Alicen Flosi

M.B.A.:

Special Topics in Management 

Bachelors:

Business Communications 
Intro to ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning)
Introduction to Business Technologies 
Principles of Management Information Systems 
Special Problems in Business 
Special Topics in Management Information Systems 
Visual BASIC Development 

Courses taught, but not in the Schedule:

E-Commerce, Business Communications 

Academic Experience 

Director of Sustainability, Lamar University (January, 2015 - Present), Beaumont, Texas.

Instructor, Lamar University (January, 1999 - Present), Beaumont, Texas. Teach courses in Management Information Systems.

Non-Academic Experience 

Chief Financial Officer, Port Arthur Independent School District (July, 1997 - June, 1999), Port Arthur, Texas.

Assistant Superintendent for Business Services, Community Consolidated School District 59 (July, 1994 - June, 1997), Arlington Heights, Illinois.

Assistant Superintendent for Business Operations, McHenry School District 59 (July, 1993 - June, 1994), McHenry, Illinois.

Assistant to the Superintendent for Business Operations, Country Club Hills School District 160 (July, 1991 - June, 1993), Country Club Hills, Illinois.

Consulting 

2013:  LIT, Excel training for LIT employees

Professional Service 

Academic Conference: Panelist
2015:  All College Day - LIT (Local).  Present session on advanced spreadsheet features

Member: Committee/Task Force
2015:  Southwestern Business Administration Teaching Conference, Houston, Texas (National).  Program committee member and session chair for conference
2014:  Construction Management Accreditation Meeting (Local).

Reviewer: Conference Paper
2014 – 2016:  Southwestern Business Administration Teaching Conference (State).

Institutional Service 

Department Assignments

Chair:
2005-2006 – 2006-2007:  ISAD MISY 1373 Curriculum Subcommittee  

Faculty Advisor:
2013-2014:  Student Organization Fair
2011-2012:  Association for Information Systems   

Member:
2019-2020 – 2020-2021:  Exploring MIS  
2014 – 2015:  Recruitment Committee for MIS Professor  
Assurance of Learning - Institutional Service: Other Institutional Service Activities:
2017-2018 – 2018-2019:  Cardinal View
2011-2012:  MIS Session: Kristine Estes, November 10, 2010

 

College Assignments

Chair:
2020-2021:  College of Business Strategic Planning (task force - Curricular Programming) (Co-Chair)
2019-2020 – 2020-2021:  CoB Service Committee  
2006-2007:  GB Business Teaching Certification Development  

 

Faculty Advisor:
2012-2013:  Assist students competing in Big Idea Competition
2004-2005 – 2005-2006:  Fellowship of Christ  

 

Member:
2020-2021:  Undergraduate Programs
2020-2021:  Interview team for Chair of School of Accountancy and IS  
2015-2016:  Facilities, Technology, & Space Development Committee  
2014-2015:  Conferment  
2014-2015:  Accreditation and Assessment Committee Lamar University  
2011-2012 – 2014-2015:  General Business Program Committee Lamar University  
2012-2013 – 2013-2014:  Institutional Resources Committee Lamar University  
2012-2013:  Ad Hoc Committee for Academic Lecture Series  
2011-2012:  Institutional Resource Committee Lamar University  

 

Assurance of Learning - Institutional Service
2017 – 2018:  Provost's Kick-Off
2015:  COB Strategic Planning Workshops
2012:  College of Business Week - speaker Paul Chargois  
2012:  MISY 1373 AP 8-week course development
2011-2012:  University Professor/Merit Awards
2010-2011:  Career Service Overview
2010-2011:  Writing Fellows Pilot Program

Mentoring:
2019-2020 – 2020-2021:  Supervise Honors Students  
2010-2011:  Learning Community Program  

 

Other Institutional Service Activities:
2019-2020:  Strategic Planning Outreach Session
2016-2017:  Excel training for administrative assistants in CoB  
2014 – 2015:  Business Development Week  
2013-2014:  Career Week: Schedule professional speakers for classes during Career Week
2012-2013:  Freshman Orientation  
2011:  Judge - Big Idea Challenge  
2011:  Spring Open House  
2013-2014 – 2015-2016:  Sustainability: Assist/coordinate recycling in the College of Business 2007-2008:  COB Open House  

 

Writing Student Recommendations:
2018-2019 – 2019-2020:  Business students

 

University Assignments

Chair: Member:
2020-2021:  LU Reads for Change 2020  

Faculty Advisor:
2016-2017 – 2020-2021:  LU Green Squad   

Mentoring Activities:
2018-2019:  Sr. Engineering Project  
2014-2015 – 2015-2016:  Honors Student Supervision  

 

Assurance of Learning - Institutional Service

 

Other Institutional Service Activities:

 

Community Service 

Chair of a Committee
2016 – 2020:  Sustainability Programs on Campus

Member of a Committee

 

Other Community Service Activities

Refereed Articles 

• Fontenot, Sr., D., Flossi, A., & Dyson, J. (in press, 2018).  A Spirit of Shared Learning: Bringing Classroom Content Alive.   Southwestern Business Administration Journal.
• Dyson, J. & Flosi, A. (2015).  Leadership: Using case studies to increase learning and interest.   Southwestern Business Administration Journal, 15 (2).
• Flosi, A., Boone, R., Dyson, J., Brown, D., Kaufman, R., Bethany White, Lamar University, United States of America (2014).  Service Learning: Real World Experience in a Classroom Setting.   Southwestern Business Administration Journal.
• Mandal, P., Flosi, A., & Large, J. (2014).  Title: Paradigm shift in teaching IT-based courses in a teaching university.   International Journal of Business Information Systems.
• Bandyopadhyay, K., Moss, G., & Flosi, A. (2013).  ERP Integration in the Accounting Curriculum.   Competition Forum.
• Moss, G., Dyson, J., & Flosi, A. (2012).  Impact Teaching: Lead or Be Left Behind.   College Teaching Methods & Styles Journal, 7 (2), 6.
• Mandal, P. & Flosi, A. (2011).  Horizontal Integration of Courses through SAP: Implementation in a Business School.   International Journal of Business Information Systems.
• Flosi, A., & Bandyopadhyay, K. (2009).  An Empirical Investigation into Factors Relating to the Use of Course Management Software by Post-Secondary Faculty.   International Journal of Business Information Systems.

Refereed Proceedings 

• Flosi, A., Flosi, A., Nelson, M., Sheehan, A., & Scott, I. (2021).  Dealing with Academic Stress During Crisis: Navigating College While Being Affected by an Explosion, a Pandemic, and Multiple Hurricanes.   Southwestern Business Administration Teaching Conference.
• Flosi, A., Fontenot, D., Nelson, M., Sheehan, A., & Scott, I. (in press, 2021).  Dealing with Academic Stress During Crisis: Navigating College While Being Affected by an Explosion, a Pandemic, and Multiple Hurricanes.  Southwestern Business Administration Teaching Conference.
• Fraccastoro, K., Flosi, A., Karani, K., & Moss, G. (in press, 2019). Disseminating Information to College Students in a Complex Media Environment. Academy of Business Research.
• Dyson, J., Flosi, A., Fontenot, D., Bhawal, S., Craig, M., Catherine Knuth, Deep Narula (2016).  A Spirit of Shared Learning: Bringing Classroom Content Alive.   Southwestern Business Administration Teaching Conference.
• Flosi, A. & Dyson, J. (2015).  Leadership: Using case studies to increase learning and interest.   Southwestern Business Administration Teaching Conference.
• Flosi, A., Boone, R., Dyson, J., Kaufman, R., White, B., Darrell Brown (2014).  Service Learning: Real World Experience in a Classroom Setting.   22nd Annual Southwestern Business Administration Teaching Conference.
• Bandyopadhyay, K., Moss, G., & Flosi, A. (in press, 2013).  ERP Integration in the Accounting Curriculum.   American Society of Competitiveness.

 

Presentation of Refereed Papers 

• Flosi, A., Fontenot, D., Nelson, M., Sheehan, A., & Scott, I. (2021). Dealing with Academic Stress During Crisis: Navigating College While Being Affected by an Explosion, a Pandemic, and Multiple Hurricanes.  Southwestern Business Administration Teaching Conference, Online/Houston, Texas.
• Dyson, J., Flosi, A., & Moss, G. (2018). Social Responsibility: Preparing Students for the Real World. Southwestern Business Administration Teaching Conference, Houston, Texas.
• Badua, F. (2017, August). Green Oasis: Measuring Sustainability Amelioration at a University Campus Situated in the Heart of TX Oil Country.  Annual Meeting and Conference on teaching and Learning in Accounting - AAA, San Diego, United States of America.
• Dyson, J., Flosi, A., Fontenot, D., Bhawal, S., Craig, M., Catherine Knuth, Deep Narula (2016). A Spirit of Shared Learning: Bringing Classroom Content Alive.  Southwestern Business Administration Teaching Conference, Houston, Texas.
• Flosi, A. & Dyson, J. (2015, October). Leadership: Using case studies to increase learning and interest.   Southwestern Business Administration Teaching Conference, Houston, Texas.
• Flosi, A., Boone, R., Dyson, J., Kaufman, R., White, B., Darrell Brown (2014, October). Service Learning: Real World Experience in a Classroom Setting.   22nd Annual Southwestern Business Administration Teaching Conference, Houston, Texas.
• Bandyopadhyay, K., Moss, G., & Flosi, A. (2013). ERP Integration in the Accounting Curriculum.   American Society of Competitiveness, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.