Expert Topics
Expert Topics
Many members of the Auburn University faculty are key sources of information for local, state and national topics. Their perspective and expertise on a wide variety of issues can help reporters and their audiences gain a better understanding of a story. With this Auburn Experts page, we highlight below a listing of Q&As and articles from our faculty that seek to provide greater insight into the real-world issues we face daily. Our experts are willing and able to speak to media on these topics and more. Reporters interested in connecting can do so by contacting Communications Director Preston Sparks in our Office of Communications and Marketing at (334) 844-9999 or pjs0027@auburn.edu.
Expert Listing
Check out Auburn University’s listing of experts who can speak on such topics as cybersecurity, 3D printing, partnerships with Delta and NASA, national pilot shortages, stock market concerns, financial analysis, health sciences, block chain technology, affordable housing, radio-frequency identification and much more.
Auburn University professor of supply chain management Glenn Richey answers the below questions regarding the recent trade deal struck by the U.S., Mexico and Canada (called the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement, or USMCA) that replaces the North American Free Trade Agreement, or NAFTA. Richey is the Harbert Eminent Scholar in supply chain management in Auburn’s Harbert College of Business. He serves as senior editor for Decision Sciences Journal and as associate editor of the Journal of Business Logistics and the Journal of Supply Chain Management.
Frank Cilluffo, a globally renowned cyber expert and director of Auburn University’s Charles D. McCrary Institute, offers the below comments regarding today’s news that the U.S. could offer cyberwar capabilities to NATO allies.
As Tropical Storm Gordon approaches the Southeastern U.S. coast and the peak of hurricane season is upon us, millions of people are preparing for the dangers that accompany such violent storms.
Dr. Spencer Durham of Auburn University’s Harrison School of Pharmacy can offer insight into the possible implications of China withholding samples of a virulent strain of the avian flu. He serves as an Assistant Clinical Professor in the Department of Pharmacy Practice and can help answer:
Three Auburn University supply chain professors are available to discuss ideas that industries can use to reduce the costs of tariffs. They can speak on:
Auburn University finance professor John Jahera answers the below questions on the impact of the new U.S.-Mexico trade deal.
Auburn University finance professor John Jahera answers the below questions on the impact of the new U.S.-Mexico trade deal.
With gas prices rising to the highest level since 2014, Auburn University professor of supply chain management Glenn Richey can discuss how oil demand and the gasoline transportation system influence prices.
Kimberly Key is a professor of accounting in the School of Accountancy in the Raymond J. Harbert College of Business. Key’s research interests are primarily in the areas of earnings management, the effect of taxes on asset prices and state taxation.
Dr. David Cicero, Auburn University’s Bray Distinguished Professor of Finance in the Harbert College of Business, can offer insight into the dramatic drop in Facebook’s stock value.
An academic study conducted for the Utah Center for Financial Services demonstrates that brokered deposits are a secure source of funding for banks. The Center engaged preeminent academic James Barth and his doctoral student colleague Yanfei Sun, both of Auburn University’s Harbert College of Business, who conducted a review of the impact and risk of relying on brokered deposits, focused on the past decade. In their study, Barth and Yanfei examined the safety of a range of brokered deposits during and after the Great Recession. They also reviewed all the major reports and studies regarding brokered deposits completed by other institutions.
An academic study conducted for the Utah Center for Financial Services demonstrates that brokered deposits are a secure source of funding for banks. The Center engaged preeminent academic James Barth and his doctoral student colleague Yanfei Sun, both of Auburn University’s Harbert College of Business, who conducted a review of the impact and risk of relying on brokered deposits, focused on the past decade. In their study, Barth and Yanfei examined the safety of a range of brokered deposits during and after the Great Recession. They also reviewed all the major reports and studies regarding brokered deposits completed by other institutions.
Dr. Beth Davis-Sramek of Auburn University’s Harbert College of Business can offer insight into the possible impact of a strike by Teamsters at UPS. She serves as the Gayle Parks Forehand Associate Professor in Supply Chain Management and can help answer:
Auburn University finance professor John Jahera says banks should offer payday loans because of Americans’ easy access to bank branches and to help unbanked people establish a relationship with a bank and to build a credit score. Below are questions that Jahera can answer.
The Atlantic hurricane season is underway, and Auburn University professor of supply chain management Glenn Richey can offer expert advice on how agencies can better prepare beforehand and for recovery efforts.