Dear Colleagues,
The application deadline for the STR Doctoral Consortium has been extended to June 15, 2022. The AoM Annual Meeting registration fee will be covered for students who are admitted to the consortium if their institution does not cover this fee. Please see the call for participants below for application details.
Best Regards,
Claudine Gartenberg and Metin Sengul
CALL FOR PARTICIPANTS
Strategic Management Division (STR) Virtual Doctoral Consortium 2022
STR Doctoral Consortium
Monday and Tuesday, August 1 and 2, 2022 (7:45 am – 12:30 pm EDT - Virtual)
Application Deadline: June 15, 2022 (UPDATED)
The STR 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 2022 STR Doctoral Consortium will have synchronous and asynchronous components. The synchronous meetings will be held on Monday, August 1, 2022 and Tuesday, August 2, 2022 from 7:45am to 12:30 pm EDT.
The 2022 Doctoral Consortium co-chairs are Metin Sengul (Boston College) and Claudine Gartenberg (University of Pennsylvania). The tentative faculty panel includes (by last name in alphabetic order): Craig Crossland (Notre Dame), Colleen Cunningham (London Business School), Justin Frake (University of Michigan), Reddi Kotha (Singapore Management University), Kyle Mayer (University of Southern California), Denisa Mindruta (HEC Paris), Mario Schijven (University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign), Myles Shaver (University of Minnesota), Yuliya Snihur (Toulouse Business School), PK Toh (University of Texas, Austin), Bart Vanneste (University College London), and Minyuan Zhao (Washington University, Saint Louis).
Interested students should apply via the application website no later than June 15rd, 2022. All applicants will be notified of admission decisions by the end of June 2022.
***Application Website: https://tinyurl.com/STRDoctoralConsortium2022 [Updated link]
The application website will request the following information:
- Cover Letter. You will be asked to submit a "cover letter" describing your interest in the Strategic Management division, and why the STR Doctoral Consortium is the best fit for you. Please also indicate the number of years you will have participated in your PhD program by September 2022 and your expected dissertation proposal defense Note that when submitting the letter you will be required to confirm that: (a) you are applying to the
STR Doctoral Consortium only (and not the STR Dissertation Consortium), (b) your primary division of interest is Strategic Management, (c) you will attend the STR Doctoral Consortium if accepted, and (d) you commit to accept an invitation to only one doctoral consortium at the 2022 AOM meeting. You should enter the text of your letter in the space provided on the application website (no attachments).
- 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. Please upload as a PDF (only). Please name the file as follows: LastName-FirstName-Nomination.pdf. If your chairperson would prefer to send us a nomination letter privately he/she may do so by emailing it to sengul@bc.edu, but please indicate on the form if that is the case. Space permitting, we will work to accommodate multiple students from a single institution; if space is limited, only one student per institution will be admitted.
- Curriculum Vitae. You will be asked to upload your current Please upload as a PDF (only). Please name the file as follows: LastName-FirstName-CV.pdf.
- 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. You should enter the text of your abstract in the space provided on the application website (no attachments).
- 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 Metin Sengul (metin.sengul@bc.edu) or Claudine Gartenberg (cgart@wharton.upenn.edu).
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Claudine Madras Gartenberg
Wharton School, U. of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia PA
(617) 378-8710
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