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Why did you become a professor?I saw the movie, Goodbye Mr. Chips, when I was 8 years old, the same year I saw my favorite cousin, John, hooded at his PhD graduation at LSU. From that time on I saw myself as a professor, and I lived my way into that vision.
What do you enjoy most about teaching?My field - Global business is multi-dimensional and dynamic. It changes week to week, day by day. I have never gotten bored in the 25 years I have taught it. And I am bored easily.
What do you hope students gain from your courses?I hope they walk out of my classroom at the end of the semester feeling more globally competent than the first time they walk in.
What did you do prior to entering academia?I was a senior investment officer for a NYSE firm. I had my own client base as a stockbroker, Certified Financial Planner (CFP®), and still hold my CFP® license.
What are you passionate about outside of the University?Social justice, particularly, speaking out against the discrimination of immigrants and minorities in our current society.
What are your research interests?The reversal of market-based institutions in Russia under the leadership of Vladimir Putin and exposing Russia’s attack on our American democracy in the 2016 presidential election.
MANA 8320 Global Strategy, GBUS 7335 Global Immersion
Dr. May’s current research focus is on Russia’s unprecedented reversal back to a state-centered economy. Her expertise on Vladimir Putin and Russia’s hacking of the DNC during the 2016 presidential race was sought out by the Dallas Business Journal. She is currently working on a chapter about the challenges of competing in Russia for the Oxford Handbook on Management in Emerging Markets to be published in 2018.