Doctoral Consortium
The Doctoral Consortium for active Ph.D. students will be
held on August 9th, 2007 at The Inn at Keystone, in conjunction
with the 2007 Americas Conference on Information Systems. The
2007 consortium is sponsored in part by Oracle. The
co-chairs of the 2007 Consortium are:
Ramesh Venkataraman and Michael
Mannino
Description of the Doctoral Consortium
The focus of the Doctoral Consortium is to provide an
opportunity for Ph.D. students making progress on their
dissertation research to share and discuss their research with
peers and faculty mentors. The Consortium will be held as a
pre-conference activity on Thursday, August 9th, 2007. At the
Consortium students will give formal presentations of their
current progress in developing a dissertation. Subjects to be
covered in the presentations include a statement of the problem
and research question(s), literature review, theory development
and model, research methodology, and preliminary findings.
The Consortium consists of multiple concurrent sessions (with
a relatively small number of students in each) addressing
related topical areas or using common methodological approaches.
Faculty with expertise in the topical area or methodological
approach will facilitate each session. The primary objective of
the Consortium is that students have an opportunity to share
their research with future colleagues and receive feedback from
the other students and from faculty outside the students'
universities.
Application Process
Each application must include the following with the
documents submitted in Word or PDF format.
1. Faculty Nomination Letter
A faculty nomination letter must accompany each application.
This letter should include two key items. First, a description
of the student's intended research area and probable research
methodology must be included. Second, the faculty must also
provide an assessment of the candidate's chances of completing
his/her dissertation and successfully participating in the job
market during the Fall 2007/Spring 2008 school year. Because the
consortium will have a size limitation, participants described
as being likely to complete their dissertations by the end of
summer 2008 will be given preference over students described as
being unlikely to complete their dissertation. The letter should
be e-mailed directly to Dr. Michael Mannino at
Michael.Mannino@cudenver.edu.
2. Doctoral Student Application Letter
Please send a short e-mail stating your interest in attending
the consortium along with an abstract describing your paper and
full contact information to
Michael.Mannino@cudenver.edu with Subject Line "AMCIS2007
Doctoral Consortium." The abstract should not exceed 5 double
spaced pages including references and any figures, tables, etc.
In your e-mail, please indicate any other doctoral consortiums
that you have attended in the past or are planning to attend in
the near future.
Eligibility
Students wishing to participate in the Doctoral Consortium
must meet the following criteria:
1. Students must be studying Information Systems (or a
closely related discipline) and plan to address an Information
Systems-related topic for their dissertation.
2. Students must be on-track to complete the dissertation and
participate in the job market during the Fall 2007/Spring 2008
school year (or else be finished with the dissertation during
the summer of 2008). The faculty recommendation letter
(described above) essentially certifies this intent and is
required.
3. Students should not be currently employed in a faculty
position.
Review
Procedure
The Consortium Chairs and outside reviewers will review each
submission. The review process will focus on selecting high
quality, well-constructed proposals and on identifying the most
appropriate "track" for the topical and methodological area
being addressed by the candidate. There is no limit to the
number of students who can participate in the consortium from a
single school. The overall size of the Consortium, however, is
generally kept small and the quality of the proposal and the
strength of the faculty recommendation are important. Students
who have accepted proposals will provide a revision that will be
published in the conference proceedings.
Deadlines
- Submission of application: Friday,
March 16 by 5PM (MST)
- Notification of acceptance: Monday,
April 16, 2007
- Camera ready copy due: Monday, April
30, 2007
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