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Faculty Biography

Linda Christiansen
Assistant Professor of Accounting, Business Law and Business Ethics
(812) 941-2519
lchristi@ius.edu

Academic Background:

Intellectual Contributions:

Refereed Articles

Christiansen, L. & Olazabal, A. (in press).  Auditor Independence Post Sarbanes Oxley: The Case for Increased Self-Regulation. The Journal of Legal Studies in Business.

Christiansen, L. & Sompayrac, J. (in press).  Minimizing the Effect of the Federal Estate Tax on Family Farms: A Continuing Issue. Today's CPA.

Christiansen, L. & Wigley, K. (2006).  Turning a Service-Learning Project into an Opportunity for Civic Engagement. Quick Hits for Civic Engagement , 51-52.

Christiansen, L. (2004).  Mickey Mouse Still Belongs to Disney: The Supreme Court Upholds Copyright Extension. Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science, 32 , 212.

Christiansen, L. & Jenks, R. (2002).  The Current State of Marriage. The Journal of Family Ministry, 16 (1) , 58-74.

Christiansen, L. & Jenks, R. (2002).  A Comparison of Three Marital Groups on Sexual and Gender Issues. The Journal of Divorce and Remarriage, 38 , 157-168.

Christiansen, L. & Jenks, R. (2002).  A Comparison of Four Catholic Groups on Well-Being and Religiosity. The Journal of Divorce and Remarriage, 37 , 143-156.

Christiansen, L. Can a Plaintiff Will These Days: An Examination of Recent Sexual-Harassment Cases: Clark County School District v. Breeden; Lack v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.; Barrett v. Applied Radiant Energy Corp. The Employment and Labor Law Quarterly, 3 (1) .

Christiansen, L. Trade Dress Protection Does Not Extend Expired Patent. Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science, 29 , 424.

Christiansen, L. & Beckman, E. (1996).  Services Offered by Charitable Organizations: How Attitudes Differ Among Retired and Non-Retired Persons. The Journal of Nonprofit and Public Sector Marketing, 4 (4) , 43.

Refereed Proceedings

Full Paper

Christiansen, L. (2002).  Fraud Law Awareness and Attitudes Among Business Students: Survey Results Supporting Fraud Education in the Business Curriculum. Association of Certified Fraud Examiners Annual Conference.

Christiansen, L. (2002).  Fraud Issues in Business Course: An Overview. Association of Certified Fraud Examiners Annual Conference.

Book Supplement

Christiansen, L., (2005). Interactive Quizzes. In None (Ed.) Business: Its Legal, Ethical, and Global Environment, 6e by Marianne Jennings . Thomson Learning/West Legal Studies in Business .

Presentation of Refereed Papers

International

Christiansen, L. & Carlton, R. (2003, June). Initiating an FLC on Your Campus.   Presented at The International Conference on Faculty Learning Communities, Pomona, California.

Christiansen, L. , Carlton R., Gugin, L., Wigley, K., & Wyandotte, A. (2003, June). For the Love of the Game: Initiating Our FLCs.   Presented at The International Conference on Faculty Learning Communities, Pomona, California.

National

Christiansen, L. & Sompayrac, J. (2006, August). Minimizing the Impact of the Federal Estate Tax for Family Farms .   Presented at Academy of Legal Studies in Business Annual Conference, St Petersburg, Florida.

Christiansen, L. & Wigley, K. (2003, November). Using Faculty Learning Communities and the Campus Teaching Learning Center to Ignite Service-Learning on Your Campus.   Presented at Annual Lilly Conference on College Teaching, Miami, Ohio.

Christiansen, L. (2003, August). Utilizing the Wall Street Journal in Business Law Courses - Teaching Symposium.   Presented at Academy of Legal Studies in Business Annual Conference, Nashville, Tennessee.

Christiansen, L., Segal, M., DeGraaf, C., & Wigley, K. (2002, October). Enabling First Year Faculty Dreams: A Collaborative Campus Project.   Presented at Professional and Organizational Development (POD) Network in Higher Education 27th Annual National Conference, Atlanta, Georgia.

Christiansen, L. (2002, August). Fraud Issues in Business Course: An Overview.   Presented at Association of Certified Fraud Examiners Annual Conference , Hollywood, California.

Regional

Whitesell, M. & Christiansen, L. (2003, April). Integrating Graphic Design into Other Service-Learning Projects.   Presented at Indiana Campus Compact Student Service Learning Conference, Muncie, Indiana.

Presentation of Non-Refereed Papers

National

Christiansen, L. (2006, November). Usage of Direct Response Systems (Clickers) in the Classroom. Academy of Business Disciplines Annual Meeting, Ft Myers Beach, Florida.

Christiansen, L. (2005, November). Teaching Students to Apporach Business Situations Ethically. Academy of Business Disciplines Annual Meeting, Ft. Myers Beach, Florida.

Christiansen, L. (2005, August). Violence in the Workplace: An Empirical Study. Academy of Legal Studies in Business Annual Conference, San Francisco, California.

Christiansen, L. (2003, November). The Wall Street Journal in the Classroom - The Plenary Session. Academy of Business Disciplines Annual Meeting, Ft. Myers, Florida.

Christiansen, L. & Bjornson, C. (2003, November). Is Your Job Worth Dropping or Flunking a Class? Academy of Business Disciplines Annual Meeting, Ft. Myers, Florida.

Christiansen, L. (2003, November). Fraud Issues in Business. Academy of Business Disciplines Annual Meeting, Ft. Myers, Florida.

Christiansen, L. (2003, November). Applications of the Wall Street Journal in the Classroom. Academy of Business Disciplines Annual Meeting, Ft. Myers, Florida.

Christiansen, L. (2003, August). The Supreme Court ìDisses' Age Discrimination in Adams v. Florida Power Corp: No Resolution for Circuit Split on Disparate Impact Theory. Academy of Legal Studies in Business Annual Conference, Nashville, Tennessee.

Christiansen, L. & Graham, R. (2003, August). The State of Assisted Living Facility Law: A Survey of Federal and State Statutes. Academy of Legal Studies in Business Annual Conference, Nashville, Tennessee.

Christiansen, L. (2003, August). Developing and Teaching a Course in Fraud Law and Issues in Business. Academy of Legal Studies in Business Annual Conference, Nashville, Tennessee.

Christiansen, L. (2002, July). Fraud Law Awareness and Attitudes Among Business Law Students: Survey Results Supporting Fraud Education in the Business Curriculum. Academy of Legal Studies in Business Annual Conference, Las Vegas, Nevada.

Jenks, R. & Christiansen, L. (2001, October). Annulment and the Catholic Church: Reasons for Petitioners Seeking an Annulment Versus Respondents: Reasons for Opposing the Annulment. The Annual Meeting of the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion, Columbus, Ohio.

Christiansen, L. & Beckman, E. (1995, February). Retired Vs. Non-Retired Persons: Attitudes and Perceptions Concerning Services Offered by Non-Profit Agencies. American Academy of Business National Conference, Reno, Nevada.

Regional

Christiansen, L. (2004, November). Watch Out Accountants: The CPA Firms and Continuing Auditor Independence Issues. The Southeastern Academy of Legal Studies in Business Annual Conference, Miami, Florida.

Christiansen, L. & Wigley, K. (2003, June). Using Service Learning to Enhance Teaching and Learning. BellTECH Conference, Louisville, Kentucky.

Christiansen, L. & Whitesell, M. (2003, June). Service Learning ñ An Amazing Teaching and Learning Tool. BellTECH Conference, Louisville, Kentucky.

Christiansen, L. & Bjornson, C. (2003, June). Why Would You Want to Flunk or Drop a Class? . BellTECH Conference, Louisville, Kentucky.

Christiansen, L. (2001, November). Recent Court Cases Reign in the Extension of Sexual-Harassment Doctrine, . Midwest Academy of Legal Studies in Business Conference, Indianapolis, Indiana.

Christiansen, L. (1997, October). Personal Finance . Greater Bethel Family Conference, Louisville, Kentucky.

Local

Christiansen, L. & Bjornson, C. (2004, October). Why Would You Want to Flunk or Drop a Class? IUS School of Business Brown Bag Session, New Albany, Indiana.

Christiansen, L. (2002, January). Fraud Issues in Business. Financial Executives Institute Technical Session, New Albany, Indiana.

Christiansen, L. (1999, November). Fraud: Prevention & Detection in the Workplace. IUS National City Bank Series on Management Excellence Seminar, New Albany, Indiana.

Christiansen, L. (1999, February). Fraud Prevention and Detection for Accountants. Institute of Management Accountants, Louisville, Kentucky.

Research Grants

Funded-Internal

2006 - "Improvement of Learning Travel Grant," Indiana University Southeast Improvement of Learning Committee, ( $250).

2006 - "Clicker Research Project Grant," Indiana University Southeast, ( $250).

2006 - "Second Meeting Travel Grant," Indiana University Southeast Research and Grants Committee, ( $250).

2004 - "Research Grant of $1053," Research and Grants Committee, ( $0).

2003 - "Second Meeting Travel Grant, $250," Indiana University Southeast Research and Grant Committee, ( $0).

2003 - "Campus Life Travel grant for $300," Indiana University Southeast, ( $0).

2002 - "University Division Orientation Honorarium $200," Indiana University Southeast University Division, ( $0).

2002 - "University Division Orientation Honorarium $200," Indiana University Southeast University Division, ( $0).

2002 - "Criterion-Based Grading Grant, $200," Indiana University Southeast Institute for Learning and Teaching Excellence (ILTE), ( $0).

2002 - "ILTE Teaching-Learning Partners Grant, $200," Institute of Learning and Teaching Excellence (ILTE), ( $0).

2002 - "ILTE Teaching-Learning Partners Grant, $450," Institute of Learning and Teaching Excellence (ILTE), ( $0).

2002 - "Ammual Fraud Conference Fee Grant $1,325," Association of Certified Fraud Examiners, ( $0).

2001 - "University Division Orientation Honorarium $100," Indiana University Southeast University Division, ( $0).

2001 - "Society of Human Resource Management (SHRM) membership fee $165," Indiana University Southeast Research and Grants Committee, ( $0).

2001 - "Research Grant of $1093.35," IUS Research and Grants Committee, ( $0).

2000 - "University Division Orientation Honorarium $100," Indiana University Southeast University Division, ( $0).

Funded-External

2004 - "Scholarship of Engagement Grant of $4500," Indiana Campus Compact , ( $0).

2003 - "Conference fee assistance $100," Academy of Legal Studies in Business , ( $0).

2003 - "ALSB Journal of Employment and Labor Law editorial expenses $350 ," Academy of Legal Studies in Business, ( $0).

Other Research Activities

2006 - Other Research Activities:  Wall Street Journal Weekly Reviews 118 article reviews, complete with summaries, essay questions, and group projects.

2006 - Other Publications:  Wall Street Journal Education Blog - 15 entries

2006 - Other Research Activities:  Associate Editor of Business Law and Ethics, Reviewer, Journal of Business Disciplines

2006 - Other Research Activities:  Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science, Marketing and the Law, Column Review Panel, Reviewer

2006 - Research-in-Progress:  Clicker Usage in the Classroom

2005 - Other Publications:  Wall Street Journal Education Blog - 15 entries

2005 - Other Research Activities:  Associate Editor of Business Law and Ethics, Reviewer, Journal of Business Disciplines

2005 - Other Publications:  Wall Street Journal Weekly Reviews 118 article reviews, complete with summaries, essay questions, and group projects.

2005 - Other Research Activities:  Journal of Legal Studies Education, reviewer

2005 - Other Research Activities:  Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science, Marketing and the Law, Column Review Panel, Reviewer

2005 - Other Research Activities:  EndNote Brown Bag, attended

2005 - Other Research Activities:  Research Brown Bag, attended

2004 - Other Research Activities:  Journal of Legal Studies Education, reviewer

2004 - Other Publications:  Wall Street Journal Weekly Reviews 49 article reviews, complete with summaries, essay questions, and group projects.

2004 - Other Research Activities:  Editor-in-Chief, The Journal of Employment and Labor Law

2004 - Other Research Activities:  Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science, Marketing and the Law, Column Review Panel, Reviewer

2004 - Other Research Activities:  Associate Editor of Business Law and Ethics, Reviewer, Journal of Business Disciplines

2003 - Other Research Activities:  Associate Editor of Business Law and Ethics, Reviewer, Journal of Business Disciplines

2003 - Other Research Activities:  Editor-in-Chief, The Journal of Employment and Labor Law

2003 - Other Research Activities:  Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science, Marketing and the Law, Column Review Panel, Reviewer

2003 - Other Research Activities:  Journal of Legal Studies Education, reviewer

2002 - Other Research Activities:  Associate Editor of Business Law and Ethics, Reviewer, Journal of Business Disciplines

2002 - Other Research Activities:  Editor-in-Chief, The Journal of Employment and Labor Law