Doctoral Consortium for Advanced Students
SUBMISSION DUE DATE: JUNE 12, 2020
The Online Doctoral Student Consortium (Advanced), to be held across two days from 8am–11am MDT on August 12 and 13, 2020, is designed to help those students who have completed their coursework and comprehensive examination, are working on their dissertation and anticipate entering the job market in the next year to develop an effective career plan based on their personal and professional goals. The consortium has three primary objectives:
- Provide networking opportunities for students with peers and faculty
- Help students strategize about their research, teaching and career plans
- Prepare students for the job market.
The program includes research presentations, panel discussions, and breakout sessions. Panels focus on managing the dissertation and research program, teaching responsibilities and competencies, and career planning. In breakout sessions after each panel, small groups of students will discuss the panel topic with their faculty mentors and fellow students. The intent is for students to apply the panel topic to their personal and professional goals, with input from faculty mentors and peers. We will wrap-up with a discussion of how the lessons might be applied while also achieving an effective work-life balance.
Participant Criteria
Students wishing to participate in the Doctoral Consortium program for advanced students at AMCIS 2020 should:
- Be studying Information Systems (or related discipline) and plan to address an Information Systems-related topic for their dissertation.
- Have passed their comprehensive exams. PhD students in the mid-stage of their program (typically after year 1 but before dissertation) and senior stage (typically during dissertation) of their doctoral studies are encouraged to apply.
Application Process
Consortium co-chairs will review each application. The review process emphasizes applicants’ accomplishments and potential. Multiple students may apply from one school. Diversity of applicants, institutions and countries will be considered in selecting the AMCIS 2020 Doctoral Consortium cohort.
Collate the following materials in one integrated PDF document:
- Cover sheet (no more than one page) with your name, address, email, year in which you started the program and a 500-word description of your research interests (mid-stage applicants) or dissertation abstract (senior stage applicants)
- Letter of recommendation from faculty advisor
- Curriculum vitae
SUBMISSION DUE DATE: June 12, 2020
Send your submissions to advanced.consortium@gmail.com
Schedule
Wednesday, August 12:
8am–8:05am Welcome
8:05am–8:35am: Keynote by Arun Rai, Georgia State University
8:35am–8:50am: Keynote Q&A
8:50am–9am Break
9am–10am: Mentoring session
10am–10:10am Break
10:10am–10:40am Panel discussion on work–life balance
10:40–11:10am Panel Q&A
Thursday, August 13:
8am–8:05am Welcome
8:05am–8:35am: Keynote by Elena Karahanna, University of Georgia
8:35am–8:50am: Keynote Q&A
8:50am–9am Break
9am–10am: Mentoring session
10am–10:10am Break
10:10am–10:40am Panel discussion on navigating the job market
10:40–11:10am Panel Q&A
Panelists
Work–life Balance panelists
Sulin Ba, University of Connecticut
Dennis Galletta, University of Pittsburgh
Beibei Li, Carnegie Mellon University
Joe Valacich, University of Arizona
Navigating the Job Market panelists
Mark Keith, Brigham Young University
Jingjing Li, University of Virginia
Heshan Sun, University of Oklahoma
Ryan Wright, University of Virginia
Mentors for Doctoral Consortium for Early Students
Alex Durcikova, University of Oklahoma
Kevin Hong, University of Houston
George Marakas, Florida International University
Sunil Wattal, Temple University
Mentors for Doctoral Consortium for Advanced Students
Ahmed Abbasi, University of Notre Dame
Xiao Fang, University of Delaware
Paul Lowry, Virginia Tech
Greg Moody, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Ning Nan, University of British Columbia
Gautam Pant, University of Iowa
Ali Tafti, University of Illinois at Chicago
Yong Tan, University of Washington
Kang Zhao, University of Iowa
Eric Zheng, University of Texas at Dallas