Recent Faculty Scholarship and Accomplishments

JESSICA BUCHANAN

• Paper Presentation: Buchanan, J. L., E. Hamilton, A. Saiewitz , and S. Vandervelde. 2025. How Risk Awareness Impacts Auditors’ Inquiry Strategies: An Investigation and Intervention. Working paper. Providence College, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, and University of North Carolina Charlotte. 

JESSICA CUNNINGHAM

• Paper Presentation: “Incentivizing Treatments for Rare Diseases: An Analysis of the Orphan Drug Tax Credit” at the Journal of Legal Tax Research Conference in Nashville, TN. The JLTR Conference is a part of the ATA Midyear Meeting, which is one of the largest academic tax conferences in the US. 

WEN CHEN

• Paper Finalist: 2025 Publication Award Finalist, Decision Analysis Society, INFORMS: My paper, “Customized Dynamic Pricing When Customers Develop a Habit or Satiation,” was recognized as a finalist for this award. 
• Accepted Article: Accepted for publication in Annals of Operations Research: My paper, “Optimal Pricing and Inventory Strategies with Delivery Delay Compensation in Dominated Markets,” has been accepted. This is my first single-authored publication in an A-level journal. 

ABIGAIL CORRINGTON

• Published Article: SAGE Publications as part of the Sage Business Cases 2026 Annual Collection with Dr. Sydnee Manley (PC Accounting department) and Dr. Patrick Kelly (PC Accounting department). It’s titled Exploring the Ethical Implications of Nasdaq’s Board Diversity Rule and is part of Sage’s Managing Diversity in Business series. 

STEVEN DANNEMILLER

• Case Study Presentations: Presented two case studies at the Joint Midyear Meeting of the Government and Nonprofit section and Public Interest, Ethics, and Sustainability section of the American Accounting Association at the University of New Hampshire. 

MATTHEW ERIKSEN

• Attended Workshop: Attended the Management as a Calling Workshop at Notre Dame University sponsored by their Institute for Social Concerns to develop a course in the management department based on the award-winning  MBA course Management as a Calling that reimagines business leadership as a force for good. I will be teaming up with Fr. Garrett to develop this course; we are imagining it as a senior seminar for the spring semester for next year and to require a beginning of the semester retreat. 

RONALD JELINEK

• Paper Published: Ronald L. Jelinek’s most recent article, entitled “Permaculture and the buying center eco-system,” was published in Business Horizons (Mar/Apr 2026, p. 253-264). 
• Paper Published: In addition, his latest essay, entitled “Catholic b-schools and the bushel basket,” was published in Catholic World Report (Mar. 18). 
• Symposium Participation: On Friday, Mar. 20, Jelinek participated in the Quinn Symposium on “Moral Realism” in the Center for Catholic and Dominican Studies and, later that evening, offered his perspective on Jesus’ first last word at the “Seven Last Words” service at St. Dominic Chapel.  
• Event Hosted: On Wednesday, Mar. 25, Jelinek hosted the 8^th annual “Friar Sales Showcase”, welcoming 9 business-to-business sales organizations to the Ryan Center to recruit, mix and mingle with interested students. As part of the event, he also moderated a discussion panel with representatives from each of the participating organizations on “How B2B Buying is Changing.” 

ARATI KALE

• Web Feature: WalletHub’s recent article Budget Categories
• Budget Categories Article

PATRICK KELLY

• Chapter Accepted: Chapter titled “Federal Accounting and the Unsustainable U.S. National Debt – The Public’s Accounting Crisis” was accepted for the Editor-Reviewed Book The Crisis in Accounting by Richard Kravitz, former editor of the CPA Journal.  
• Media Citations:
  • 10.08.2025 – Rhode Island Current- R.I.’s sportsbook market may open up to competition next year. Here’s who’s waiting in the wings. 
  • 10.08.2025- WPRI Channel 12- Rhode Island considers expanding sports betting options 
  • 10.23.2025 – WPRI Channel 12- Dr. Pat Kelly Weighs in on the NBA Gambling Arrests 
  • 1.29.2026- Channel 10 WJAR- As local fans get ready to place their bets on Super Bowl 60, expert warns of addiction 
  • 2.06.2026- The Rhode Island Current- Your Super Bowl office pool is technically illegal in RI. Not if this lawmaker can help it. 
• Service Assignments: Coordinated Fall Providence College Ethics Case Competition on the topic “The Ethical Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Medical Treatments.” 

CURT MORLEY

• Community Engagement: Spoke to the Providence chapter of MAKE this past spring, where I advised members on effective fundraising strategies and emphasized the importance of giving back to the community.
• Community Engagement: Had the opportunity to speak with a group of female high school seniors, leading a negotiation exercise based on a case study that incorporated student role-playing. This experience was part of an initiative that Melissa and Sylvia were instrumental in establishing in partnership with the Providence College School of Business.

STEPHEN PERREAULT

• Paper Accepted: Steve Kuselias, Ranier Robinson, and I have a paper titled “Stopping the Drain: An Approach for Improving Accounting Major Recruitment in Higher Education,” which was accepted for publication in the journal Advances in Accounting Education. 

THOMAS PTASHNIK

• Paper Accepted: A six-year study led by Dr. Thomas Ptashnik at Providence College found that working mothers often gain, rather than lose, from parenthood at work—challenging the traditional “motherhood penalty.” The research introduces a new concept, Family-Centered Symbolic Meaning of Work (FCSMW), showing that mothers view their jobs as a way to model values for their families. As a result, they tend to show greater effort, ethical awareness, and organizational support, offering a powerful new perspective on motherhood in the workplace.

MICHAEL SHAFER

• Paper Accepted: “Corporate class action litigation risk and the choice of environmental, social, and governance practices,” coauthored with Marcin Krolikowski (PC), Ed Szado (PC), and James Malm (College of Charleston), was accepted at Applied Economics (ABDC: A). 

MARTHA TRONCOZA

• Paper Won: Won best paper in CB at the Society for Marketing Advances conference in November of 2025.