Smith Welcomes 24 New
Doctoral Students

There are 24 new students hailing from nine countries entering Smith's PhD program this fall. The doctoral program is competitive with the world’s top business school, attracting excellent students in every discipline and averaging approximately 25 applications for every student admitted. Currently, there are 100 students in the program. This year, seven students graduated in May and nine students graduated in August 2007.

"Graduates of the Smith School doctoral program are first-class researchers, but they also have a keen understanding for and appreciation of the importance of teaching," says Larry Gordon, Ernst & Young Alumni Professor of Managerial Accounting and director of the PhD Program. "They understand that their role is to both expand the knowledge base and communicate that knowledge to future business leaders. Smith School PhD students are in demand and upon graduation are offered faculty positions at top business schools around the world."

Accounting and Information Assurance
Yura Kim -- USA
Amanda Wilford -- USA
Wenjie Zhu -- China

Decision and Information Technologies
Information Systems
Jibanananda Khuntia -- India
Shun Ye -- China
Dobin Yim -- USA

Operations Management/Management Science
Dilek Gunnec -- Turkey
Yongjae Kim -- South Korea
Ali Pilehvar -- Iran

Finance
Su Li -- China
Sebastian Lobo Yamin -- Argentina
Seyed Mohaghegh Ahmadabadi -- Iran

Logistics, Business and Public Policy
Woohyun Cho -- South Korea
Mahdi Zanddizari -- Iran
Koray Ozpolat -- Turkey

Management and Organization
Organizational Behavior
Yun Tao Dong -- China
Crystal Farh -- USA
Ji Seon Shin -- South Korea

Strategic Management
Wei Guo -- China
Qiang Li -- China
Anastasiya Zavyalova -- Russia

Marketing
Zachary Arens -- USA
Yu-Jen Chen -- Taiwan
Ke Na -- China

For more information about the doctoral program at Smith visit: www.rhsmith.umd.edu/doctoral