DENNIS BARBER III, PH.D. Savannah, GA 31419 912-344-2768 dennis.barber@armstrong.edu EDUCATION PH.D. Economics, University of New Mexico July 2013 M.A. Economics, University of New Mexico December 2010 B.S. Business Administration (Management), East Carolina University December 2004 CURRENT APPOINTMENTS ASSISTANT PROFESSOR Department of Economics Armstrong State University, Savannah, GA DIRECTOR Small Business Institute Armstrong State University, Savannah, GA ADJUNCT FACULTY DeVos Graduate School of Management Northwood University, Midland, MI August 2014 Current April 2015 Current May 2013 Current PREVIOUS APPOINTMENTS POST-DOCTORAL RESEARCHER/ASSOCIATE ECONOMIST MBK Analytics, Albuquerque NM September 2013 May 2014 PH.D. FELLOW, Latin American and Iberian Institute University of New Mexico, Albuquerque NM August 2010 May 2012 PEER REVIEWED JOURNAL ARTICLES Barber III, Dennis. (2016). A Theoretical Examination of Tax Evasion among the Self-Employed Theoretical and Applied Economics Forthcoming. Barber III, Dennis. (2015). An Experimental Analysis of Risk and Entrepreneurial Attitudes of University Students in the U.S. and Brazil Journal of International Entrepreneurship. Vol. 13, no. 4. pp. 370 389. Barber III, Dennis & Maurice Moffett. (2015). State Health Insurance Subsidies and the Self-Employed Small Business Institute Journal. Vol. 11, no. 1. pp. 24 36. Barber III, Dennis. (2014). The Role of the State of Brazil in the Industrialization of São Paulo: 1880-1945. International Journal of Social Science and Humanities Research. Vol. 2, no. 4. pp. 196 202. Harris, M.L., Gibson, S.G., Wang, Chunfang, Barber III, Dennis & Orazov, Shohrat. (2011). A Multi-country Perspective of Students Entrepreneurial Attitudes. International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business. Vol. 12, no. 3. pp. 373 394.
Gibson, S.G., Harris, M.L. & Barber III, Dennis. (2009). A Comparison of the Entrepreneurial Attitudes of Chinese versus Brazilian Students. American Journal of Entrepreneurship. Vol. 2, pp. 56 70. CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS AND PAPERS Barber III, Dennis & Michael Morrison. (2015). "What Can Virtual Behavior Offer to Entrepreneurship Education?" Proceedings of the 45 th Annual Meeting of the Southeast Decision Science Institute. Savannah, GA. Barber III, Dennis & Felardo, Jeff. (2015) How the Self-Employed s Income Level Affects Demand for Health Insurance. Small Business Institute 39 th Annual Conference. St. Pete Beach, FL, February. Barber III, Dennis & Kavoori, Thomas. (2015). The Affordable Care Act Effects on the Self-Employed. Academy of Economics and Finance 52 nd Annual Conference. Jacksonville, FL, February. Blume-Kohout, Margaret & Barber III, Dennis. (2014). Gender and the Institutional Environment in STEM-H Innovation and Entrepreneurship. Association for Public Policy Analysis & Management 36 th Annual Fall Research Conference. November, Albuquerque, NM. Morrison, Michael & Barber III, Dennis. (2014). Does the Entrepreneurial Attitudinal Orientation Remain Valid in the Virtual World? Pennsylvania Economic Association Annual Conference. June, Edinboro University. Barber III, Dennis. (2011). State RPS Policies and CO 2 Emission Levels. 2 nd Annual Earth Day Conference. April, University of New Mexico. Harris, M.L., Gibson, S.G., Wang, Chunfang, Barber III, Dennis & Orazov, Shohrat. (2009). Examining the Entrepreneurial Attitudes of College Students: A Multi-Country Perspective. Proceedings of the USASBE Annual Conference, Anaheim, CA, January. Gibson, S.G., Harris, M.L. & Barber III, Dennis (2008). An Examination of Entrepreneurial Personality Factors in a Brazilian Student Population. Proceedings of Southeast INFORMS Annual Meeting, October. Gibson, S.G., Harris, M.L. & Barber III, Dennis. (2008). A Comparison of the Entrepreneurial Attitudes of Chinese versus Brazilian Students. Proceedings of the 2008 SAM International Business Conference, Arlington, VA, April. TECHNICAL REPORTS, INTERVIEWS AND OTHER PUBLICATIONS & PRESENTATIONS Invited Speaker/Moderator October 2015 Geekend 2015: Technology and Education Session Green is Good: An Interview with Dennis Barber III, Brazil Compass, by Steven Byrd September 2012 (http://www.brazil-compass.com/2012/09/green-is-good.html) Tax Burden and Self-Employment November 2011 Universidade Católica de Brasília Department of Economics Seminar Series (Invited Speaker) Self-Employment in OECD Countries May 2011 Field Paper Presentation, University of New Mexico Department of Economics Career Management Workbook with John Haymore April 2010
Kate Krause, Dennis H. Barber III and Pamela Sellers. Market Rate Study 2009. Children, May 2009 Youth and Families Department, State of New Mexico Technical Report. WORKING PAPERS Under Review The Affordable Care Act Effects on the Self-Employed with Thomas Kavoori (Academy of Economics and Finance Journal) Gender and Financial Risk: The U.S. and Brazil with Dr. Yassaman Saadatmand & Thomas Kavoori (Studies in Business and Economics) Working Papers Health Insurance Exchanges, Political Affiliation and Insurance Take-up Rates: A look at the self-employed With Thomas Kavoori (undergraduate student at Armstrong State University) Gender and Entrepreneurial Attitudes With Dr. Yassaman Saadatmand, Armstrong State University & Thomas Kavoori Perceptions of Traditional and Social Entrepreneurship in the Czech Republic With Shanan Gibson, Ph.D., East Carolina University & Rolínek Ladislav doc.ing. Ph.D., University of South Bohemia TEACHING Economics Principles of Macroeconomics Principles of Microeconomics Intermediate Microeconomic Theory Economics of Labor Economic Analysis of Law Environmental Economics Business Undergraduate Fundamentals of Management Cases and Problems in Global Entrepreneurship Legal Environment of Business Small Business Consulting MBA and other Graduate Courses Global Perspective Corporate Strategy: Satisfying Shareholders External Environment Operations Management: Process Improvement Management & Leadership Simulation ACADEMIC AND COMMUNITY SERVICE External Service Small Business Institute Marketing Committee Member 2015 Present Best Practices Competition Judge, 2015 Small Business Institute Conference February 2015 Reviewer, 2015 Small Business Institute Conference Papers Fall 2014
Discussant, 2015 Southeast Decision Science Institute Annual Meeting February 2015 Western Governors University Subject Matter Expert Standard Setting, Macroeconomics Winter 2015 Alpha Testing, Macroeconomics Fall 2015 Unit/Module Review, Macroeconomics Summer 2015 Test Specification Workshop, Macroeconomics Spring 2015 Online Course Validation Workshop, Microeconomics Fall 2014 Online Course Validation Workshop, Macroeconomics Fall 2014 Technology Association of Georgia Savannah Advisory Board Member September 2015 Present Internal Service Department Faculty Advisor, Economics Club Fall 2015 Present Member, Faculty Search Committee (Marketing) Fall 2015 Spring 2016 University Student Success Committee Fall 2015 Present Quality Matters Online Course Reviewer (Paid) Psychology 5060 Fall 2015 Review/Editorial Board Service Editorial Review Board Member, Small Business Institute Journal Reviewer, Economics Bulletin Referee, International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behavior and Research 2011 Present 2014 Present 2015 Present PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS Entrepreneurship Research Society, Founding Scholar Small Business Institute, Member Academy of Economics and Finance, Member Southeast Decision Science Institute, Member PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND CERTIFICATIONS Study Abroad and Service Learning Web Seminar USO Faculty Development October 2015 Certified Online Course Reviewer Quality Matters July 2015 Service Learning Essentials Webinar Armstrong State University April 2015 Faculty Demonstrations of Engaging Pedagogy Armstrong State University April 2015 Teaching Strategies for Learning Achievement: Virtual Summit for Business and Economics McGraw-Hill Education April 2015 Teacher Training Program Academy of Economics and Finance February 2015 ACE Military Credit Prior Learning Assessment/Mapping Workshop Armstrong State University November 2014
Online Teaching Course Armstrong State University November 2014 Applying the QM Rubric 2014 Quality Matters October 2014 Grants for Lunch Armstrong State University October 2014 FOREIGN LANGUAGES Brazilian Portuguese Reading: Speaking: Writing: Advanced Intermediate Intermediate