OMT/ODC/MOC DOCTORAL STUDENT CONSORTIUM
August 11 - 13, 2006, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Atlanta</st1:city>, <st1:state w:st="on">GA</st1:state></st1:place>
Please join us for an exciting and energetic mix of presentations, roundtable discussions, and research dialogues that are designed to address many of the concerns that are common among advanced doctoral students. The deadline for nominations is June 1, 2006.
The Consortium is organized by: Cynthia Emrich (<st1:placetype w:st="on">College</st1:placetype> of <st1:placename w:st="on">William</st1:placename> & Mary, MOC), Ram Tenkasi (<st1:placename w:st="on">Benedictine</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">University</st1:placetype>, ODC), Mary Tripsas (<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">Harvard</st1:placename> <st1:placename w:st="on">Business</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">School</st1:placetype></st1:place>, OMT), and Pablo Martin de Holan (Instituto de Empresa, OMT)
We have a terrific group of panelists who have committed to sharing their insights on Friday evening (5:00 to 8:00) and Saturday (8:00 to 5:00): Jackie Coyle-Shapiro (London School of Economics), Tom Cummings (University of Southern California), Marlena Fiol (University of Colorado, Denver), Gerard Hodgkinson (University of Leeds), George Huber (McCombs School of Management, UT Austin), Karen Jansen (University of Virginia), <st1:personname w:st="on">Michael Lounsbury</st1:personname> (University of Alberta), <st1:personname w:st="on">Sharon Matusik</st1:personname> (University of Colorado, Boulder), Elaine Romanelli (Georgetown), George Roth (MIT Sloan School) Sim Sitkin (Duke University), Toby Stuart (Columbia / Harvard Business School) Dick Woodman (Texas A&M).
One highlight of the Consortium will be a Research Roundtable, to be held on Saturday. This session is patterned after the MOC Division's popular "Cognition in the Rough" Professional Development Workshop. Roundtable participants-4 students and 2 faculty panelists per table-will devote 20 minutes to providing feedback, advice, and ideas regarding each student's research project. On Sunday morning, from 8:00 to 11:30, editors from many leading journals will share their advice for crafting top-notch submissions and navigating the review process.
We encourage schools to nominate students for the Consortium. To keep the faculty-participant ratio to an optimal size, the number of participants will be limited. This has been a very popular program, so apply early! The deadline for nominations is June 1, 2006. To apply, interested students must be nominated by their schools. No university can nominate more than two students, and each doctoral program is limited to one nomination. Universities with multiple departments seeking to send students need to coordinate their nominations. In making the decision to accept students, preference is given to those who have made the most progress toward completing their Ph.D. program. The Consortium is not open to those who have already completed their Ph.D.
Applications should be sent by the department representative who nominates the student and should include the following in the body of the email: the nominee's name, address, e-mail address, phone and fax numbers, name of affiliated school and university, and a statement by department certifying nominee's completion of doctoral coursework and comprehensive exams by August 1, 2006. Also attach the following three items in your e-mail: (1) a brief letter from a faculty member providing a general appraisal of the nominee, including an assessment of his/her progress toward a dissertation defense, expected defense date, and subject of dissertation, (2) one-page bio summarizing the nominee's contact information, research and teaching interests, and publications. This one-page bio will be distributed among consortium participants, and (3) 3 - 5 page (typed and double-spaced) summary of student's research project. This summary should include: research question, rationale, hypotheses / propositions, (proposed) methods (if applicable), and results (if applicable). Once roundtable assignments are made, the Consortium organizers will distribute research summaries to members of each roundtable.
Please send nominations and supporting materials by electronic mail to ONLY ONE of the following conference organizers by June 1, 2006.
MOC: Cynthia Emrich (cindy.emrich@mason.wm.edu)
ODC: Ram Tenkasi (RTenkasi@ben.edu)
OMT: Mary Tripsas (c/o Debra Kendall: dkendall@hbs.edu)
Mary Tripsas
Visiting Associate Professor
<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">MIT</st1:placename> <st1:placename w:st="on">Sloan</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">School</st1:placetype></st1:place>, E52-543
<st1:street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">50 Memorial Drive</st1:address></st1:street>
<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Cambridge</st1:city>, <st1:state w:st="on">MA</st1:state> <st1:postalcode w:st="on">02142-1347</st1:postalcode></st1:place>
Phone: (617) 253-8958