Faculty/Staff

April Bailey

April Bailey

Associate Professor of Instruction
aprilbailey@usf.edu
Room: BSN 3402
Phone: (813) 974-9946

April Bailey is an associate professor of instruction in the School of Marketing and Innovation and director of the Business Honors Program. She has been teaching marketing since 2005 and is the 2019 recipient of the Muma Collge of Business Dean's Research and Teaching Grant. Prior to her appointment here, she taught for the past four years at St. Petersburg College's College of Business, where she served as academic chair. She managed the associate-level certificates program for management, marketing, entrepreneurship, accounting and other related fields of study. She also served as an adjunct associate professor of marketing at the University of Maryland University College in Adelphi, Maryland.

She was associate professor of information technology for business education and was the director of the first-year seminar program at John L. Grove College of Business at Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania. Her higher-education teaching career dates back to 2004.

Bailey earned a PhD from Pennsylvania State University in 2009. She received an MBA and a bachelor's degree in business administration at Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania.

Teaching

  • GEB 2099 Business Honors Professional Development II

  • GEB 3033 - Business Workplace Skills and Best Practices
  • GEB 2098 - Business Honors Professional Development
  • GEB 4970 General Business Honors Thesis

Research

  • Bailey, A. E. (2022). Gender Differences in Workplace Bullying: Teaching Workplace Civility. Journal of Organizational Behavior Education 15.

  • Bailey, A. E. (2021). Transition to Online Learning: Business Student Perspectives During the Coronavirus Pandemic. Journal of Business, Economics and Technology 24(1).

  • Bailey. A. E. (2020). Transition to Online Learning: Business Student Perspectives During the Coronavirus Pandemic. National Association of Business, Economics and Technology Conference.

  • Danesh, A., & Bailey, A. E., & Whisenand, T. (2015). Technology and Instructor-Interface Interaction in Distance Education. International Journal of Business and Social Science, 6(2).

  • Hsu, M., & Bailey, A. E. (2015). A Case Study of the Effectiveness of Facebook Advertising on College Students. In Joint Statistical Meetings (JSM) Proceedings, Statistics in Marketing Section. Alexandria, VA: American Statistical Association.

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  • Becker, W. S., Bailey, A. E., & Catanio, J. T. (Spring/Summer 2014). Incivility at Work: A Project Management Case Involving Workplace Bullying. Journal of Human Resources Education, 8(2-3).

  • Bailey, A. E. & Rollins, R. D. (2014). A Study of Integrating Technology with Educational Goals in Public Schools. Global Education Journal, 1014(2).

  • Bailey, A. E., & Hsu, M. (2014). A Study of Business Students’ Perceptions of Social Media and College Life. Academy of Business Disciplines National Conference.
  • Bailey, A. E., & Laird, P. (2012). Engaged Learning in a First-Year Seminar Business Class. Academy of Business Disciplines National Conference.
  • Hsu, M., & Bailey, A. E. (2012). A Study to Determine the Effects of Social Media Usage on College Advising Efforts. Northeastern Association of Business, Economics, and Technology Conference.

  • Bailey, A. E., Cranton, P., & Flannery, D. (2011). Understanding Adult Business Students' Transitions to an Undergraduate Program Through a First-Year Seminar Course. International Journal of Business and Social Science, 2(23).

  • Hsu, M. & Bailey, A. E. (2011). Retention in Business Education: Understanding Business Student Perceptions of Academic Advising and College Life. International Journal of Business and Social Science, 2(21).

  • Bailey, A. E. & Marsh, M. T. (2010). Transitioning Non-Traditional Students to an Undergraduate Business Program. American Journal of Business Education, 3(8).

  • Hsu, M. & Bailey, A. E. (2007). Academic Advising Perceived by Business Students. NACADA: Journal National Academic Advising Association, 27(1), 39-45.

SERVICE 

  • Muma College of Business UCC Committee Member (August 2023 – Present)

  • Ad-hoc Committee for GEB 3033 Member (August 2022 – Present)

  • Ad-hoc Student & Alumni Engagement Committee Chair (August 2021-Present)

  • Video Presentation Judge – Muma College of Business MBA Program Virtual Case Competition (January 2022 and January 2023)

  • Instructor of Marketing Faculty Search Committee Member, Tampa & Sarasota Campus (2021- 2023)

  • Supervisor and success coach, Career Services Employee Growth and Success Initiative, St. Petersburg College, 2016
  • Member, St. Petersburg College's College of Business Advisory Board, 2014–2018
  • Member, Hospitality and Tourism Advisory Board, 2014–2018