AMCIS 2023 Doctoral Consortium – Early Stage Students

Navigating your Ph.D. Journey

When: Wednesday & Thursday, August 9-10, 2023

Where: The Westin Playa La Bonita Hotel, Panama City, Panama

Co-Chairs

Sherae Daniel, University of Cincinnati, daniesr@ucmail.uc.edu

Likoebe Maruping, Georgia State University, lmaruping@gsu.edu

The Doctoral Consortium (Early Stage) is to help those students who have started their Ph.D. programs and have not yet completed their comprehensive examination. The consortium has three primary objectives:

  1. Provide students opportunities to network with peers and faculty
  2. Help students to strategize about their research, teaching, and career plans
  3. Prepare students for the job market

The program includes faculty panels on managing the dissertation and academic success, 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.

Agenda
Navigating your Ph.D. Journey
Start Time End Time Event
Wednesday, August 9, 2023
5:30 PM 6:30 PM Reception
6:30 PM 7:00 PM Ice Breaker
7:00 PM 8:00 PM Keynote
Thursday, August 10, 2023
7:30 AM 7:45 AM Early AM Refreshment
7:45 AM 8:00 AM Introductions
8:00 AM 8:45 AM Panel 1: Navigating Your Dissertation
8:45 AM 9:15 AM Panel 1: Breakout
9:15 AM 10:00 AM Panel 2: Navigating for Academic Success
10:00 AM 10:30 AM Panel 2: Breakout
10:30 AM 10:45 AM Break
10:45 AM 11:30 AM Panel 3: Managing Teaching
11:30 AM 12:00 PM Panel 3: Breakout
12:00 PM 1:00 PM Lunch & Closing Remarks & Key takeaways
Faculty Mentors
  • Sherae Daniel, University of Cincinnati – Doctoral Consortium Co-Chair
  • Likoebe Maruping, Georgia State University – Doctoral Consortium Co-Chair
  • Macedonio Alanis, Tecnologico de Monterrey (ITESM)
  • Aron Lindberg, Stevens Institute of Technology
  • Antonio Carlos Gastaud Maçada, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul
  • Elaine Mosconi, Université de Sherbrooke
  • Jorge Perez, University of Tennessee
  • Yasser Rahrovani, Western University
  • Adriane Randolph, Kennesaw State University
  • Lauren Rhue, University of Maryland
  • Lionel Robert Jr, University of Michigan
Keynote Speaker
  • Suprateek Sarker, University of Virginia
Registration
  • Once invited for participation, students should use the regular AMCIS registration form to register. There is no checkbox for the doctoral consortium. Payment of the doctoral consortium registration fee includes full AMCIS access.
  • Financial assistance may be available towards subsidizing the registration fee for qualified students – details to follow
  • At this time, a visa is not needed for international students in the USA (as well as several other countries, including Australia, the Republic of Korea, Japan, the UK, Northern Ireland, Singapore, and EU nations) IF a multiple entry visa is stamped on their passport (which is usually the case for F1 visas). In cases where a visa is required, it is expected to take less than 30 days for visa processing. Complete visa requirements can be found at: https://www.embassyofpanama.org/visas-1
Application Criteria

Preference for attendance will be given to students who (a) have not yet taken their comprehensive/qualifying exam by the date of the consortium, or are not yet close to defending their dissertation proposal, and (b) those who have not previously participated in the AMCIS DC. Students later in their programs may want to consider applying to the late-stage Doctoral Consortium. Multiple students may apply from the same school. Doctoral students from across the globe can apply; priority will be given to students studying at universities in the AIS Americas Region 1.

Application Process
  1. Complete application form
  2. Combine all your application material into a single pdf document
  3. Name the document: pdf (e.g., Jane_Doe_AMCIS2023DC_EarlyStage.pdf)
  4. Email it as an attachment to amcis2023dcearly@gmail.com
  5. The subject of the email should state: “AMCIS2023DCEarlyStage application”

The combined pdf document should include:

  • Nomination letter from faculty advisor supporting the student’s participation in the Doctoral Consortium.
  • Curriculum vitae
Important Dates
  • Due date for applications is April 21, 2023 by midnight New York time
  • Decisions made and communicated to applicants by May 15, 2023 
  • Doctoral Consortium will be on Wednesday August 9 (6:00 PM – 8:00 PM) and Thursday August 10 (7:30 AM – 1:00 PM)

If you have any questions, contact Sherae Daniel and Likoebe Maruping (AMCIS DC – Early Stage Co-Chairs) at amcis2023dcearly@gmail.com.