Moore Impact: The Darla Moore School of Business Podcast

Creating Excitement Around Economics

Season 2 Episode 45 Creating Excitement Around Economics  * Host * Kasie Whitener, Clinical Assistant Professor * Guest: * Dr. Orgul Ozturk, Department Chair, Economics & Director, Economic Policy Innovation Center Dr. Orgul Ozturk is the department chair and professor of economics in the Darla Moore School of Business at the University of South Carolina. Her academic research interests are in applied microeconomics fields, specifically labor economics and health economics. Ozturk has written articles on the effects of labor market regulations and minimum wages on female employment, effectiveness of supported employment programs for developmentally disabled, the relationship between occupation choice and welfare independence, and the effects of maternal employment and welfare use on children’s cognitive outcomes.  Orgul has been a frequent guest on Moore Impact, where she has discussed her research, the research review and publication process and the Economic Policy Innovation Center. Dr. Ozturk’s last appearance was following the Cradle to Career Conference last October.  Topics Include:  * Lengthy academic hiring process * Creating specialty course offerings and matching catalog course offerings * Scholars program as compliment to in classroom education  * Dr. Ozturk’s research proposals based on Cradle to Career conference * Plans for event in the spring to connect PhD students to community network * Looking at workforce dynamics  * Fields of need with low return on investment  * Translating economic research into a digestible form  * Reassessing education requirements for specified jobs  * Exposing want- to- be entrepreneurs to needed businesses instead of new products * Simplifying economics to make others recognize how present it is in daily life  * What to expect from EPIC in the spring  To learn more about the Economic Policy Innovation Center, click here. [https://sc.edu/study/colleges_schools/moore/research_and_centers/centers/sc_epic/index.php] To learn more about the Darla Moore School of Business, click here. [https://sc.edu/study/colleges_schools/moore/] Photo Courtesy: CartoonStock [https://www.cartoonstock.com/directory/e/economic_graph.asp?srsltid=AfmBOoruK1Q0r29zvcbwN-4JgVDsu76QeUSCVhXYZ45pQUwXxluEMU5N] Moore Impact is a product of the Darla Moore School of Business at the University of South Carolina. For episodes, notes, and links visit sc.edu/moore [https://www.sc.edu/study/colleges_schools/moore/about/moore_impact_podcast.php]

Discussing the Legality of Academic Freedom

Season 2 Episode 44 Discussing the Legality of Academic Freedom  * Host * Kasie Whitener, Clinical Assistant Professor In this finals-week solo episode of Moore Impact, Kasie Whitener explores academic freedom through insights from a December 3rd Faculty Senate presentation by USC law professor Scott Bauries, focusing on what it is, how it’s protected, and where legal boundaries apply. Link to December 3rd Faculty Senate Meeting and Slidedeck, here.  [https://uofsc.hosted.panopto.com/Panopto/Pages/Viewer.aspx?id=f7afd167-2341-4122-9eae-b3ae002b8ebd] Topics include: * SC controversy in Clemson after comments made by faculty member about assasination of Charlie Kirk  * Four essential Academic Freedoms * How academic freedom enables faculty participation without fear of retaliation * The role of the First Amendment in academic freedom cases at public universities * University of South Carolina’s academic freedom policy  * Shared governance of our university helps us stay true to our mission  * Individual academic freedom protects work of academic workers  * Caller question about tenured professors having more leeway with their work  * Benefits of tenure system  * New knowledge created by faculty through research * Second caller question highlighting importance of peer review and source checking in expert credibility  * Why academic freedom protects academic work but not all speech equally Photo Courtesy: The Daily Northwestern [https://dailynorthwestern.com/2025/06/03/campus/experts-reflect-on-challenges-of-upholding-academic-freedom/] Moore Impact is a product of the Darla Moore School of Business at the University of South Carolina. For episodes, notes, and links visit sc.edu/moore [https://www.sc.edu/study/colleges_schools/moore/about/moore_impact_podcast.php]

Building an AI-Ready Workforce at the Darla Moore School of Business

Season 2 Episode 43 Building an AI-Ready Workforce at the Darla Moore School of Business * Host * Kasie Whitener, Clinical Assistant Professor * Guest: * Dr. Audrey Korsgaard, Senior Associate Dean for Research and Academics and Professor of Management Dr. Audrey Korsgaard is the Senior Associate Dean for Research and Academics and a professor of management and organizational behavior at the Darla Moore School of Business at the University of South Carolina, where she has served on the faculty since 1991. She earned her bachelor’s degree in psychology from Rutgers University and completed both her master’s and doctoral degrees in psychology at New York University, and she has also held a visiting professorship at Tulane University’s A.B. Freeman School of Business. Korsgaard teaches across doctoral, master’s, and undergraduate programs in organizational behavior, organizational development, and training. Her research examines trust, prosocial values, and organizational justice as central explanations for interpersonal and intragroup cooperation, with recent work extending these perspectives to issues related to artificial intelligence. Topics include: * New certificate programs in AI education at undergraduate and graduate levels  * Adjustments to learning experiences and assessments in current courses  * Emphasis on fundamental human centered skills in classroom like communication, influence, negotiation and curiosity * Building up faculty expertise in AI with new faculty hires * AI helping to foster relevance and impact in university research * Research can get to market faster in easier to use format with help of AI * Garnet AI Foundry library resources for AI research * Darla Moore’s university visit igniting motivation to adjust to AI centered world  * Helping alumni stay current in workforce with continuing education resources  * AI Summit to be held in April  * New KPI’s: Can students use AI to make their skillset better?  * Having clear valuable proposition with new methods of teaching  To learn more about Darla Moore School of Business, click here. [https://sc.edu/study/colleges_schools/moore/] To learn more about Garnet AI Foundry, click here. [https://sc.edu/about/offices_and_divisions/division_of_information_technology/ai/] Photo Courtesy: Training Industry [https://trainingindustry.com/articles/workforce-development/closing-the-workforce-readiness-gap-how-to-upskill-employees-with-ai/] . Moore Impact is a product of the Darla Moore School of Business at the University of South Carolina. For episodes, notes, and links visit sc.edu/moore [https://www.sc.edu/study/colleges_schools/moore/about/moore_impact_podcast.php]

Building a Resilient Future Through Sustainable Growth

Season 2 Episode 42 Building a Resilient Future Through Sustainable Growth * Host * Dr. Kasie Whitener, Clinical Assistant Professor, Management * Guest * Dr. Kealy Carter, Director, Center for Sustainable Growth  Dr. Kealy Carter is the Marketing Department Chair, a Clinical Associate Professor, and Director of the Sustainable Growth Center at the Darla Moore School of Business. She holds a bachelor’s degree in International Studies from American University in Washington, D.C., and an International Master of Business Administration from the University of South Carolina. Her research and teaching interests focus on sustainability and marketing strategy. The Center for Sustainable Growth promotes economically sound, socially and environmentally responsible business through global perspectives, innovation, and collaboration. Its goals are to prepare future business leaders to operate sustainable enterprises and to serve as a hub for thought leadership that helps organizations create value through sustainability. Some topics include: * Usable definition for sustainability  * Investing money in educating people on sustainable marketing products * Companies selling on environmental contentious momentum  * Forecasting where regulations will go  * Risk management and cost reduction benefits in efficiency  * Sustainability as efficiency, risk management, and innovation technology at its core * Leveraging sustainability as a market driver  * Looking at recycling challenges in product development  * Businesses reliance on grids and energy  * Center for Sustainable Growth in connecting companies to university resources to interpret “sciencey” research * Preparing local businesses for policy changes due to federal energy investments in SC  * Sustainability concentration and class offerings at the Moore School  Learn more about the Center for Sustainable Growth, here. [https://sc.edu/study/colleges_schools/moore/research_and_centers/centers/sustainable_growth/] Learn more about the Darla Moore School, here. [https://sc.edu/moore/] Photo Courtesy: Darla Moore School of Business [https://sc.edu/study/colleges_schools/moore/research_and_centers/centers/sustainable_growth/] Moore Impact is a product of the Darla Moore School of Business at the University of South Carolina. For episodes, notes, and links visit sc.edu/moore [https://www.sc.edu/study/colleges_schools/moore/about/moore_impact_podcast.php]

Previewing 2025’s Economic Outlook Conference

Season 2 Episode 41 Previewing 2025’s Economic Outlook Conference * Host * Kasie Whitener, Clinical Assistant Professor * Guest: * Dr. Joseph Von Nessen, Research Economist, Division of Research Darla Moore School of Business Joseph Von Nessen serves as a research economist in the Division of Research at the Darla Moore School of Business, where he concentrates on regional economic analysis, forecasting and housing market trends. His work includes producing economic impact studies, feasibility assessments and market evaluations for a broad range of public- and private-sector partners. He leads the development of the University of South Carolina’s annual economic outlook for the state and advises the South Carolina Board of Economic Advisors. Von Nessen also provides regular briefings to the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond and is a frequent presenter at major national conferences on topics related to regional and state economic performance. This is Dr. Von Nessen’s first appearance on Moore Impact. Today’s episode discusses the upcoming Economic Outlook Conference on December 11, 2025.  Topics include: * "So what?" economics * Importance of economics in navigating business landscapes * SC’s economic growth driven by export oriented manufacturing * SC’s competitive advantage in infrastructure and workforce development * Population growth predicted in southeast * Economic Outlook Conference topics of discussion * Tariffs prevention in predicting costs and the market environment for business * United States’s slowed economic growth in 2025 * Business trying to shield consumers from tariff price increases * Current bifurcated market between goods and services * Consumer’s lost purchasing power since 2020 * Overall theme of uncertainty * FED’s unique challenge of needing to balance both labor market and inflation To learn more about The Economic Outlook Conference, click here. [https://sc.edu/study/colleges_schools/moore/research_and_centers/division_of_research/economic_outlook_conference/] To learn more about Dr. Joseph Von Nessen, click here. [https://sc.edu/study/colleges_schools/moore/directory/vonnessen_joseph.php] Photo Courtesy: Darla Moore School of Business [https://sc.edu/study/colleges_schools/moore/research_and_centers/division_of_research/economic_outlook_conference/] Moore Impact is a product of the Darla Moore School of Business at the University of South Carolina. For episodes, notes, and links visit sc.edu/moore [https://www.sc.edu/study/colleges_schools/moore/about/moore_impact_podcast.php]