Scholarship Project

Colene Trent

Professor of Economics

Director of Events, McAfee School of Business

8 Results

Peer-Reviewed Journal Article(s)

• "ChatGPT and Current Events in the Economics Classroom," Business Education Innovation Journal, 15(1), 177-186. (June 2023)
• "Making Personal Finance Personal: The Use of Service-Learning in Personal Financial Management Classes," Christian Business Academy Review, 16(1), 31-38. (January 2021)
• "Vehicle Make as a Determinant of Automobile Loan Default, Exposure at Default, and Duration Until Default," Journal of Business, Industry, and Economics, 24(1), 10-31. (January 2019)
• "Improving Golf Course Flow Using Operations Research," Journal of Management Information and Decision Sciences, Volume 18, Number 2, 79-92. (December 2015) by Andrew A. Tiger and Colene Trent (with Jared Haney)
• "Working the Night Shift: The Impact of Compensating Wages and Local Economic Conditions on Shift Choice ," Economics Research International, Vol. 2014. (October 2014) (with Walter J. Mayer)

Award/Recognition(s)

• Best Paper Award Economics/Finance/Accounting Session, Academy of Business Research Conference. Vehicle Make as a Determinant of Automobile Loan Default, EAD, & Duration. 2018
• Teaching Excellence Award, McAfee School of Business 2016
• Newell Innovative Teaching Award, Union University The Newell Innovative Teaching Award is designed to reward faculty members who introduce something new and creative to the classroom in order to encourage significant learning. Dr. Trent's project was titled, "Making Personal Finance Personal: the Use of Guided Notes and Service Learning in Personal Financial Management Classrooms.", 2016