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Faculty

Elizabeth Cameron

Title

Professor of Business Administration

Department

Business

Contact Info

(989) 463-7226

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Biography

Dr. Cameron is a licensed attorney and business consultant who continues to consult with clients in order to bring real-life examples into her law, cybersecurity and management classes. Professor Cameron is dedicated to teaching and working with students to achieve their goals. She has taught overseas classes in Belgium and Australia. In addition to teaching and research, Dr. Cameron serves as a pre-law advisor.

Professor Cameron is passionate about teaching and incorporates service learning into her courses. She is the recipient of the Andison Excellence in Teaching Award, Outstanding Faculty Award for the Social Sciences, Phi Sigma Sigma Faculty of the Semester and the Michigan Campus Compact Faculty Community Service-Learning Award. She has also received the MALSB Master Teacher Award twice.

Dr. Cameron’s research focuses on cybersecurity and privacy law, health care law and policy, consumer law, employment and education law and real property law issues. She is an experienced transactional attorney (drafting and reviewing contracts) with a strong understanding of construction law. She has received several awards for her research, including the MBAA International Distinguished Research Paper Award, the MBAA International McGraw-Hill/Irwin Distinguished Paper Award, the Best Paper in the Proceedings of the Midwest Academy of Legal Studies in Business and the Best Paper Published in Any Source in the Real Estate Law Journal. Dr. Cameron was also recently recognized as a “Super Leader” by the University of Vermont Grossman School of Business.

Educational Background:

  • BBA, Saginaw Valley State University
  • Certificate in International Business, Saginaw Valley State University
  • Certificate in Leading Sustainable Innovation, University of Vermont
  • MBA, Saginaw Valley State University
  • J.D., Thomas M. Cooley Law School / Certificate of Merit: Lawyering Before Trial

Signature Courses:
Legal Environment of Business; Commercial Law; Management; Business Communications; Transnational Management; Business Leadership; Cybersecurity Policy and Privacy Law.

My Expertise

Transactional law, cybersecurity law and privacy, employment law, timeshare and vacation property ownership issues, and customer service management concerns.

Recent Work and Accomplishments

Molesky, M. J., Cameron, E. A., Hawker, N. W., Molesky, M. J. (2023). Liability for breach of trust and privacy: torts, contracts, and cybersecurity. In Paliszkiewicz, J. and Guerrero Cusumano, J. L. (Eds.), Communication, Leadership, and Trust in Organizations. Routledge.

Major, K. M., Marcum, T. M., & Cameron, E. A. (2022). An Evolving Workforce: A Contemporary Analysis of U.S. Employee Versus Independent Contractor Status. Labor Law Journal, Fall.

Cameron, E. A., Marcum, T. M., & Molesky, M. J. (2022). The Ebbs and Flows of Covid-19: Managing the Legal Waters of Pandemic and Post-Pandemic Employment Policies. Labor Law Journal, 73(1).

Cameron, E. A., & Molesky, M. J. (2022). Technology in the Clinic: The Association of Health IT Adoption with Cyber Incidents. Proceedings for the Society for Advancement of Information Systems (SAIS), MBAA Conference, Chicago, Illinois, United States.

Award: Outstanding Student Research Paper Award

Legal Case Briefs for Instructor’s Manual. Pagnattaro, M., Cahoy, D., Manning Magid, J., Shedd, P., & Reed, O. L. (2021). The Legal and Regulatory Environment of Business (19th ed.). McGraw-Hill Higher Education.

Cameron, E. A. & Ealey, T. (2020). Patient Safety and Modesty: A Risk Management Approach. Connection, 150-155. Medical Group Management Association.

Cameron, E. A., & Ealey, T. (2020). Primer on Informed Consent. Compliance Today, (March).

Cameron, E. A., & Molesky, M. J. (2020). Internet of Things: An Analysis and Proposal of White Worm Technology. Proceedings of the Society for the Advancement of Information Systems (SAIS).

Award: 2020 MBAA International Conference Distinguished Research Paper