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H. Stephen Gardner
Herman Brown Professor of Economics
Director, McBride Center for International Business
Baylor University

Education Employment

  • Grinnell College, Assistant Professor of Economics, 1977-78

  • Baylor University, Assistant Professor of Economics, 1978-1983

  • Baylor University, Associate Professor of Economics, 1983-1986

  • Baylor University, Professor of Economics, 1986-present

  • Baylor University, Director, McBride Center for International Business, 1995-2022

  • Baylor University, Chairman, Department of Economics, 2009-2015      


Awards and Honors

  • Baylor University "Outstanding Tenured Professor," 1993-94.

  • Fellow of the Salzburg Seminar, 1995-present.

  • Senior Research Fellow of the IC2 Institute/TANDO, 1998-present.

  • Baylor University “Outstanding Professor for University Service,” 2004-2005

  • Board Member, World Affairs Council of Dallas & Fort Worth, 2010-2015 and 2022-present

  • Inducted into the Mallon Circle, World Affairs Council of Dallas & Fort Worth, 2016

  • Baylor University, Hankamer School of Business, “Distinguished Professor Award,” 2022.

Books and Monographs
Journal Articles and Book Chapters
  • “The Great Reset:  Local Economic Development in a Tumultuous International Environment,” with Liz Brailsford, Economic Development Journal, forthcoming in 2023.

  • “The Influence of International Trade on Labour Productivity in Services: The Case of Brazil in the 1990s,” with Lourenco Paz and John Ssozi, Review of Development Economics, 2022, 1-23.

  • “Principles and Methods for Classification of Economic Systems and Comparing Their Economic Performance,” in Routledge Handbook of Comparative Economic Systems, edited by Bruno Dallago and Sara Casagrande. Oxon and New York: Routledge, 2023, 167-182.

  • “Wellbeing Indices: A Comprehensive Inventory of Standards and a Review of Current Comparative Measures,” with J. Haavard Maridala, Les Palich, Grant Morgan, Joseph McKinney, and Corneliu Bolbocean. Ecological Economics, 149 (2018), 1-11.

  • "International Higher Education." In Beyond 2020: Envisioning the Future of the American University edited by Mary Darden. American Council on Education, 2009.

  • “Learning from One Another: The Future of Swedish and American Health Care,” Baylor Business Review, Winter/Spring 2002, 8-9.
  • “Which Way Globalization?” Baylor Business Review, Fall 2000.

  • “United States Leadership in the World Economy,” Baylor Business Review, Spring 1998.

  • "Product Quality and Price Inflation in Transitional Economies," in Economic Statistics for Economies in Transition: Eastern Europe in the 1990s, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics and Eurostat, Washington, D.C., 1994.

  • "The Economic Transition in Russia: A Progress Report," presented at Southwestern Economics Association, New Orleans, March 1993.

  • "Teaching Business in Russia," Baylor Business Review, Fall 1992, pp. 2-5.

  • "The Fall of Communism and the Future of Comparative Economic Studies," presented at Southwestern Economic Association, San Antonio, March 1991.

  • "Restructuring the Ruble: Prospects for Convertibility" (with Steve Green). One of eleven award-winning essays (from a field of 300) in the AMEX Bank Review International Essay Competition. Published in Finance and the International Economy, 3rd ed., edited by Richard O' Brien and Ingrid Iversen, London, Oxford University Press, 1990.

  • "The Implications of Greater East-West Economic Cooperation for the Soviet Economy," in Perestroika and East-West Economic Relations, New York University Press, 1990.

  • "Restructuring the Economic and Political System of the USSR," Journal of Private Enterprise Education, Spring 1990.

  • "U.S.-Soviet Trade: Old Problems and New Opportunities," Baylor Business Review, Summer 1989, pp. 2-8.

  • "Restructuring the Soviet Foreign Trade System," Columbia Journal of World Business, Summer 1988, pp. 7-11.

  • "East-West Economic Relations: The Policy Implications of Recent Scholarship," U.S. Information Agency, International Economic Perspectives, 1985.

  • "The Sluggish Soviet Economy," Baylor Business Review, Winter 1985, pp. 9-13.

  • "Assessing the Cost to the U.S. Economy of Trade Sanctions Against the U.S.S.R.," in Gordon Smith, ed., The Politics of East-West Trade, Westview, 1984.

  • "Soviet Foreign Trade Decision Making in the 1980s," Columbia Journal of World Business, Winter 1983, pp. 17-23.

  • "The Factor Content of Soviet Foreign Trade: Rejoinder," Association for Comparative Economic Studies Bulletin, Spring 1981, pp. 89-101.

  • "Recent Developments in Soviet Foreign Trade Planning," Occasional Papers of the International Research Exchanges Board, 1980.

  • "The Factor Content of Soviet Foreign Trade: A Synthesis," Association for Comparative Economic Studies Bulletin, Summer 1979, pp. 1-16.

Conference Papers and Presentations
  • “Economic Sanctions Against Russia and China,” American Association of Exporters and Importers, Dallas TX, November 20, 2022.

  • “Comparative Economic Systems: Challenges, Opportunities and New Approaches,” European Association of Comparative Economic Studies, Naples, Italy, September 16, 2022.

  • “The Russia-Ukraine War and Its Impact on Global Trade,” North Texas District Export Council (online), May 11, 2022.

  • “Principles and Methods for Classification of Economic Systems and Comparing Their Economic Performance,” Conference on “The New Global Challenges and Comparative Economics,” University of Trento, Italy, October 19, 2021.

  • “The Third Revolution: Xi Jinping and the New Chinese State,” with Elizabeth Economy in the series, “Economic Issues for the Next Decade,” held  in cooperation between Baylor University and the World Affairs Council of Dallas and Fort Worth, April 13, 2021.

  • "Kazakhstan: Building a Competitive Economy and Defeating the Resource Curse." Presented at the forum, “Kazakhstan’s Model of Economic Development: New Challenges and Perspectives of Competitive Development,” held by the JSC Economic Research Institute at the Ministry of Economy and Budgetary Planning of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Astana, September 21, 2007.

  • “Globalization and Promotion of Creativity in Education,” with William Mitchell, presented to the University Presidents’ Forum, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, October 2006.

  • “The World Economy Two Years After,” presented in “The World Two Years After 9/11” conference organized by the Center for International Education, Baylor University September 11, 2003.

  • “Gref, Putin, and the New Wave of Russian Economic Reform,” presented to the Southwest Social Sciences Association in New Orleans, March 30, 2002.

  • “Russian Foreign Economic Relations: The Influence of the Soviet Past,” The University Of Houston - Oxford University second joint conference, “Initial Conditions and the Transition Economy in Russia,” Houston, Texas, April 19-21, 2001.

  • "Interest Group Behavior in the Formation of Russian Economic Policy," Southwestern Economics Association, Fort Worth, March 17, 2001.

  • "Atlantic Economic Relations and the Future of NATO," The Fourth Annual Trent Park International Conference on The Future of the Atlantic Community, New Hall, Middlesex University, Trent Park, London, June 18, 1999.

  • “Alternatives to the Virtual Economy,” Southwestern Economic Association, San Antonio, April 1999.

  • “The Russian Economy and the Future of Europe” Conference on Europe in the 21st Century, Baylor U., Sept. 21, 1998.

  • “The Political Economy of Russian Financial Policy,” Southwestern Slavic Association, Denton, February 1998.

  • "Russian Monetary Policy and the Nonpayments Crisis," Southwestern Economics Association, New Orleans, March 1997.

  • "The Role of Privatization in the Russian Transition," Southwestern Economics Association, Houston, March 1996.

  • "The Russian Economy: Signs of Hope," Southwestern Economics Association, Dallas, March 1995.

  • "Integrating Transitional Economies into the World Economy," Salzburg Seminar on "Transitioning Economies: Comparative Perspectives," Salzburg, Austria, Session 321, January 1995.

  • "The Russian Economy: Another Crossroads," presented to Southwestern Economics Association, San Antonio, March 1994.

  • "Doing Business with the Eastern Bloc," delivered in the distinguished lecturer series at Baldwin-Wallace College, February 1989.

  • "The Commodity and Factor Composition of Soviet Foreign Trade with the West and the East, 1970-1986," Eastern Economic Association, Boston, March 1988.

  • "Determinants of Real Wage Levels in OECD Countries," Western Economic Association, San Francisco, June 1986.

  • "How Should Soviet Trade Subsidies To Eastern Europe Be Measured?" Woodrow Wilson International Center For Scholars, Washington, D.C., October 1984.

  • "Soviet Foreign Trade Efficiency Criteria," Association for Comparative Economic Studies, New York, December 1982.
Organization of Global Business Forums at Baylor University
  • “The Creative Economy: Global Issues in Culture and the Arts,” April 2022.

  • “Ukraine Update,” April 2022.

  • “Economic Issues for the Next Decade,” Held virtually in cooperation with the World Affairs Council of Dallas and Fort Worth, 2021

  • “China 2019,” March 2019

  • “Trade Integration in the Americas,” November 2018

  • “The Automated World: Artificial Intelligence and Robotics,” March 2018

  • “Japan-Texas Business Forum,” November 2017

  • “The Future of Europe,” March 2017

  • “The Middle East in the World Economy,” March 2016

  • “The Global Classroom,” March 2015

  • “Big Data in a Shrinking World,” March 2014

  • “NAFTA in a Changing Global Economy,” October 2013

  • “Emerging Africa: Poverty Reduction and Wealth Creation,” March 2013

  • ”Women in the World Economy,” March 2012

  • “Global Energy: Sufficiency and Sustainability,” March 2011

  • “International Issues in Health Care,” March 2010

  • “Rebuilding the Global Financial System,” March 2009

  • “China in the World Economy,” March 2008

  • “Free Trade in the Americas,”  October 2005

  • “International Trade in the Texas Economy,”  March 2000

  • "The Economic Revolution in Eastern Europe," October 1990. .
     
Other Speeches and Presentations
  • “Economic Consequences of Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine,” Ukraine Update Program, Baylor University, March 16, 2022.

  • “Totalitarianism, Faith, and Dissent: Czech Catholic Vaclav Benda and Beyond,” moderator and speaker in Keston Center symposium, October 7, 2021.
  • “Economic Legacies of the Russian Revolution,” presentation to the symposium, “Revisiting Red October: Commemorating the Centennial of the Russian Revolution,” Keston Center, Baylor University, November 2017.

  • “The Current Situation in Russia,” presentation to the symposium on "Defenders of the Faith: Then and Now,” Keston Center, Baylor University, February 2015.
  • “International Education at Baylor University,” presentation to Baylor administrators and a visiting delegation from the University of Macau, McMullen Faculty Center, April 22, 2009.

  • “Financial Regulation After the Global Crisis,” a presentation to the Baylor Federalist Society, Baylor Law School, April 6, 2009.
  • “The Global Economic and Financial Crisis: What to Do?” a community seminar at Lake Shore Baptist Church, March 4, 2009.

  • “The Economic Crisis: Causes and Cures,” presentation to Waco Rotary, Lion’s Den, December 1, 2008.
  • “The Future of the Obama Presidency,” presentation to a forum organized by Delta Sigma Pi, Kayser Auditorium, November 19, 2008.

  • “Economic Policy in the Presidential Debate:  Review of the Issues,” presented in conjunction with a student viewing of the third U.S. presidential debate, Baylor University, Kayser Auditorium, October 15, 2008.
  • Panelist on “The Economic and Financial Crisis: Implications for Retirement Planning,” organized by Baylor Compensation and Benefits in the Barfield Drawing Room of the Student Union Building, November 5, 2008.

  • “Contributions of Free Enterprise to Civil Society,” combined meeting of Waco Rotary and the Leadership in Free Enterprise program, April 2005.

  • “International Student Recruiting: New Challenges and Strategies,” Southwest Business Deans Association, Dallas, February 2005.
  • “Immanuel Kant: An Economist’s Perspective,” Baylor Scholars’ Day, March 2004.

  • “Teaching the History of Economic Thought,” presented to a workshop of secondary school social studies and economics teachers, Baylor, October 22, 2002.
  • “Full Members of the Baylor Family,” a commencement address delivered to our MBA graduates in Jinan, Shandong, China, August 3, 2002.

  • “Is Asia Different? An Interpretation of Plan-to-Market Transition Experiences in Russia, Eastern Europe, China, and Vietnam,” presented to the faculty of the National Economics University, Hanoi, Vietnam, July 2002.
  • “Religious Liberty in Russia and China,” presented to a colloquium organized by the J. M. Dawson Institute of Church-State Relations in cooperation with the “Open World” program of the Center for Russian Leadership Development of the U.S. Library of Congress, Baylor, June 2002.

  • “A History of the Conception of Rationality in Economics,” presented to the Faculty Seminar on Rational Choice Methods, Baylor, May-June 2002.

  • “Russia’s New Role in the International Economy” to a group of  Russian executives hosted by the “Community Connections” program of the Dallas Council on World Affairs, Dallas, May 9, 2000.

  • “Regional and Global Trade Liberalization: Substitutes or Complements?” at the Wilton Park conference, “Multilateral Trade Negotiations: the Way Forward?,” Wiston House, Steyning, West Sussex, U.K., June 1999.
  • “The Launch of the Euro: Its Significance for Asia,” Fudan University, Shanghai, November 1998.

  • “Is Economics Still the Dismal Science?  Social Scientists and the New Century,” Faculty Seminar, Baylor University, April 1998.

  • “Exchange Rate Policy and the Asian Financial Crisis,” Yonok College, Lampang, Thailand, November 1997.

  • “Alternative Visions of the Twenty-First Century,” Conference on Organizational and Managerial Responses into the 21st Century, Assumption University, Bangkok, Thailand, November 1997.

  • “Russia and the United States: Growing Cooperation,” Baylor Continuing Education "Great Decisions" program for the Waco community, February 1997.

  • "A Common Fate: Japan and the United States in the World Economy," Baylor visitors from Hosei University of Tokyo, Japan, July 1996.
  • "Superpower Economics," Baylor-Rotary Leadership in Free Enterprise Program, Baylor, June 1996.
  • "Living in a World Without Walls," Annual Academic Awards Banquet, Waco Independent School District, March 1995.
  • "Background on Chechnya," Baylor Continuing Education "Great Decisions" program for the Waco community, January 1995.

  • "The Russian Petroleum Market: New Opportunities and Old Frustrations," National Association of Credit Managers, International Section, Dallas, May 1994.
  • "Bosnia: What Can Be Done?" Keynote address in University Forum for Bosnia Awareness Week, Baylor University, April 1994.

  • "New Developments in International Business Education," International Trade Association of Dallas-Fort Worth, Dallas, September 1993.
  • "Lessons From Russian Business Education," Cooperative Services International Education Consortium, Waco, September 1993.

  • "Outlook for the International Economy," presented at the Economic Forecast Conference, Waco, October 1992.
  • "Rebuilding the Russian Petroleum Market," Mid-States Petroleum Exporters Association, Dallas, September 1992.

  • "The New Russian Revolution: Opportunities for American Business," address to International Trade Association of Dallas/Fort Worth, Dallas, January 1992.
  • "The New Frontier: American Business and the Russian Economic Revival," address to a joint meeting of the American Chemical Society and the Society of Petroleum Engineers, Duncan, Oklahoma, December 1991.

  • "PetroStroika: The New Soviet Energy Market," Society of Petroleum Engineers, Dallas, October 1991.
  • "The Economic Revolution in Eastern Europe," Dallas District Export Council, October 1990.

  • Interpreter and discussant for Valentin Feodorov, rector of the Plekhanov Economics Institute in Moscow, for keynote address to the Association of Private Enterprise Education, Orlando, April 1989.
  • Numerous interviews in print, television, and radio, including those in/with USA Today, U. S. News and World Report, Dallas Morning News, WBAP (Dallas), KRLD (Dallas), KWTX (Waco), and KCEN (Waco/Temple).
Courses Taught

  • Economic Systems of the World (undergraduate and graduate)

  • History of Economic Thought (undergraduate and graduate)

  • Introduction to International Business (undergraduate)

  • Economics of the European Union (undergraduate)

  • International Economics (undergraduate)

  • Macroeconomics (undergraduate and graduate)

  • Money and Banking (undergraduate)

  • Principles of Economics (undergraduate)

International Education
  • Visits to Bangkok and Lampang, Thailand, to hold oral history interviews with Dr. Supachai Panitchpakdi (former Director General of the World Trade Organization and UNCTAD and former Deputy Prime Minister) and Dr. Nirund Jivasantikarn (Baylor alumnus and founder of Yonok University). These histories are being transcribed and will be used as a basis for academic publications in cooperation with Baylor's Institute for Oral History and in support of the Centennial Celebration of the Hankamer School of Business, November 2022.

  • Served on the Steering Committee for Baylor’s participation in the Internationalization Lab of the American Council on Education, served as Chair of its Committee on Partnerships, and served as a member of its Committee on Enhanced Support Structures. In those capacities, assembled a preliminary database of university partnerships, drafted a university policy on international agreements, and drafted the document, "Creating an International Partnerships Strategy: A Baylor Roadmap." These documents were among the major deliverables of the Internationalization Lab, and they both were included in the final report as Appendices G1 and G2. 2021-2022
  • Site visit and program development at the Queretaro campus of Tec de Monterrey, August 2019.

  • Traveled to Russia and established new program with the St Petersburg State Economics University. Three Baylor students immediately took advantage of that program, June 2019. 

  • Member of the organizing committee for a week-long “Celebration of 100 Years of Czech Independence” on the Baylor campus, October 2018.
  • Participated in Global Internship Conferences in Berkeley (2012), Toronto (2014), Dublin (2015), and Santiago (2017).

  • Finalized exchange agreement with the WHU – Otto Beisheim School of Management in Koblenz, Germany, 2015.
  • Hosted, lectured, and organized program for a delegation of 15 officials from the Counselors’ Office of the State Council (COSC), an advisory body in the Chinese government, representing nine of the provincial governments and the city of Beijing, July 2013.

  • Finalized agreements between Baylor University and the Cologne Business School (Germany), the Paris Graduate School of Management (France), and the Kazakh University of Economy, Finance and International Trade, 2008.
     
  • Coordinated the creation of Business Foreign Language majors at Baylor, making it possible for BBA students to complete a full major in any of the foreign languages offered 2007.

  • Coordinated annual academic exchange and study-abroad relationships with St. Louis University (Madrid), WHU – Otto Beisheim School of Management (Koblenz, Germany),  Paris Graduate School of Management (France), and Hong Kong Baptist University.
  • Served as a faculty coordinator for an Executive MBA study tour in St. Petersburg, Russia, in April 2005, where I worked with St. Petersburg State University to arrange for the group to visit facilities and meet with leaders of Coca Cola, Gillette, Baltika, and SoyuzAvto.

  • Summer 2003, 2004, and 2005, served as a faculty member in the Baylor in Great Britain program.

  • Represented Baylor at Board of Directors meetings of the International Institute for Business Development, Hong Kong, in 1997, 1998, 2000, 2002, and 2004.

  • Established a new strategic relationship with the International Trade Center SBDC (under the U.S. Department of Commerce) in Dallas, beginning in 2004, providing educational and internship opportunities for our students.

  • Organized visit to Moscow and St. Petersburg by a Baylor delegation during June 2003, meeting with administrators of the Academy of National Economy, Russian-American Christian University, and St. Petersburg State University.  This led to a visit of Yuri Blagov of St. Petersburg State University to the Baylor campus during February 2004.

  • Served as Acting Director of International Programs for Baylor University during Fall 2002.  Duties included management of SEVIS compliance (including the purchase of new hardware and software and the first recertification of Baylor with INS since 1956); renovation of the Poague building and relocation of the International Programs Office; chairmanship of the Council on International Education; representing Baylor at meetings of the MAUI (Big 12), CGE (Baptist), and IIBD (Hong Kong) consortia; and negotiating a new arrangement for year-round international student housing.
  • Coordinated visit to Texas by Dr. Supachai Panitchpakdi, the former Deputy Prime Minister of Thailand, who became Director General of the World Trade Organization in September 2002.  Included engagements with the Federal Reserve Bank, the Dallas Council on Foreign Affairs, the Baylor Alumni Association, a business roundtable, speaking engagements for Baylor students, faculty, city officials and other community leaders, and the press.

  • Coordinated two in-house MBA programs for employees of the Shandong Electric Power Company in Jinan, China, between Fall 1999 and Spring 2002.  In August 2002, graduates of this program received the first degrees awarded outside the U.S. in Baylor’s 150-year history For each group of 50, I coordinated a two-month visit to Baylor and traveled to Jinan to teach and handle administrative responsibilities in the program. Twenty Baylor faculty members had experience in China, teaching and conducting research, as a result of this program.

  • Organized the “Baylor-Stockholm School of Economics Conference on Health Care Policy,” in cooperation with Professor Bengt Jönsson, Stockholm, May 2001.

  • As a fellow of the Salzburg Seminar, participated in the Freeman Symposium, “East Asia - The United States:A Search for Common Values” at Schloss Leopoldskron, Salzburg, Austria, May-June, 2000.

  • Participated in the program, “Administrative Strategies for Internationalizing the Business School,”conducted by the Daniel Management Center, University of South Carolina, in Chicago, Illinois, June 1998.

  • Led Baylor delegation visit to Moscow in August 1997.  Group included the Academic Vice President and Provost, Director of International Education, and two faculty members. Group met with Gavriil Popov, the former mayor of Moscow and president of International University of Moscow (IUM).  A cooperation agreement was signed with IUM. 

  • Made arrangements for visit to Dallas of Polish leader, Lech Walesa, requiring coordination with Dallas Council on World Affairs, Polish Embassy, and Sam Houston State University, October 1996.

  • Coordinated Baylor sponsorship and participation in Foreign Policy Town Meeting in Dallas, Fairmont Hotel, with visitors from U.S. State Department, May 1996.

  • Served as the Baylor University representative on the International University Consortium for St. Petersburg, and served as Western co-chair of the Working Group on Distance Education for that consortium, 1993-1995.

  • Coordinated all aspects of Baylor participation in business education in St. Petersburg, Russia, between 1991 and 1994. Worked with the Yedineniye trade union to establish Russian-American Business Institute. Negotiated agreements, designed curriculum, selected American instructors, coordinated travel documents and housing, provided continuing support to instructors, solicited financial support, and arranged internships for Russian students.  During 1993-1994, the program was operated through an agreement between Baylor and the St. Petersburg University of Economics and Finance.

  • Participated on advisory board for U.S. Department of Energy to create a new Oil and Gas Index, December 1991.

  • Conducted research in the USSR, January-May, 1980, with the Soviet Academy of Sciences.
     
Baylor University Committee Assignments
  • 1980-1981       University Honors Program Committee
  • 1980-1982       Chairman, Graduate Curriculum Committee
  • 1980-1989       Graduate Council
  • 1981-2008       Slavic Studies Committee
  • 1981-1982       University Triennial Lectures Committee
  • 1981-1982       Pre-Business Curriculum Committee
  • 1983-1988       University Faculty Center Committee
  • 1984-1985       Self-Study Undergraduate Education Committee
  •       1986           Chairman, Graduate School Committee on Committees
  •       1987           Search Committee for Documents Librarian
  • 1987-1990       University Committee on Committees
  • 1988-1989       University Research Committee
  • 1988-2020       Chair, Business School Library Liaison Committee
  • 1990-1993       University Libraries Committee
  • 1990-1993       University Lecturers Committee
  • 1990-1994       University Curriculum Committee (Chair, 1991-1994)
  • 1991-1992       Faith and Learning Discussion Group
  •      1992           Business School Curriculum Task Force (major revision of the BBA degree)
  • 1993-1994       Societal Change and World Community Task Force of the Council of 150
  • 1995-1998       Economics Department Faculty Search Committee (Chair in 1995-1996)
  • 1995-1997       Co-Chair of Scholarship Task Force, Hankamer Strategic Planning Partnership
  • 1996-2005       Council on International Education
  • 1997-1999       Mission Task Force, Hankamer Strategic Development Council
  • 1997-1998       Economics Department Scholarship Committee
  • 1997-2001       University Libraries Committee (Chair in 1998-1999)
  • 1998-1999       President’s Forum Lecture Committee
  • 1999-2000       President’s Advisory Committee on the Condition of International Students
  • 2001-2002       Graduate Credentials Committee
  • 2001-2003       Advisory Committee for Center for Religious Inquiry Across the Disciplines
  • 2002-2020       Coordinator of Baylor’s exchange program with Hong Kong Baptist University
  • 2003-2018       Hankamer Strategic Development Council
  • 2004-2008       Goodrich Study-Abroad Scholarship Selection Committee
  • 2005-2006       University Tenure Committee
  • 2005-2008       Faculty Senate (elected member)
  • 2005-2008       Chairman, Business School Undergraduate Education Process Committee
  • 2005-2008       Economics Department Strategic Planning Committee
  • 2008-2015       International Risk Management Committee
  • 2012-2013       Member, Task Force on Global Education and Chair, Committee on Student Programs Abroad
  • 2013-2015       National and International Scholarship Committee
  • 2015-2018       QEP Steering Committee and Task Force on Global Education
  • 2015-2018       Advisory Board for the Vice President for Information Technology and Dean of University Libraries
  • 2015-present   Chair, Advisory Board for the Keston Center for Religion, Politics, & Society
  •      2019           Cornelia Marschall Smith Award Committee
  • 2019-2022       Hankamer Digital Marketing Council
  • 2021-2022       Member of the Steering Committee, Baylor/American Council on Education Internationalization Lab.
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