Congratulations to our New Professors!

Congratulations Dr. Perry!
Please join me in congratulating Dr. Vanessa Perry, George Washington University, who was recently promoted to Associate Professor with Tenure. Dr. Perry attended the 1994 November PhD Project Conference. She received her Ph.D. in Marketing from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and is a member of The PhD Project Marketing Doctoral Students Association.

Congratulations Dr. Duguid!
Please join me in congratulating Michelle Duguid who successfully defended her dissertation entitled, “Low Status Tokens: Catalyst or Inhibitors of Group Integration?” on June 17, 2008. Dr. Duguid receives her Ph.D. in Management from Cornell University. She is currently a postdoctoral associate at the Johnson Graduate School of Management at Cornell University.

Dr. Duguid is a member of The PhD Project Management Doctoral Students Association.

Congratulations Dr. Charles Richardson!
Please join me in congratulating Charles Richardson who successfully defended his dissertation entitled, “Ethnicity of Nationality: An Extension of the Animosity Model of Foreign Product Purchase”, on October 20, 2008. Dr. Richardson receives his Ph.D. in Marketing from Pace University. He is on faculty at Clark Atlanta University.

Dr. Richardson attended the 1994 November PhD Project Conference and is a member of The PhD Project Marketing Doctoral Students Association.

Congratulations Dr. Micah Crump!
Please join me in congratulating Micah Crump who successfully defended his dissertation entitled, “Black Entrepreneurship: Literature and Reality,” on August 20, 2008. Dr. Crump receives his Ph.D. in Management from Morgan State University and has accepted an assistant professorship in management at Howard University.

Dr. Crump is a member of The PhD Project Management Doctoral Students Association.

Congratulations Dr. Morgan!
Please join me in congratulating Allison Morgan who successfully defended her dissertation entitled, “An Analysis of the Influence of Human Individual Differences on Web Searching Behavior: A Case of Health Information Searching,” on October 3, 2008. Dr. Morgan receives her PhD in Information Systems from the Pennsylvania State University, College of Information Sciences and Technology. She has accepted a tenure-track faculty position in the School of Business at Howard University beginning January 2009.

Dr. Morgan is a member of The PhD Project Information Systems Doctoral Students Association.

Congratulations Dr. Margot Quijano!
Please join me in congratulating Margot Quijano who successfully defended her dissertation entitled, “Essays on Asset Pricing,” on June 23rd, 2008. Dr. Quijano received her Ph.D. in Finance from the University of Texas at San Antonio. She has accepted a faculty position at Texas State University- San Marcos.

Dr. Quijano attended the 2005 November PhD Project Conference and is a member of The PhD Project Finance Doctoral Students Association.

Congratulations Dr. Taboada!
Please join me in congratulating Alvaro Taboada who successfully defended his dissertation entitled, “The Changes in Bank Ownership Structure around the World,” on July 3rd, 2008. Dr. Taboada receives his Ph.D. in Finance from the Ohio State University. He has accepted a faculty position at the University of Tennessee.

Alvaro attended the 2000 November PhD Project Conference. Dr. Taboada is a member of The PhD Project Finance Doctoral Students Association.

Congratulations Dr. Heather Caruso!
Please join us in congratulating Heather Caruso who defended her dissertation entitled, “What We Can Gain from Losses: How Framing Affects Willingness to Collaborate with Out group Members,” on April 30, 2008. Dr. Caruso receives her Ph.D. in Management from Harvard University. She has accepted a position as a postdoctoral scholar at the University of Chicago.

Heather is a member of The PhD Project Managements Doctoral Students Association.

Congratulations Dr. Eric Turner!
Please join us in congratulating Eric Turner who defended his dissertation entitled, “A Study of Information Security Technology Adoption in Banking Organizations” on May 28, 2008. Dr. Turner receives his Ph.D. in Information Systems from George Washington University. He has not accepted a faculty position as of yet.

Eric is a member of The PhD Project Information Systems Doctoral Students Association.

Congratulations Dr. Christina Outlay!
Please join us in congratulating Christina Outlay who defended her dissertation entitled, “Resizing the Information Systems Function after Outsourcing: Examining Psychological Contracts, Violations and Outcomes” on July 31, 2008. Dr. Outlay receives her Ph.D. in Information Systems from the University of Illinois at Chicago. She has accepted a faculty position at DePaul University.

Christina attended the 2003 November PhD Project Conference. She is a member of The PhD Project Information Systems Doctoral Students Association.

Congratulations Dr. Roderick Lee!
Please join us in congratulating Roderick L. Lee who defended his dissertation entitled, “An Empirical Examination of the Factors Affecting Collective Action, Social Capital, and Group Development in Third Sector Organizations: A Longitudinal Case Study,” on June 25, 2008. Dr. Lee received his Ph.D. in Information Systems from Pennsylvania State University. He has accepted a position as an Assistant Professor of Information Systems at Pennsylvania State University-Harrisburg.

Roderick attended the 2001November PhD Project Conference. He is a member of The PhD Project Information Systems Doctoral Students Association.

Congratulations Dr. Janine Sanders!
Please join us in congratulating Janine Sanders who defended her dissertation entitled, "Discovering process management: one of the least understood concepts in operations management" on August 14, 2008. Dr. Sanders receives her Ph.D. in Business Administration from the University of Minnesota. She has accepted a faculty position at the University of St. Thomas in Minnesota.

Janine attended the 2000 November PhD Project conference. She is a member of The PhD Project Management Doctoral Students Association.

Congratulations Dr. Rosemond Desir!
Please join us in congratulating Rosemond Desir who defended his dissertation entitled, "An Empirical Investigation of Managers' Interventions and Asymmetry in Intra-Industry Information Transfers" on August 11, 2008. Dr. Desir receives his Ph.D. in Accounting from the University of Massachusetts-Amherst. He has accepted a faculty position at Colorado State University.

Rosemond attended the 2002 November PhD Project Conference. Rosemond is a member of The PhD Project Accounting Doctoral Students Association.

Congratulations Dr. Toyah Miller!
Please join us in congratulating Toyah Miller who defended her dissertation entitled, "Internationalization, Search, and Change: An Organizational Model of Strategic Change in the Pharmaceutical Industry" on May 23, 2008. Dr. Miller receives her Ph.D. in Management from Texas A&M University. She has accepted a faculty position at the University of Oklahoma.

Toyah attended the 2003 November PhD Project Conference. She is a member of The PhD Project Management Doctoral Students Association.

Congratulations Dr. Cindy Zapata-Phelan!
Please join me in congratulating Cindy Zapata-Phelan who successfully defended her dissertation entitled, "Managerial motivation for justice rule adherence: Using self-determination theory as a framework", on May 14, 2008. Dr. Zapata-Phelan receives her Ph.D. in Management from the University of Florida. She has accepted faculty position at Georgia Institute of Technology.

Cindy is a member of The PhD Project Management Doctoral Students Association.

Congratulations Dr. Carlos Jimenez!
Please join us in congratulating Carlos Jimenez who defended his dissertation entitled, "Tax Aggressiveness, Tax Environment Changes, and Corporate Governance", on July 11, 2008. Dr. Jimenez receives his Ph.D. in Accounting from the University of Florida. He will join the faculty at the University of Texas at San Antonio in the Fall of 2008.

Carlos attended the 2001 November PhD Project Conference. He is a member of The PhD Project Accounting Doctoral Students Association.

Congratulations Dr. Christopher Mathis!
Please join us in congratulating Christopher Mathis who defended his dissertation entitled, "Social Support, Work-Family Balance, and Employee Performance: An Empirical Investigation of the Moderating Effects of Racioethnicity", on June 11, 2008. Dr. Mathis receives his Ph.D. in Management from Jackson State University. He will join the faculty at Morgan State University this fall.

Christopher is a member of The PhD Project Management Doctoral Students Association.

Congratulations Dr. Mary Triana!
Please join us in congratulating Mary Triana who successfully defended her dissertation entitled, "Are Virtual Teams More Just? An Investigation of how Reducing Social Categorization Can Increase Female Inclusion in Male-Dominated Teams", on June 16, 2008. Dr. Triana receives her Ph.D. in Management from Texas A&M University. She will join the faculty at the University of Wisconsin at Madison in the Fall of 2008.

Mary attended the 2002 November PhD Project Conference. She is a member of The PhD Project Management Doctoral Students Association.

Congratulations Dr. Christine Bennett!
Please join us in congratulating Christine Bennett who successfully defended her dissertation entitled, "A Theoretical Approach to Understanding the Impact of Accented Speech on Marketers' Efforts to Inform, Persuade and Assist Consumers", on June 30, 2008. Dr. Bennett receives her Ph.D. in Marketing from the University of Minnesota. She will join the faculty at the University of St. Thomas in the Fall of 2008.

Christine attended the 2001 November PhD Project Conference. She is a member of The PhD Project Marketing Doctoral Students Association.

Congratulations Dr. Marla Baskerville!
Please join us in congratulating Marla Baskerville who successfully defended her dissertation entitled, "Sexuality as a Double-Edged Sword: The Relationship between Women's Expressions of Sexuality and Affective, Relational, and Work Outcomes", on June 17, 2008. Dr. Baskerville receives her Ph.D. in Management from Tulane University. She has accepted a faculty position at Northeastern University.

Marla is a member of The PhD Project Management Doctoral Students Association.

Congratulations Dr. Ebony Bridwell-Mitchell!
Please join us in congratulating Ebony Bridwell-Mitchell who successfully defended her dissertation entitled, "Reinterpreting Responsiveness: Exploring the Micro-social Dynamics of Institutional Processes in Public Schools", on April 10, 2008. Dr. Bridwell-Mitchell receives her Ph.D. in Management from New York University. She has accepted a faculty position at Brown University.

Ebony is a member of The PhD Project Management Doctoral Students Association.

Congratulations Dr. April Reed!
Please join me in congratulating April Reed who successfully defended her dissertation entitled, "Differences in Critical Risk Factors on Virtual Versus Traditional Software Projects", on June 9, 2008. Dr. Reed receives her Ph.D. in Information Systems from DePaul University. She will join the faculty at East Carolina University in Greenville this fall.

April attended the 2001 November PhD Project Conference. She is a member of The PhD Project Information Systems Doctoral Students Association.

Congratulations Dr. Jennifer Bowers!
Please join us in congratulating Jennifer Bowers who successfully defended her dissertation entitled, "An Empirical Investigation of Personal and Contextual Factors Involved in Employee Creativity", on June 10, 2008. Dr. Bowers receives her Ph.D. in Management from Florida Atlantic University. She is on faculty at Florida A&M University.

Jennifer is a member of The PhD Project Management Doctoral Students Association.

Congratulations Dr. Garry Burnett!
Please join us in congratulating Garry Burnett who defended his dissertation entitled, "Media Synchronicity: An Examination off Its Influence on the Relationship between Collective Identity and Learning in a Virtual Team Setting", on April 1, 2008. Dr. Burnett receives his Ph.D. in Information Systems from George Washington University. He has not yet accepted a faculty position.

Garry attended the 2001 November PhD Project Conference. He is a member of The PhD Project Information Systems Doctoral Students Association.

Congratulations Dr. Antonio Macias!
Please join us in congratulating Anthony Macias who defended his dissertation entitled, "Risk Allocation and Flexibility in Acquisitions: The Economic Impact of Material-Adverse-Change (MACs)Clauses", on June 16, 2008. Dr. Macias receives his Ph.D. in Finance from Purdue University. He is currently a Visiting Professor at Purdue University.

Antonio is a member of The PhD Project Finance Doctoral Students Association.

Congratulations Dr. Lonnie Bryant!
Please join us in congratulating Lonnie Bryant who successfully defended his dissertation entitled, "Two Essays on the Conflict of Interests within the Financial Services Industry-- Financial Industry Consolidation: The motivations and consequences of the Financial Services Modernization Act (FSMA) and "Down but Not Out" Mutual Fund Manager Turnover within Fund Families", on May 9, 2008. Dr. Bryant receives his Ph.D. in Finance from the University of South Florida. He has accepted a faculty position at College of Charleston.

Lonnie is a member of The PhD Project Finance Doctoral Students Association.

Congratulations Dr. Anthony Asare!
Please join us in congratulating Anthony Asare who successfully defended his dissertation entitled, "The Role of the Supplier in Marketing Process Innovation and Value Creation", on June 2, 2008. Dr. Asare receives his Ph.D. in Marketing from the University of Massachusetts Amherst. He is on faculty at Quinnipiac University.

Anthony is a member of The PhD Project Marketing Doctoral Students Association.

Congratulations Dr. Brandis Phillips!
Please join me in congratulating Brandis Phillips who defended his dissertation entitled " Information Systems portfolio management: The impact of portfolio management practices", on May 28, 2008. Dr. Phillips receives his Ph.D. in Information Systems from Michigan State University. He will join the faculty at North Carolina A&T State University.

Brandis attended the 1999 November PhD Project. He is a member of The PhD Project Information Systems Doctoral Students Association.

Congratulations Dr. Nana Amoah!
Please join me in congratulating Nana Amoah who successfully defended his dissertation entitled "Restatements and Shareholder Litigation: The Role of Equity Compensation and Corporate Governance", on May 20, 2008. Dr. Amoah receives his Ph.D. in Accounting from Morgan State University. He will join the faculty at Old Dominion University.

Nana attended the 2003 November PhD Project Conference. He is a member of The PhD Project Accounting Doctoral Students Association.

Congratulations Dr. Aimee Dars Ellis!
Please join me in congratulating Aimee Dars Ellis who successfully defended her dissertation entitled, "The Impact of Corporate Social Responsibility on Employee Attitudes and Behaviors", on May 16, 2008. Dr. Ellis receives her Ph.D. in Management from Arizona State niversity. She will join the faculty at Ithaca College.

Aimee is a member of The PhD Project Management Doctoral Students Association.

Congratulations Dr. Anthony Nyberg!
Please join me in congratulating Anthony Nyberg who defended his dissertation entitled, "Performance, Compensation and Turnover", on May 5, 2008. Dr. Nyberg receives his Ph.D. from University of Wisconsin at Madison. He will join the faculty at the University of South Carolina.

Anthony attended the 2002 November PhD Project Conference. He is a member of The PhD Project Management Doctoral Students Association.

Congratulations Dr. Allison Watts!
Please join me in congratulating Allison Watts who defended her dissertation titled, "How science matters: Absorptive Capacity, Organizational Forms and Performance in High Technology Firms", on May 9, 2008. Dr. Watts receives her Ph.D. in Management from Temple University. She is currently on faculty at Shippensburg University.

Allison attended the 1997 November PhD Project Conference. She is a member of The PhD Project Management Doctoral Students Association.

Congratulations Dr. Anthony Holder!
Please join me in congratulating Anthony Holder who successfully defended his dissertation titled, "Earnings Management and Compensation: Do Compensation Committees Distinguish between Future Prospect Signaling and Opportunistic Discretionary Accounting Choices?", on May 9, 2008. Dr. Holder receives his Ph.D. in Accounting from the University of Cincinnati. He will join the faculty at Case Western Reserve University this fall.

Tony attended the 2002 November PhD Project Conference. He is a member of The PhD Project Accounting Doctoral Students Association.

Congratulations Dr. Helen Gabre!
Please join me in congratulating Helen Gabre who successfully defended her dissertation titled, "An Empirical Study of Audit Committee Decision Quality", on April 18, 2008. Dr. Gabre received her Ph.D. in Accounting from the University of Mississippi. She is on faculty at Alabama A&M University.

Helen is a member of The PhD Project Accounting Doctoral Students Association.

Congratulations Dr. Kenneth Henry!
Please join me in congratulating Kenneth Henry who successfully defended his dissertation titled, "Attributes of Identity Document Credibility: A Synthesis of Expert Knowledge", on March 27, 2008. Dr. Henry receives his Ph.D. in Accounting from Florida International University. He will remain at Florida International for a year of post-doctoral research and teaching.

Kenneth is a member of The PhD Project Accounting Doctoral Students Association.

Congratulations Dr. Jorge Arevalo!
Please join me in congratulating Jorge Arevalo who successfully defended his dissertation titled, "Globalization and Corporate Social Responsibility Initiatives: Assessing Progress of the UN Global Compact", on April 28, 2008. Dr. Arevalo receives her Ph.D. in Management from Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey. He is currently seeking a faculty position.

Jorge attended the 2005 November PhD Project Conference. He is a member of The PhD Project Management Doctoral Students Association.

Congratulations Dr. Sharon Hill!
Please join me in congratulating Sharon Hill who successfully defended her dissertation titled, ""Virtual Team Member Performance and Viability: The Influence of Individual Characteristics", on April 1, 2008. Dr. Hill receives her Ph.D. in Management from The University of Maryland, College Park. She will join the faculty at George Washington University.

Sharon attended the 1997 November PhD Project Conference. She is a member of The PhD Project Management Doctoral Students Association.

Congratulations Dr. Maura Scott!
Please join me in congratulating Maura Scott who successfully defended her dissertation titled, "The Effect of Reduced Food Size and Package Size on the Consumption Behavior of Restrained and Unrestrained Eaters", on March 21, 2008. Dr. Scott receives her Ph.D. in Marketing from Arizona State University. She will join the faculty at University of Kentucky.

Maura attended the 1998 November PhD Project Conference. She is a member of The PhD Project Marketing Doctoral Students Association.

Congratulations Dr. Elyria Kemp!
Please join me in congratulating Elyria Kemp who successfully defended her dissertation titled, "Emotion Regulation Consumption: Examining the Effects of Emotions and Self Regulation on Consumption Behavior", on April 11, 2008. Dr. Kemp receives her Ph.D. in Marketing from the University of Arkansas. She will join the faculty at Texas State University.

Elyria attended the November 2003 PhD Project Conference. She is a member of The PhD Project Marketing Doctoral Students Association.

Congratulations Dr. Loretta Baryeh!
Please join me in congratulating Loretta Baryeh who defended her dissertation titled, "Earnings Management and Insider Trading Around Seasoned Equity Offerings" on March 3, 2008.

Dr. Baryeh receives her Ph.D. in Accounting from Morgan State University. She has accepted a position at Towson State University. Loretta is a member of The PhD Project Accounting Doctoral Students Association.