Deborah A. Ballam

Professor of Legal Environment of Business

At Ohio State since: September 1982
Phone: 292-4720
E-mail: Ballam.1@osu.edu

Ph. D. --Ohio State University, 1997

J. D. --Ohio State University, 1977 (cum laude)

M. A. --Ohio State University, 1974

B. A. --Ohio State University, 1972

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

"Employment-at-Will: The Impending Death of a Doctrine," American Business Law Journal, Vol.37, No. 4, pp.653-687 (2000).

"Affirmative Action: Purveyor of Preferential Treatment or Guarantor of Equal Opportunity? A Call for a 'Re-Visioning' of Affirmative Action, Berkeley Journal of Employment and Labor Law, Vol. 18, No. 1, pp. 1-29 (1997).

"Jurisprudential Theories in Counterpoint: Commercial Impraticability Through a Legal Kaleidoscope, Journal of Legal Studies Education (with co-authors), Vol.15, No. 1, (1997)

"Exploding the Original Myth Regarding Employment-at-Will: the True Origins of the Doctrine," Berkeley Journal of Employment and Labor Law, Vol.17, No. 1, pp. 91-130 (1996).

The Development of the Employment-at-Will Rule Revisited: A Challenge to Its Origins as Based in the Development of Advanced Capitalism." Hofstra Labor Law Journal, Vol. 13, No. 1, pp. 75-107(1995).

 

"The Traditional View on the Origins of the Employment-at-Will Doctrine: Myth or Reality," American Business Law Journal, pp.1-50 (1995).

 

RESEARCH AWARDS

Recipient, Senior Faculty Award of Excellence, Academy of Legal Studies in Business, National Meeting, August, 2000 (one given nationwide each year to recognize a faculty member with at least 10 years experience who demonstrates excellence in all three areas of research, teaching,and service).

Recipient, The Ralph C. Hoeber Award for Excellence in Research for an article inVolume 37 of the American Business Law Journal, Academy of Legal Studies in Business, National Meeting, August, 2000.

Recipient, The Ralph C. Hoeber Award for the Outstanding Article in Volume 31 of the American Business Law Journal, Academy of Legal Studies in Business, National Meeting, August, 1994

Runner-Up, Outstanding Paper Award, Tri-State Regional of the American Business Law Association, April 1988

Runner-Up, Outstanding Paper Award, Tri-State Regional of the American Business Law Association, April 1987

Mortar Board, Outstanding Faculty Award, 2001Bucket &

Dipper Outstanding Faculty Award, 2000

College of Business Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching Award, 1997.

College of Business Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching Award, 1990

Sigma Chi Fraternity Outstanding University Teaching Award, 1990

College of Business Outstanding Service Award, 1998.
University Distinguished Affirmative Action Award, 1992

Association of Faculty and Professional Women Leadership Award, 1992

Advisory Editor, The American Business Law Journal, 1999 to present.
Editor-in-Chief, The American Business Law Journal, 1998-99.
Managing Editor, The American Business Law Journal, 1997-98. 

Administrative Editor, The American Business Law Journal, 1996-97. 

Articles Editor, The American Business Law Journal, 1995-1996

Staff Editor, The American Business Law Journal, 1987-1993

Articles Editor, The Journal of Legal Studies Education, 1990

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