CURRICULUM VITAE

MARK ALAN BEBENSEE

PERSONAL DATA
EDUCATION
ACADEMIC AWARDS
FIELDS OF SPECIALIZATION
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE
DISSERTATION
PUBLICATIONS
PRESENTATIONS
RESEARCH GRANTS
MEMBERSHIPS
REFERENCES

PERSONAL DATA

    Address                                              Department of Business Administration The Citadel
                                                                   Charleston, SC 29409

    Telephone                                          Office: (843) 953-5056
                                                                   Fax: (843) 953-6764
                                                                   Home: (843) 881-4835

    E-Mail:                                               Mark.Bebensee@Citadel.edu

    Personal                                              Born November 2, 1950 (Meridian, MS)
                                                                    Married, two children

EDUCATION

    1977                                                     Ph.D., Economics, Duke University

    1974                                                     M.A., Economics, Duke University

    1972                                                     B.A., Magna Cum Laude, Economics and Mathematics,
                                                                    Millsaps College
 

ACADEMIC AWARDS

    Algernon Sydney Sullivan Award, The Citadel, 1990
    Citadel Development Foundation Outstanding Professor Award, 1981
    Danforth Graduate Fellowship, 1972-76
 

FIELDS OF SPECIALIZATION

    Labor Economics
    Industrial Organization
    Economics Education
    Econometrics

TEACHING EXPERIENCE:

    The Citadel

        1982-Present           Associate Professor of Business Administration (tenured)

                                         Taught Introductory Macroeconomics and Microeconomics, Money &
                                         Banking,  Communicating in Business, and Managerial Economics
                                         (M.B.A.-level).

        1977-82                   Assistant Professor of Business Administration

    Duke University

        1973-77                   Part-time Instructor

                                        Principles of Economics; Teaching Assistant, Labor Economics

    Millsaps College

        1971-72                   Teaching Assistant

                                     Principles of Economics; Instructor for extra-curricular computer course
 

ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE

    The Citadel

        1989-Present          Head, Department of Business Administration

Responsible for overseeing the operation of The Citadel's largest academic department (majors account for 34% of undergraduate student body); supervise a staff of twenty-two full- and part-time faculty members plus two secretaries; develop teaching schedules, oversee all administrative and budget activities, and represent the department on Academic Board. Lead successful multi-year effort to become North America’s first AACSB-accredited Department (as opposed to School or College) of Business Administration.
1982-1989             Assistant to the Dean of Undergraduate Studies
Served as the academic administration's liaison with the student body. Counseled students about major changes, course selection, academic standards; directed the freshman orientation program; coordinated the company academic advisor program; supervised staff of cadet academic officers. Was also responsible for student retention program and class absence system; served as liaison with military departments and Commandant's office.
DISSERTATION Income Distribution Effects of Increased Labor Force Participation by Married Women, directed by Professor Juanita M. Kreps.   PUBLICATIONS

        Refereed Journal Articles:

"Elasticity and Journal Pricing," The Acquisitions Librarian, (Volume I, Number 2), with Bruce Strauch.

"Health Care Cost Inflation: Causes and Cures," Appalachian Business Review, (Volume VIII, Number 1), with John S. Dunkelberg.

          Proceedings: "Ethics Outlook of Contemporary College Students," with Alford, J. M. and Costner, R., Proceedings of the Twenty-Fourth Annual Meeting, Southeast Decision Sciences Institute, Williamsburg, VA March 2-4, 1994, p. 335.   PRESENTATIONS "Characteristics of a Successful Marketing Department Leader: Departmental Excellence in the 1990’s," a Special Session at the 1994 Southern Marketing Association Annual Meeting, New Orleans, November, 1994.

"‘It Can’t Happen Here?’: Communications across the Curriculum at The Citadel," 4th National

Conference on Writing Across the Curriculum, Ithaca, NY, June 1999.

 RESEARCH GRANTS Citadel Development Foundation, 1984-85. Awarded to investigate (with Professor Dale Blizzard) the Demand for Health Maintenance Organization Services.   MEMBERSHIPS
Board of Directors, Junior Achievement of Coastal Carolina
American Economic Association
Southern Economic Association
Omicron Delta Kappa


REFERENCES

Professor Allen C. Kelley, Department of Economics, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27706

Professor Neil B. de Marchi, Department of Economics, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27706

Professor Robert S. Adden, Emeritus Professor of Business Administration, The Citadel, Charleston, South Carolina 29409

Professor Isaac S. Metts, Jr., Dean of Planning and Assessment, The Citadel, Charleston, South Carolina 29409