Gail L. Miller, D.B.A.
Professor of Business Administration
Department of Economics and Business
Westminster College
New Wilmington, PA 16172
Old Main 209/ Tel:(412)946-7168/ Fax:(412)946-7171/ MillerGL@westminster.edu
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Education and Degrees...
DBA (Doctor of Business Administration), University of Kentucky, December 1980.
Dissertation: Donor Behavior as Exchange: An Examination of Resource Structure Theory and Exchange.
MBA (Master of Business Administration),
University of Georgia, August 1971.
BA, Otterbein College (OH), June 1966.
Major: History
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Positions and
Responsibilities...
July 1994 - Present
Professor of
Business Administration, Westminster College (PA).
Chair of the Department of Economics and Business.
July 1993 - June 1994
Vice President for
Academic Affairs and Dean of the College, Interim, Westminster College (PA).
Appointment as senior academic officer during a year-long search.
July 1983 - June 1993
Professor/Associate
Professor of Business Administration, Westminster College (PA).
Chair of the Department of Economics and Business, 1990 - 1993.
Leadership positions and services on Curriculum, Personnel, Academic Standards
and various ad hoc governance committees. Instructional assignments in
marketing, statistics, and management. Tenure granted and promotion to
Professor, Fall 1989.
July 1977 - June 1983
Assistant Professor
of Business, Otterbein College (OH).
Chair of the Department of Business, 1978 - 1983. Instructional
assignment in marketing and management. Service on the Curriculum and
Administrative Councils (2 years each).
July 1974 - June 1977
Instructor,
Teaching/Research Assistant, University of Kentucky.
Doctoral student in the College of Commerce, Department of Business
and Marketing.
July 1971 - June 1974
Instructor,
Presbyterian College of South Carolina.
Instructional assignments in marketing, statistics, and management.
May 1967 - March 1971
Communications
Officer, USAF.
Honorable discharge, the rank of Captain, USAFR.
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Publication and
Professional Activities...
"The Role of Social Distrust in Risk-Benefit Analysis: A Study of the Siting of a hazardous Waste Disposal Facility," Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, forthcoming, 1998.
"The
Influence of NIMBY Beliefs on Accepting Hazardous Waste Facilities in
Neighborhood," Journal of Economics and Sociology, July 1994, pp.
335 - 346, with Peter Groothuis as co-author.
"Not Just Any Doctor: Particularism and the Marketing of Services" in
Block, Upah, Zeithaml (eds.), Services Marketing in a Changing Environment,
Chicago: American Marketing Association, 1984.
"A Structure of Student Expectations from Business Administration
Classes," Proceedings of the Academy of Marketing Science, 1984.
"Ivy University." Case reprinted in Fundamentals of Management
(5th ed.) by James Donnelly, James Gibson, and John Ivancevich, Dallas:
Business Publications, Inc.
"The College President." Case reprinted in The Modern Manager
by E. Huse, Minneapolis: West Publishing, 1980.
"The Changing Nature of Education," invited newspaper article appearing
in the Sharon (PA) Herald, November 29, 1992.
"Advantage in America's Growing Service Economy," invited newspaper
article appearing in New Castle News (PA), November 3, 4, 5, 1987.
"Free Riding with Public Goods: A Marketing Dilemma," Otterbein
Miscellany, September 1979, pp. 72 - 79.
"Advertising and Your Church," The Christian Ministry, July
1977, pp. 25 -27, with Will Willimon.