Dr. Tamra Connor Ph.D.
Professor
Office
SFHB State Farm Hall Of Business 313
Office Hours
All office hours will be online. Please check Canvas for availability.
- About
- Education
- Awards & Honors
- Selected Research
Biography
Finance Professor
Specialization: Financial Well-Being and Financial Literacy
Current Courses
FIL 141.001 Personal Financial Literacy For The College Student
FIL 141.002 Personal Financial Literacy For The College Student
FIL 141.003 Personal Financial Literacy For The College Student
Teaching Interests & Areas
Personal Financial Management
Leadership
Research Interests & Areas
Personal Finance
Financial Literacy
Leadership
PhD Education
Oklahoma State University
Stillwater, OK
MS Business Education
Oklahoma State University Spears School of Business
Stillwater, OK
BS Business Administration
Oklahoma State University Spears School of Business
Stillwater, OK
John Robert Gregg Award for Outstanding Contributions in Business Education
National Business Education Association
2021
Illinois Business Education Association Writer's Hall of Fame
Illinois Business Education Association
2020
Wisdom's Torch
College of Business
2018
Manahan Family Award for Teaching Excellence in Business
Illinois State University
2017
Empirical Research Award in Business Education
Business Education Research Conference
2016
Writer's Hall of Fame
Illinois Business Education Association
2016
National Business Education Association Collegiate Teacher of the Year
National Business Education Association
2016
Illinois Business Education Association Collegiate Teacher of the Year for Outsdanding Service and Dedication to the field of Business Education
Illinois Business Education Association
2014
2013 COUNTRY Financial Research Scholar
COUNTRY Financial Companies
2013
Bill Anderson Outstanding Service Award
International Society for Business Education--United States Chapter
2013
University Business Teacher Distinguished Service Award
North Central Business Education Association
2013
Faculty Excellence Award
Oklahoma Global Education Consortium
2006
Teaching Excellence Award
National Institute for Staff and Organizational Development
2005
Teaching Excellence Award
Tulsa Community College
2004
Post-secondary Teacher of the Year
Mountain-Plains Business Education Association
2002
Post-secondary Teacher of the Year
Oklahoma Business Education Association
2000
Teacher of the Year
Junior Achievement National Economics
1997
Secondary Teacher of the Year
Oklahoma Business Education Association
1995
Grants and Contracts
2013 University Funding Proposal from Country Financial
Tamra S Davis.
Country Financial. 2013 - 2013
Assessment of problem solving skills through the use of team-based learning (Phase 2)
Melissa Medina, Tamra S. Davis, Susan Conway, Toni Ripley, Todd Marcy.
University of Oklahoma-College of Pharmacy-Seed Grant Program. 2010 - 2010
Abstract
A review of college communication with preceptors
Nancy Ray, V Dennis, S Wideman, Alice Kirkpatrick, D Randall, Tamra S Davis.
American Journal of Pharmacy Education, 74 (5), 26, (2010)
Book, Authored
Assessing online learning readiness: Perceptions of distance-learning stakeholders in three Oklahoma community colleges
Tamra S Davis.
(2010), Lambert Academic Publishing
Conference Proceeding
Advisors' Perceptions of a Student Professional Organization
Christina Force, Jeremy Jeffery, Tamra S Davis, Nicholas Laudenslager.
Business Education Research Conference, (2021)
Student Perceptions of a Student Professional Organization
Christina Force, Jeremy Jeffery, Tamra S Davis, Nicholas Laudenslager.
Business Education Research Conference, (2021)
Planning for Student Teacher Success in the Era of Performance-Based Assessments
Tamra S Davis, Kathy J Mountjoy.
2 - 3, (2019)
Supervising Student Teachers in the World of Performance-Based Assessments
Tamra S Davis, Kathy J Mountjoy.
Business Education Research Conference in cooperation with the National Business Education Association Annual Convention, (2018)
Network Participation Changes of U.S. College Students: 2009 - 2015
Tamra S Davis, Kent Walstrom, Rachel Birkey.
3rd Annual International Conference on Intelligent Information Technology (2INTECH2017), 156 - 157, (2017)
K-12 Teacher Perceptions Concerning their Knowledge of Personal Financial Literacy and Dispositions to Teach Personal Financial Literacy Courses in Illinois Public Schools
Tamra S Davis, Kathy J Mountjoy, Rodger Singley.
Business Education Research Conference in cooperation with the National Business Education Association Annual Convention, (2015)
Building your professional network
Tamra S Davis.
la Société Internationale pour l'Enseignement Commercial, (2014)
Encyclopedia
Henry Ford
Tamra S Davis.
World Book, Inc., (2017)
Journal Article
Impact of Psychological Contract Violations: Stories from Educators
Tamra S Davis, Kathy J Mountjoy.
International Journal for Business Education, 161, 9 - 22, (2021)
Teacher's Perception of Student Technology Use
Heather Borowiak, Tamra S Davis.
The CTE Journal, 9 (1), 1-14, (2021)
When change is necessary: A SWOT Analysis
Tamra S Davis.
Journal for Global Business Education, 20, 5 - 24, (2021)
Economics and Personal Finance
Tamra S Davis, Ben Owen.
National Business Education Association, (56), 190 - 202, (2020)
Poverty Simulation Participation: Transformative Learning Outcomes among FCS Students
Sally Arnett-Hartwick, Tamra S Davis.
Journal of Research in Technical Careers, 3 (2), (2019), https://doi.org/10.9741/2578-2118.1057
Supervising student teachers in the world of performance-based assessments: Professional development needs of cooperating teachers and university supervisors
Tamra S Davis, Kathy J Mountjoy.
Business Teacher Education Journal, (44), 9 - 14, (2018)
Teacher Certification and Licensure Assessments
Tamra S Davis, Kathy J Mountjoy.
National Business Education Association Yearbook, (55), 38 - 47, (2017)
Creating an Instructional Framework to Prepare Teacher Education Candidates for Success on a Performance-Based Assessment.
Tamra S Davis, Kathy J Mountjoy, Elisa L Palmer.
Journal of Research in Business Education, The, 57 (2), 1-13, (2016)
Innovative Instructional Strategies for Integrating Soft Skills
Tamra S Davis, Kathy J Mountjoy.
National Business Education Association Yearbook, (54), 63 - 78, (2016)
Opportunities and challenges facing business education professional associations as perceived by leaders within associations.
Tamra S Davis, Glenn A Bailey.
Journal for Global Business Education, 15, 26 - 36, (2016)
The use of social media to make personnel decisions in education
Tamra S Davis, Hulda G Black.
International Journal for Business Education, (156), 56-67, (2016)
Integration of scholarship as a written communication competency for pharmacy students in a specialty track component of a Doctor of Pharmacy curriculum.
Nancy C Brahm, Tamra S Davis, Kevin C Farmer.
Journal of Pharmaceutical Care & Health Systems, S3 (003), (2015), 10.4172/2346-1419.S3-004.
Perceptions of business teacher education majors concerning preparedness to teach personal financial literacy courses at the secondary level: A case study of one teacher education cohort.
Tamra S Davis.
Texas Business and Technology Educators Association Journal., (2015)
Leadership in professional associations for business education
Tamra S Davis, Glenn A Bailey.
National Business Education Association Yearbook, (2014)
Building and Using a Personal/Professional Learning Network with Social Media
Tamra S Davis.
Journal of Research in Business Education, The, LV (1), 1-13, (2013)
Perceptions of a faculty cohort using education scholar as a basis for faculty development in active learning stategies
Tamra S Davis, Shane P Desselle.
Currents in Pharmacy Teaching and Learning, 5 (5), (2013), 10.1016/j.cptl.2012.06.001
Professional Development: Students' Perceptions of an Immersion Elective in Substance Abuse
Michelle D. Richard, Nancy C. Brahm, Tamra S. Davis.
Currents in Pharmacy Teaching and Learning, (2013), 10.1016/j.cptl.2012.09.007
The impact of problem-solving feedback on team-based learning responses
Melissa Medina, Susan Conway, Tamra S Davis-Maxwell, Ryan Webb.
American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education, 77 (9), article 189, (2013), 10.5688/ajpe779189
Development of a Psychiatric pharmacy elective track
Nancy C Brahm, Tamra S Davis.
Currents in Pharmacy Teaching and Learning, 4 (4), 267-272, (2012), 10.1016/j.cptl.2012.05.001
Identifying Psychological Contract Breaches to Guide Improvements in Faculty Recruitment, Retention, and Development
Gretchen L Peirce, Shane P Desselle, JoLaine R Draugalis, Alan R Spies, Tamra S Davis.
American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education, 76 (6), (2012)
Building a Community of Scholars in Educational Research: A Case Study for Success
Nancy C Brahm, Tamra S Davis, Gretchen L Peirce, Michelle M Lamb.
Innovations in Pharmacy, 2 (4), online, (2011)
Peer observation: A faculty initiative
Tamra S Davis.
Currents in Pharmacy Teaching and Learning, (2011)
The Impact of Deliberate Problem-Solving Feedback on Students' Problem Solving Skill Development.
Melissa S Medina, S Conway, Tamra S Davis, H Herring, Ryan Webb, Ann Lloyd, T Marcy, T Ripley, Jeremy Johnson.
American Journal of Pharmacy Education, 75 (5), 35, (2011)
Ethics in education: A service-learning project.
Melinda Smith, Tamra S. Davis.
Wisconsin Business Education Journal, 58 (3), 5-9, (2010)
Intercultural communication: Verbal
Tamra S Davis, David Ward, Dawn Woodland.
National Business Education Association Yearbook, (2010)
Psychiatric pharmacy delivery via an online course: Psychoactive substances
Nancy Brahm, Tamra Davis.
Currents in Pharmacy Teaching and Learning, (2010)
Using active learning to add a global dimension to learning
Tamra S Davis, Melinda Smith.
Business Education Forum, (2010)
Collaborative Telelearning: Project Management
Tamra S Davis.
National Business Education Association Yearbook, (2004)
Magazine/Trade Publication
Persistence pays off: How we obtained approval for a new Master of Science in Business Education
Tamra S Davis.
Business Education Forum, 74 (2), 30 - 32, (2019)
Newsletter
Advice for the best credit card for people with good credit
Tamra S Connor.
Wallet Hub, (2023)
Ask the Experts--Secured Credit Cards
Tamra S Connor.
(2022)
Other
Peer observation: A faculty initiative
Tamra S Davis.
American Journal of Pharmacy Education, 74 (5), 116, (2010)
Internet supplement guide
Tamra S Davis.
McGraw-Hill Higher Education, (2008)
Teacher Supplements
Tamra S Davis.
Prentice-Hall, (2007)
Textbook, New
Personal Financial Literacy for College Students
Tamra S Davis.
(2017), online, Great River Learning
Textbook, Revised
Managing Your Personal Finances, 8e
Tamra S Connor.
(2026), 716, Cengage
Managing Your Pesonal Finances 8e Student Workbook
Tamra S Connor.
(2026), Cengage
Written Case with Instructional Material
Global regulation of herbal products
Tamra S Davis, Miki Finnin.
Gale, 109-115, (2011)
Presentations
Psychological Contract Breaches in a Diverse Workforce
Tamra S Connor.
Kefalonia Greece, , 2019
Does Utilizing a Lesson Plan Template as an Instructional Support Prepare Pre-Service Teacher Candidates to be More Successful on a Performance-Based Assessment and Build Comfort and Confidence Levels during Student Teaching?
Tamra S Connor, Kathy J Mountjoy.
Business Education Research Conference, Chicago Illinois, April, 2019
Supervising Student Teachers in the Era of Performance-Based Assessments
Tamra S Davis.
Reykjavik Iceland, , 2018
Supervising Student Teachers in the World of Performance-Based Assessments
Tamra S Davis, Kathy J Mountjoy.
Baltimore Maryland, , 2018
The Role of Feedback in Teacher Education (Encore Presentation)
Tamra S Davis.
Bloomington Illinois, , 2018
Why do I need to create a lesson plan?
Tamra S Davis.
National edTPA Implementation Conference, San Jose, CA, October, 2018
The Role of Feedback in Teacher Education
Tamra S Davis.
San Jose California, November, 2017
Creating an Instructional Framework to Prepare Teacher Education Candidates for Success on a Performance-Based Assessment: A Follow-up Study
Tamra S Davis.
Chicago Illinois, March, 2017
Perceptions of College/School of Business Faculty Involving the Content and Scope of a Business Communications Class and Self-Efficacy to Evaluate Business Communication Skills of Students
Tamra S Davis, Virginia Hemby-Grubb.
Chicago Illinois, March, 2017
Developing an Instructional Framework for edTPA Success
Tamra S Davis, Elisa Palmer.
Savannah Georgia, March, 2016
K-12 Teacher Perceptions Concerning their Knowledge of Personal Financial Literacy and Dispositions to Teach Personal Financial Literacy Courses in Illinois Public Schools
Tamra S Davis, Kathy J Mountjoy, Rodger Singley.
Chicago Illinois, March, 2015
Building your professional network
Tamra S Davis.
Helsinki Finland, , 2014
Perceptions of business teacher education majors concerning preparedness to teach personal financial literacy courses at the secondary level
Tamra S Davis.
Los Angeles California, , 2014
Supervising Gen Y pre-service teachers
Tamra S Davis.
Los Angeles California, , 2014
Teaching the 21st Century Student
Tamra S Davis.
Business Education Research Afternoon, Graz, Austria, May 8, 2013
I was asked to be the guest speaker (via Skype) to the Winter Meeting of the chapter held on February 15, 2012. The topics were Keyboarding Methodology and how to incorporate Information, Communications, and Technology into the Business Education Curriculum.
Tamra S Connor.
Torshavn, Faroe Islands, , 2012
Opportunity for Active Learning in a Global World
Tamra S Davis.
Boston Massachusetts, , 2012
Teaching the 21st Century Student was presented to approximately 50 faculty/administrators and 2 students at the Commercial College of Iceland. The presentation was so well received that a copy was made available to the faculty who could not attend the presentation live and a copy was given to a second school in Iceland, Fjölbrautaskólinn við Ármúla.
Tamra S Davis.
Nordic Speaking Chapters Annual Conference of SIEC-ISBE, Reykjavik, November, 2012
I presented to the Ministry of Education about teacher education programs, specifically the BTE program at ISU. The Ministry is in the process of revising teacher education for all teachers in the Faroe Islands.
Tamra S Connor.
Torshavn, Faroe Islands (pt of the Danish Kingdom), , 2011
Title: Active learning ideas using social networking.
Tamra S Connor.
San Diego CA, , 2010
Title: Everything business educators Need to Know about social networks and wikis presented with E. Dittmar.
Tamra S Connor.
San Diego CA, , 2010
Writing Lesson Objectives
Tamra S Davis.
Education Grand Rounds, Tulsa, Oklahoma, March, 2010
Title: Adobe Acrobat 9
Tamra S Connor.
Chicago IL, , 2009
Title: Windows of Opportunity for Active learning in the Global Classroom--Pedagogical Issues
Tamra S Connor.
Colchester, Essex, England, , 2009
Title: Writing Multiple-Choice Questions to Assess Higher-Order Thinking Skills.
Tamra S Connor.
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