An Interview of Alvin C. Burns, ABSEL Fellow, ABSEL past President and Copeland Professor and Marketing Department Chair, Ourso College Of Business, Louisiana State University

Abstract

Alvin C. Burns, Copeland Professor and Marketing Department Chair at the Ourso College of Business, Louisiana State University is conducted. Dr. Burns’ work covers every year of ABSEL’s existence. It entails thirty-one papers, a best paper award, the Association’s Presidency and the naming as an ABSEL Fellow in 1993. On reflecting on his ABSEL-related work, Dr. Bums notes four major areas of activity-- simulation design and game administration, pedagogical research, the business gaming field’s theory base and the nature of experiential learning.