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The upcoming Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS)
2019 in Cancún will feature an exciting new offering targeted
specifically at both incoming and early-stage doctoral students -
the Doctoral Consortium for Early Students. We would like to
enroll your help in distributing this information to current and
incoming PhD students in your program.
This offering seeks to help Information Systems doctoral students
who are about to start their PhD or who are in the first and
second years of their doctoral studies (i.e., prior to
comprehensive exams and advancement to candidacy at the time of
application to the Doctoral Consortium) to become introduced to
the professoriate and to manage the path toward a sound research
publication pipeline and a dissertation that will make a material
contribution to the body of knowledge.
The consortium has three primary objectives:
1. Provide networking opportunities for students with peers and
faculty
2. Help students strategize about and focus on their research,
teaching and career plans
3. Prepare students for the dissertation process and advancement
to candidacy.
The program includes a keynote speaker, Dr. Vallabh Sambamurthy,
panels with distinguished faculty, and breakout sessions to
discuss research and issues relevant to the early stages of a
doctoral program, such as focusing on developing a solid research
pipeline, preparing for the comprehensive exam, and transitioning
to the dissertation process. In breakout sessions after each
panel, small groups of students will discuss the panel topic as it
relates to their research aspirations with their faculty mentors
and fellow students. The intent is for students to apply the panel
topic to their personal research and doctoral program goals, with
input from faculty mentors and peers.
Students wishing to participate in the Early Students Doctoral
Consortium program at AMCIS 2019 should:
1. Be formally admitted to an Information Systems (or related
discipline) doctoral program; please note that this Doctoral
Consortium is open to prospective (incoming) doctoral students who
are starting their program in 2019.
2. Have yet to sit for and successfully complete a formal
comprehensive examination and have yet to be advanced to candidacy
and matriculating at the dissertation stage of a doctoral program
as of the application deadline (June 14th, 2019).
More information about the program and application materials and
process can be found at the AMCIS 2019 website here:
https://amcis2019.aisconferences.org/events/doctoral-consortium/.
Please feel free to contact us should you have any questions. We
look forward to seeing your early-stage PhD students at AMCIS
2019!
Best regards,
George M. Marakas (
gmarakas@fiu.edu)
Miguel I. Aguirre-Urreta (
miaguirr@fiu.edu)
Co-Chairs
Doctoral Consortium (Early Students)
AMCIS 2019
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