Dr. Darlene Booth-Bell 2019 (Coastal Carolina University)

Dr. Darlene Booth-Bell 2019 (CCU)

Board Governance and Women in the US Corporate Workforce

The Faculty of Business and Social Sciences was very happy to welcome Assistant Professor Dr. Darlene Booth-Bell on campus.

Dr Booth-Bell earned a bachelor's degree in Accounting from Pennsylvania State University, an MPM degree from Carnegie Mellon University and a Ph.D in Accounting from Aston University. Outside university, she has worked for the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland and Wells Fargo in various positions.

Her main teaching interests are

  • Fundamental Accounting Principles
  • Audit
  • Cost Accounting.

Her main research interests include

  • Corporate Goverance and Board Diversity Goverance Theories
  • The Role of Social Capital in the Attainment of Director Positions. 

Please consult her CCU faculty profile for more details.

In Summer 2019, Prof. Dr. Booth-Bell taught two electives in the fields of Board Governance and Women and the US Corporate Workforce at RheinAhrCampus for our graduate students (second teaching term):

  1. B07a Women and the US Corporate Workforce (M.A.), Tues, 8:15-11:30 (Room D019)
  2. B07b International Study Skills: Board Governance (M.A.), Mon, 14:15-17:30 (Room A129)


The students participated in discussion, engaged in project-based research activities, presented their results and wrote papers which helped them to develop their writing skills.

In addition, Prof. Booth-Bell  strengthened the relations between CCU and RheinAhrCampus by giving talks during our International Week and promoting CCU during our International Day.

Thanks for a very rewarding faculty visit!