John's research interests are varied and include assessing program quality and risk management in the higher education industry as well as exploring the effects pedagogy has on fostering cultures of innovation and change. As a consultant in the areas of organizational change and risk management, John combines decades of practical experience with superior academic training.
Current Research Interests:
Entrepreneurship
Indigenous Entrepreneurship in Small Island States
In small island states, an exploration of the factors that lead to creation of locally developed entrepreneurial enterprises.
Education Entrepreneurship
Critical analysis and program assessment of a a leading graduate school of education's application of an entrepreneurial incubator model in order to foster educational innovation.
Service Learning/Entrepreneurial Intention
Analysis of whether service-learning pedagogy has an effect on student levels of entrepreneurial intention.
Development of outcomes assessment measures for business school service learning programs.
The Higher Education Industry
Higher Education Institutions: Market and Taxation Issues
Development of a predictive model for assessing the failure risk of private higher education institutions.
Tax liability for the unrelated business activity of colleges and universities.
Managing Organizational Change
Qualitative analysis of change management processes in higher education institutions.
Leading organizational change.
Governance issues and preventing mission drift in nonprofit organizations.
Pedagogy
The Literature of Leadership:
Do Plato and Melville resonate with contemporary business students? On the application of classic texts as a means of exploring leadership concepts with 21st-century learners.
Environmental Design and Learning Outcomes.
Exploration of the ways in which physical classroom design can enhance/impede student learning outcomes.
Business Law
Application of liability for employment related negligence claims under the Jones Act.
Conflicting fiduciary duties in the formation of benefit corporations.
