Doctoral Student Consortium 2011

The deadline has been extended for this consortium to May 31, 2011.

2011 OMT/MOC Doctoral Student Consortium
August 11-12, 2011
Call for Applications
(Deadline Extended:  May 31, 2011)

The Organization and Management Theory (OMT) and the Management and Organizational Cognition (MOC) divisions are pleased to announce that their joint Doctoral Student Consortium will once again be part of the pre-conference activities at the Academy of Management Annual Meeting. The goal of this consortium is to help doctoral students who are broadly interested in organizations, management, and cognition to organize their thoughts about the final phase of their doctoral programs, advance their research, publish their dissertation or parts thereof, find a job in the academic or professional world, and, perhaps most importantly, establish professional networks with colleagues who share similar research interests.

The consortium will include a variety of presentations, interactive discussion sessions, and workshops aimed at these goals.  It has been designed to allow for high levels of interaction between faculty and students.  Faculty participating in this year’s Consortium are:

• Linda Argote (Carnegie Mellon)
• Hillary Anger-Elfenbein (Washington U)
• Shelley Brickson (U Illinois Chicago)
• Eva Boxenbaum (Copenhagen)
• Isabel Fernandez-Mateo (LBS)
• Anne Fleischer (Toronto)
• Greta Hsu (UC Davis)
• Kyle Mayer (USC)
• Bill McEvily (Toronto)
• Kathleen McGinn (HBS)
• Gerry McNamarra (Mich State)
• Tanya Menon (Northwestern)
• Kamal Munir (Cambridge)
• Joe Porac (NYU)
• Michael Pratt (Boston College)
• Huggy Rao (Stanford)
• Peter Roberts (Emory)
• Marco Tortoriello (IESE)

In order to maintain a high faculty/student ratio, space for this consortium is strictly limited. 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. Preference will be given to those students who have progressed to the dissertation stage and are either on the job market or considering being on the job market in the coming year. The extended deadline for nominations is May 31, 2011.

Applications should be emailed to consortium organizers (see email addresses below) 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,
• the division (OMT or MOC) that the student considers to be his/her primary affiliation, and
• a statement from the department certifying the nominee's completion of doctoral coursework and comprehensive exams (or equivalent) by August 1, 2011.

Three supporting items should be attached to the 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. a 1 page bio summarizing the nominee’s contact information, research and teaching interests, and publications; and
3. a 3-5 page summary of the student’s research project.

Students selected to attend the Consortium will be sent a registration code that will allow them to register online.

Additional information about the OMT/MOC Doctoral Consortium is available on the OMT Website.  If you have questions or concerns, feel free to contact Bill McEvily (OMT Rep-at-Large) at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or Shelley Brickson (MOC Rep-at-Large) at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

N.B. Please note that the Consortium begins with an opening dinner on the evening of August 11th and ends at 5:30 pm on August 12th. Participants will be expected to attend the entirety of the Consortium.