Call for Participants: BPS Dissertation Consortium
Friday, August 7, 2009, 8:30 am-5:00 pm
The BPS Dissertation Consortium will be offered as a pre-conference activity for doctoral students in strategy at the 2009
Academy of Management Meeting in Chicago, IL. This consortium, which complements the traditional BPS
Doctoral Consortium, is intended for students who have defended their dissertation proposals and who will be on the job
market during the 2009-2010 academic year (i.e., for jobs beginning Fall 2010).
The Dissertation Consortium provides an opportunity for students to present brief summaries of their dissertation
research to a distinguished group of faculty and peers, and to receive feedback from this group in an informal
setting. The co-chairs of the faculty panel for this year's Consortium are Michael Ryall (University of Toronto) and
Wilbur Chung (University of Maryland). The faculty panel will be chosen to reflect the interests of consortium students.
Priority for admission into the Dissertation Consortium will be given to students who have not previously attended the
regular BPS Doctoral Consortium, but any doctoral student in BPS who expects to enter the job market and graduate
during the 2009-2010 academic year (and who is not applying to this year's Doctoral Consortium) may apply. Interested
doctoral candidates should apply via email to Michael Ryall atm.ryall@mikeryall.com by April 30th, 2009.
The application should include:
- A cover letter stating: a) that you are applying only to the BPSDissertation Consortium (e.g. you are not also applying to the BPS Doctoral Consortium); b) a commitment to attend the BPSDissertation Consortium if accepted; c) why the Dissertation Consortium is the best fit for you.
- The most current version of either your dissertation proposal or a paper from your dissertation;
- A current CV;
- A nomination letter from your dissertation chair; the letter should verify that the candidate is expected to enter the job market and graduate during the 2009-2010 academic year.