for a number of EFIB faculty. Recent installments in USMNEWS.NET's Special Report series showed that George Carter (EFIB Chairman), Akbar Marvasti, Edward Nissan, Farhang Niroomand, John Clark, Matthew Hood, and Farooq Malik all had their research portfolios improved by upgrades that were applied to various economics, finance and other journals by the journal ranking team. The number of A- and B-level publications produced by this group, along with Dakhlia himself, rose dramatically from the work done by Dakhlia & Co.

(June 29, 2008) Special Report Local Brew An Investigative Series on CoB Faculty Research Credentials The recent Special Report installment, Slipstreaming Away, gave USMNEWS.NET readers a window into the kinds of co-authorship practices that are prevalent in USM's College of Business. That report dealt with associate professor of finance John Clark's research in marketing and related areas. Other reports, particularly two on assistant professor of accounting Mary Anderson, show that the so-called slipstreaming practice crosses departmental (unit) boundaries. Not only that, one of the CoB's most contentious episodes -- the double-counting (of research) benefits received by associate professor of accounting, Marvin Albin, in the 1990s was, at its core, also an example of slipstreaming.

(July 3, 2008) CoB News, 3 July 2008 Why was Rambo Driven to the Outskirts of Town? While working on The CoB's Brain Drain, 2003-Present,USMNEWS.NET reporters ran across some interesting information about former CoB accountant, Robert Rambo, who is now at Providence College. It seems that Rambo had published two A-level journal articles, using a combination of the CoB's new journal rankings and Louisiana Tech University's journal classifications, just before being informed by CoB faculty/administrators that he had failed to perform up to expectations at USM.