STR DOCTORAL AND DISSERTATION CONSORTIA OVERVIEW
2020 Doctoral and Dissertation Consortia
The STR Division sponsored the 2020 Virtual Doctoral and Dissertation Consortia during the pre-conference period of the Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management August 2020.
The STR Doctoral Consortium was for students in early stages of their PhD programs, and the STR Dissertation Consortium was for advanced students and PhD candidates on the 2020-2021 job market. Besides their separate activities, the consortia had joint networking sessions that allowed faculty and students to get to know one another outside academia and discuss job market processes and academic work in general. The two consortia also shared Saturday morning activities, with the Dissertation Consortium participants joining the Doctoral Consortium participants for faculty presentations on finding a job, getting published, and new directions in strategic management research. Taking advantage of the virtual format, the two Consortia also launched a shared Q&A session particularly for students interested in schools in Asia, in which Andrea Contigiani (Ohio State University), Guoli Chen (INSEAD), Ilya Cuypers (Singapore Management University), Andrew Delios (National University of Singapore), and Srividya Jandhyala (ESSEC) discussed the job market and academic opportunities presented by these schools.
Other highlights from the 2020 Doctoral Consortium included three round-table breakout sessions where students received feedback on their dissertation ideas from faculty mentors, as well as presentations on managing one's dissertation. John Joseph (U. of California, Irvine) and Isin Guler (University of North Carolina) served as the co-chairs for the doctoral consortium. Faculty mentors for the doctoral consortium included Nick Argyres (Washington University), Victor Bennett (Duke University), Guoli Chen (INSEAD), Russ Coff (University of Wisconsin-Madison), Andrea Contigiani (Ohio State University), Sinziana Dorobantu (New York University), Srividya Jandhyala (ESSEC), and Sonali Shah (University of Illinois), Bart Vanneste (University College London), and Natalya D Vinokurova (University of Pennsylvania).
Other highlights from the 2020 Dissertation Consortium included: elevator pitch workshops and small-group discussions. These small groups, comprising a faculty advisor and students from different institutions, focused on discussing and helping develop the students' job-market papers. The event also featured a discussion session on "Being a PhD candidate in times of COVID 19: Silver linings." Catherine Magelssen (London Business School) and Luis Ballesteros (George Washington University) served as co-chairs. Faculty mentors included Theresa Cho (Seoul National University), Ilya Cuypers (Singapore Management University), Andrew Delios (National University of Singapore), JP Eggers (NYU), Javier Gimeno (INSEAD), Ha Hoang (ESSEC), Florence Honore (U Wisconsin-Madison), Suresh Kotha (University of Washington), Elena Kulchina (NC State), Toby Stuart (UC Berkeley), and Dennis Yao (Harvard Business School).
Many thanks to the faculty mentors for sharing their time, enthusiasm, and expertise!
2021 Doctoral and Dissertation Consortia
The STR Division will sponsor the 2021 Doctoral and Dissertation Consortia during the pre-conference period of the Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management.
The 2021 STR Doctoral Consortium is for students in early stages of their PhD programs and provides opportunities for participants to discuss their dissertation proposals in small groups with distinguished faculty and peers. Participants and faculty panelists will also explore issues including developing a research pipeline, understanding the journal review process and learning to teach effectively. Isin Guler (University of North Carolina) and Metin Sengul (Boston College) are the co-chairs for the 2021 Doctoral Consortium.
The 2021 STR Dissertation Consortium is intended for PhD candidates who will be on the job market during the 2021-2022 academic year, for jobs beginning in Fall 2022. Participating students must have successfully defended their dissertation proposals and completed a draft of their job market papers. The main focus of the 2021 Dissertation Consortium will be on providing participating students with an opportunity to discuss their job market papers in small groups with distinguished faculty and peers. Luis Ballesteros (George Washington University) and Vanessa Burbano (Columbia University) are the co-chairs for the 2021 Dissertation Consortium.
Please look for details on how to apply for these consortia in the Spring STR Newsletter. We will have more details on whether the consortium will be virtual or in-person at a later date. The application deadline will likely be in mid-May. If you have questions, contact Isin Guler at guler@unc.edu for the Doctoral Consortium or Luis Ballesteros (ballesteros@gwu.edu) for the Dissertation Consortium.
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Isin Guler
UNC Chapel Hill, Kenan-Flagler Business School
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