Dr. Alan Branson (PhD in 2017) has been promoted to the CFO (Chief Financial Officer) at the HOPE Credit Union lately. https://hopecu.org/seniorstaff/alan-p-branson/
During his student days at the Dept of Public Policy and Administration, Dr. Branson attended the Southeastern Conference of Public Administration (SECOPA 2014), Atlanta, GA, September 17-20, 2014, and gave his presentation on payday lending in Mississippi. In addition, he presented his research result for the JSU Public Policy Student symposium, and won the 1st place award for the doctoral student division, on Dec.4, 2014.
He defended his dissertation (title: An analysis of the determinants of check cashing and bank branch locations in the State of Mississippi; Advisor: Dr. Jae-Young Ko) and obtained the doctoral degree in the Sping 2017. Now Dr. Branson serves the PPAD as an adjunct faculty member. Congratulations, Dr. Branson.
(from the 2014 SECOPA Conference, Atlanta, GA; From Left, Ms. Christina Spann (MPPA), Mr. James Thompson (MPPA) who received the award of best master student paper during the conference, Dr. Cassandra Hawkins, who is now a tenure track faculty at the Mississippi Valley State University, Dr. Alan Branson, and Dr. Jae-Young Ko)
