Academic Experience

• Pat Wheat Faculty Scholar in Business, Lamar University (August, 2015 - Present), Beaumont, Texas.
• Full Professor, Lamar University (September, 1996 - Present), Beaumont, Texas.
• Martye and Bart Simmons Faculty Scholar in Business, Lamar University (August, 2011 - August, 2014), Beaumont, Texas.
• Chair, Economics and Finance Department, Lamar University (September, 2004 - August, 2012), Beaumont, Texas.
• Interim Director of the Institute for Entrepreneurial Studies, Lamar University (January, 2000 - June, 2001), Beaumont, Texas.
• Pat Wheat Lectureship in Economic Development, Lamar University (September, 1999 - September, 2001), Beaumont, Texas.
• Associate Professor, Lamar University (September, 1990 - August, 1996), Beaumont, Texas.
• Assistant Professor, Lamar University (September, 1986 - August, 1990), Beaumont, Texas.
• Assistant Professor, Sam Houston State University (September, 1984 - May, 1986), Huntsville, Texas.
• Graduate Teaching Assistant, Mississippi State University (September, 1981 - May, 1984), Starkville, Mississippi.

Consulting

• 2013: Unpaid Consulting Service, Texas Transportation Reinvestment Zone Project