Our Staff
MarySheila E. McDonald, Esq.
Associate Dean
Contact Information
Office: College Hall 211
Phone: 215.951.1059
Email: mcdonaldms@lasalle.edu
Profile
MarySheila McDonald works closely with the dean in curriculum and faculty development at the undergraduate and graduate levels and is responsible for ensuring that assurance of learning initiatives align with the school’s mission to “prepare students for a purposeful life by integrating Lasallian values with current business management skills.” She maintains the data associated with the University’s Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) accreditation and teaches a section of Legal Environment of Business on the undergraduate level and Competing in a Global Market I: Analysis of the Business Environment on the executive MBA levels.
Areas of Expertise
- Corporate Governance and Ethics
- First Amendment rights in employment
- Experiential and service learning in undergraduate and graduate business programs
- Outcomes Assessment
- Contemporary trends in Graduate Business Education
Education
- Juris Doctor, Temple University School of Law
- Bachelor of Arts, College of the Holy Cross
Teaching
- Legal Environment of Business
- MBA 901 Competing in a Global Market I: Analysis of the Business Environment
Publications
Recent Trends in Corporate Governance co-authored with D.K. Malhotra in the International Journal of Corporate Governance, Fall 2010
Working Paper: Killing a Flock of Birds with One Stone: VITA Certification for Outcomes Assessment, Service Learning and So Much More (collaboration with Dr. C. Andrew Lafond)
Working Paper: The Perils of Social Networking for Today’s Employee
Presentations
Will be co-presenting Killing a Flock of Birds with One Stone: VITA Certification for Outcomes Assessment, Service Learning and So Much More at the Business Professors’ Teaching Summit at the Bennett S. LeBow College of Business, Drexel University on May 20, 2011.
Presented Recent Trends in Corporate Governance at the Northeast Business and Economics Association annual meeting in Morristown, NJ (October 1, 2010.)
Awards
President’s Teaching Excellence Nominee
May, 2010
Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers
Multiple Year Nominee (2005, 2003)
Outstanding Teaching Award
School of Business Administration 2003– 2004
Instructional Excellence Award
Recognized for distinguished teaching in the Adult educational programs
September 1993
“Distinguished Classroom Performance” Awards
1985-1988
Comparative Law: Dispute Settlement
Professional Responsibility
Jurisprudence
Civil Procedure
Criminal Law