Gordon Ford College of Business Staff

Business Data Analytics

Data Management

Principles of MIS with Spreadsheets

PhD, Management Information Systems, University of Mississippi, 1994

MBA, Western Kentucky University, 1987

BA, Chemistry, University of Kentucky, 1984

Dr. Blankenship has published over 50 journal and proceedings articles with topics ranging from artificial neural networks to nursing attitudes. His research has appeared in such journals as the European Journal of Business and Social Sciences, Journal of Higher Education Theory and Practice, and The Journal of Marketing and Management.  He has consulted for numerous organizations including the Coca-Cola Bottling Company, Y.M.C.A., and the West Virginia Economic Development Office.  Dr. Blankenship has attended numerous professional development activities, including the Management Development program at Harvard University, IBM Watson Analytics Workshop, Visual Analytics Workshop Using SAS®, Applied Analytics Using SAS® Enterprise Miner, Data Manipulation and Analytics Using SAS® Enterprise Guide, and a Hierarchical Linear Models Workshop.

"Strategies for Teaching Undergraduate Business Students Data Analytics" (with R. Blankenship, B. Crawford, and T.S. Ramage), International Journal of Business and Applied Social Science, 2021, 7(3), 5.

"The Project for Simulation to Enhance Business Skills" (with P. Coleman), Journal of Instructional Pedagogies, 2019, 22.

"Do Students and Instructors See Cybersecurity the Same? A Comparison of Perceptions About Selected Cybersecurity Topics" (with M. Ciampa), Journal for Innovation Education Research, 2019, 7(1), 121-135.

"What Spreadsheet and Database Skills Do Business Students Need?" (with P. Coleman), Journal of Instructional Pedagogies, 2017, 19.