Moore Impact: The Darla Moore School of Business Podcast

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 mic...

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 Decembe...

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 S...

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 de...

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 a...

Season 2 Episode 40  Entrepreneurship at Work with Tim Wise Host Kasie Whitener, Clinical Assistant Professor Guest: Tim Wise, Advisory Council Member, Faber Entrepreneurship Center Tim Wise is a serial entrepreneur, USC alumnus, and founding member of the Advisory Council for the Faber Entrepreneurship Center at the Darla Moore School of Business. A third-generation Gamecock with degrees in Finan...

Season 2 Episode 39 Faber Fellows Shaping Student Entrepreneurship Host Kasie Whitener, Clinical Assistant Professor Guest: Elisha Wilson & Nishita Patel, Faber Fellows, Faber Entrepreneurship Center Elisha Wilson, Finance and Management Entrepreneurship student, and Nishita Patel, Supply Chain and Management Entrepreneurship student at the Darla Moore School of Business, are the Faber Center’s fi...

Season 2 Episode 38 China’s Global Rise with Phil Chritton Host Kasie Whitener, Clinical Assistant Professor Guest: Phillip Chritton, Executive in Residence, Folks Center for International Business With more than 30 years of international legal experience, Phil Chritton has guided global business leaders in managing enterprise risk and navigating complex regulatory environments. Having spent much...

Season 2 Episode 37  Inside the Cradle to Career Conference Host Kasie Whitener, Clinical Assistant Professor Guest: Dr. Orgul Ozturk, Department Chair, Economics & Director, Economic Policy Innovation Center Dr. Orgul Demet 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 app...

Season 2 Episode 36 From Classroom to Career: Mastering the Job Search  Host Kasie Whitener, Clinical Assistant Professor Guest: Kacie Ingram, Undergraduate Career Coach, Office of Career Management  Kacie Ingram is the Undergraduate Career Services Manager in the Office of Career Management at the University of South Carolina’s Darla Moore School of Business, where she coaches management and mark...

Season 2 Episode 35  Center for Sales Success Creating Student Success Host Kasie Whitener, Clinical Assistant Professor Guest: Chris Pardi, Assistant Director, Center for Sales Success Lecturer Christopher Pardi is a marketing alumnus of the Darla Moore School of Business. After 28 years of experience in marketing and sales, he returned to the Moore School as a lecturer and Assistant Director for...

Season 2 Episode 34  Foreign Direct Investment with Visiting Fellow Ellen Lenny- Pessagno Host Kasie Whitener, Clinical Assistant Professor Guest: Ellen Lenny-Pessagno, Sonoco Visiting Fellow, Folks Center for International Business Ellen Lenny-Pessagno was hosted in September as a Sonoco Visiting Fellow by the Folks Center for International Business. A former U.S. diplomat and Albemarle executive...

Season 2 Episode 32 Unpacking Darla Moore’s Visit to the Moore School Host Kasie Whitener, Clinical Assistant Professor Guest: Keven Cohen, Radio Talk Host and Owner at 100.7 Make The Point Radio This week's episode features Kasie’s weekday morning radio cohost Kevin Cohen at Make the Point Radio recapping September 15th’s special visit to the Moore School from namesake, Ms. Darla Moore.  Kasie is...

Season 2 Episode 32 Built @ Darla Moore Vision with Dean Verma Host Dr. Kasie Whitener, Clinical Assistant Professor, Management Guest Dr. Rohit Verma, Dean, Darla Moore School of Business Rohit Verma is the Dean and USC Educational Foundation Distinguished Professor at the Darla Moore School of Business since August 1st 2023. He holds a Ph. D. in Business Administration and an M.S. in Metallurgic...

Season 2 Episode 31  Translating Military Research into Corporate Impact Host Kasie Whitener, Clinical Assistant Professor Guest: Paul Bilese, Professor of Management and Department Chair Dr. Paul D. Bliese is the Jeff B. Bates Professor of Management and Chair of the Management Department at the Darla Moore School of Business. A former U.S. Army Colonel and research psychologist, he spent 22 year...

EPIC Policy Briefs: Recent Research in School Free Lunch Programs and Baby-Friendly Hospital Designations Host Kasie Whitener, Clinical Assistant Professor Guest: Dr. Orgul Ozturk, Department Chair, Economics Dr. Orgul Demet 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 app...

Season 2 Episode 29 The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and Recent International Business Changes Associated with it Host Dr. Kasie Whitener, Clinical Assistant Professor, Management Guest Dr. Chris Yenkey, Associate Professor, International Business Chris Yenkey is an associate professor in the Sonoco International Business Department at the Univ. of South Carolina Darla Moore School of Business an...

Season 2 Episode 28 Qatalyst Health and other Startups Fostered into Fruition at the Moore School Host Dr. Kasie Whitener, Clinical Assistant Professor, Management Guest Brandon Mendez, Clinical Assistant Professor, Finance Brandon Mendez is a clinical assistant professor of finance at the Darla Moore School of Business. He teaches courses in corporate finance and investments. His professional exp...

Season 2 Episode 27 What is the Fed? with Jason DeBacker Host Dr. Kasie Whitener, Clinical Assistant Professor, Management Guest Dr. Jason DeBacker, Associate Professor, Economics When last we had him on Moore Impact, Jason DeBacker helped us understand the On Big Beautiful Bill’s positives and negatives. He also talked about the impact of protectionist policies on trade. In this episode, we ask h...

Season 2 Episode 24 Case Competitions, Study Abroad, and other ways the Moore School prepares Graduates for their Future Careers Host Dr. Kasie Whitener, Clinical Assistant Professor, Management Guest Grantland Rogers, recent alum from DMSB The Moore School experience was covered in Episode Season 2 Episode 17 with Laurel and Trey, both Real Estate majors with some entrepreneurship coursework. Her...

Season 2 Episode 23 Entrepreneurship and the Export of Education Host Dr. Kasie Whitener, Clinical Assistant Professor, Management Guest Dr. Geoffrey Graybeal, Executive Director, Faber Entrepreneurship Center The Faber Entrepreneurship Center promotes experiential learning through in-depth consulting projects as part of student course work. For its research programs and commercialization projects...

Season 2 Episode 22 Taxes and Tariffs with Jason DeBacker Host Dr. Kasie Whitener, Clinical Assistant Professor, Management Guest Dr. Jason DeBacker, Associate Professor, Economics When last we had him on Moore Impact, Jason DeBacker helped us understand the South Carolina drive to 0% income tax. Now that the general assembly session has ended, we get an update from Jason on South Carolina tax pol...

Season 2 Episode 21 Tariffs and Trade Policy with Dr. Bill Hauk Host Dr. Kasie Whitener, Clinical Assistant Professor, Management Guest Dr. Bill Hauk, Assistant Professor, Economics The news is full of economic policy these days as the One Big Beautiful Bill was signed into law on July 4th and tariffs received another delay shortly thereafter. In this episode from June 17, 2025, Dr. Bill Hauk disc...

Season 2 Episode 20 The Degree Gets More Valuable with Alumni Success Host Dr. Kasie Whitener, Clinical Assistant Professor, Management Guest David Looper, two-time Moore School alum and owner of Furniture Services Dylan Chewning, Moore School alum and founder of HG Wealth Advisors The Alumni network at the Moore School of business has been strengthened over the years by the work of the Young Alum...

Season 2 Episode 19 Corporate Relations and Training Leaders at the Moore School Host Dr. Kasie Whitener, Clinical Assistant Professor, Management Guest Dr. Patrick Wright, Associate Dean for Corporate Relations Universities have relationships with corporate partners that span multiple disciplines and schools. Coordinating those relationships takes transparency and leadership. In his new role as A...