CALL FOR PARTICIPANTS
BPS Doctoral and Dissertation Consortia 2014
The Business Policy and Strategy Division will again sponsor two consortia for doctoral students during the pre-conference period of the 2014 Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management in Philadelphia: the BPS Doctoral Consortium and the BPS Dissertation Consortium.
BPS Doctoral Consortium-August 1-2, 2014 (welcome dinner on July 31st)
The BPS Doctoral Consortium is intended for students who are in the dissertation proposal stage of their PhD programs. The objective of the consortium is to support doctoral students as they shape their dissertations. Students will have opportunities to discuss their work in small groups with distinguished faculty and peers, to meet and interact with future colleagues, and to enhance their scholarship, teaching and overall development. The consortium will be held on Friday, August 1 from 8am to 6pm and on Saturday, August 2, from 8 am to 1pm, preceded by a hosted welcome dinner the evening before on Thursday, July 31.
The 2014 Doctoral Consortium co-chairs are Melissa Graebner (University of Texas at Austin) and Sonali Shah (University of Washington). The faculty panel includes: Nandini Rajagopalan (USC), P.K. Toh (Minnesota), Matt Marx (MIT), Jackson Nickerson (Washington University), Phanish Puranam (INSEAD), Lyda Bigelow (Utah), and Gary Dushnitsky (LBS).
Interested students should apply via the application website* no later than May 31, 2014. All applicants will be notified of admission decisions by the end of June 2014.
The application website will request the following information:
1. Cover Letter. You will be asked to submit a "cover letter" stating that: (a) you are applying to the BPS Doctoral Consortium only (and not the BPS Dissertation Consortium), (b) your primary division of interest is Business Policy and Strategy, (c) you will attend the BPS Doctoral Consortium if accepted, and (d) you commit to accept an invitation to only one doctoral consortium at the 2014 AOM meetings. Please also indicate the number of years you will have participated in your PhD program by September 2014, your expected dissertation proposal defense date, and why the BPS Doctoral Consortium is the best fit for you. You should enter your text in the space provided on the application website (no attachments).
2. Nomination Letter. Have your dissertation chairperson write a nomination letter (on letterhead). The letter should verify that you are working on your dissertation proposal and state your dissertation proposal defense date. You will upload the file on the application website. Please upload as a PDF (only). Please name the file as follows: LastName-FirstName-Nomination.pdf.
3. Curriculum Vitae. You will be asked to upload your current CV. Please upload as a PDF (only). Please name the file as follows: LastName-FirstName-CV.pdf.
4. Dissertation Abstract. You will be asked for a 200 word abstract of your dissertation proposal. Please identify 3-5 keywords at the end of the abstract. Note that your abstract will be distributed to other consortium participants. Please upload as a Word file. Please name the file as follows: LastName-FirstName-Abstract.doc.
5. Dissertation Summary. You will be asked for a summary of your dissertation proposal (2 page maximum). Please upload as a PDF (only). Please name the file as follows: LastName-FirstName-Summary.pdf.
If you have questions about the Doctoral Consortium, please contact consortium co-chairs Sonali Shah (skshah@uw.edu) or Melissa Graebner (Melissa.Graebner@mccombs.utexas.edu).
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BPS Dissertation Consortium-Friday August 1, 2014 from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.*
The BPS Dissertation Consortium is intended for PhD students in the later stage of their programs who will be on the job market during the 2014-2015 academic year (i.e., for jobs beginning in Fall 2015). The focus of the 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.
The 2014 Dissertation Consortium will be held Friday August 1, from 8:00 am to 6:00 pm, proceeded by a welcome dinner the evening before, on Thursday July 31. The co-chairs of the faculty panel for this year's Dissertation Consortium are Hart Posen (University of Wisconsin) and Xiaowei Rose Luo (INSEAD). Other faculty panelists include John Joseph (Duke), Rahul Kapoor (Wharton), Riitta Katila (Stanford), and M.B. Sarkar (Temple).
Priority for admission to the 2014 Dissertation Consortium will be given to students who: (1) have completed drafts of their job market papers, and (2) have not previously attended the BPS Doctoral Consortium. However, any BPS doctoral student who expects to enter the job market and graduate during the 2014-2015 academic year (and who is not applying to the 2014 Doctoral Consortium) may apply.
Interested students should apply via the application website (link below) no later than May 31, 2014. All applicants will be notified of admission decisions by the end of June 2014.
*** Application Website: http://tinyurl.com/bpsdissertation2014
The application website will request the following information:
1. Cover Letter: You will be asked to provide a "cover letter" for your application to the BPS Dissertation Consortium. You should enter your letter in the space provided on the application website (no attachments). Your letter should: (a) state that you are applying to the BPS Dissertation Consortium only (and not to the BPS Doctoral Consortium), (b) certify that you will attend the BPS Dissertation Consortium if accepted, and (c) explain why the Dissertation Consortium is the best fit for you.
2. Nomination Letter: You will be asked to upload your nomination letter. Have your dissertation chairperson write a nomination letter (on letterhead). The letter should verify that you are expected to enter the job market and graduate during the 2014-2015 academic year. You will upload the file on the application website. Please upload as a PDF (only). Please name the file as follows: LastName-FirstName-Nomination.pdf.
3. Curriculum Vitae: You will be asked to upload your current CV. Please upload as a PDF (only). Please name the file as follows: LastName-FirstName-CV.pdf.
4. Job Market Paper: You will be asked to upload the current version of your job market paper. You will have the opportunity to provide a revised version of the paper when we get closer to AOM. Please upload as a PDF (only). Please name the file as follows: LastName-FirstName-Paper.pdf.
If you have questions about the Dissertation Consortium, please contact consortium co-chairs Hart Posen (hposen@bus.wisc.edu) or Xiaowei Rose Luo (xiaowei.luo@insead.edu).
*There will be a hosted welcome dinner the evening of Thursday July 31.