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PhD Program
The Smith School PhD program, which was ranked #26 globally
and #17 in the U.S. the Financial Times in 2006, is producing
scholars who go on to teach at top-ranked institutions around
the world. Over the past five years, roughly 99 percent of Smith’s
PhD students have been successfully placed directly after they
graduate—about 80 percent as tenure track assistant professors
at an accredited university, and the rest as researchers in
either private or government organizations. Recent placements
include:
- Corey Angst (Decision & Information Technologies) --
Notre Dame
- Animesh (Decision & Information Technologies -- McGill
University
- Ashwin Aravindakshan (Marketing) -- University of California
at Davis
- Adriana Rossiter Hofer (Logistics, Business & Public
Policy) -- University of Arkansas
- Christian Hofer (Logistics, Business & Public Policy)
-- University of Arkansas
- Shweta Oza (Marketing) -- University of Miami
- Michael Pfarrer (Management & Organization) -- University
of Denver
- Chih-Yang Tseng (Accounting & Information Assurance)
-- National Taiwan University
- Li Zou (Logistics, Business & Public Policy) -- Embry-Riddle
Aeronautical University
The research of Smith’s PhD students and their faculty collaborators
has also received significant recognition, publishing in top
journals. Recent publications include:
- Communications of the ACM
- Journal of Consumer Research
- Journal of Transport Economics and Policy
- Journal of the Transportation Research Forum
- Management Science
- Marketing Science
- MIS Quarterly
- Networks
- Quantitative Marketing and Economics
- Statistical Science
Smith doctoral students were honored in a number of ways
this year. Christian Hofer received the Transportation Research
Forum’s Best Graduate Student Paper Award in 2006. Carol Miu
received the 2006 Liam Glynn/Arizona State University Center
for Services Leadership Award.
At the May 10 Doctoral Program Awards Banquet, the Smith
School honored PhD students for exceptional achievements.
- Frank T. Paine Award for Academic Achievement: Corey
Angst, Tuck Siong Chung, Sharon Hill
- Allan N. Nash Outstanding Doctoral Student: Animesh,
Christian Hofer, Steven Johnson, Shweta Oza
- Abraham Golub Memorial Dissertation Proposal Prize: Si
Chen
- Marvin A. Jolson Outstanding Marketing Student: Tuck
Siong Chung
- Gerald and Deana Stempler Competition for Research Related
for Family Owned/Controlled Businesses: Vandana Ramachandran
For more information about the Smith School’s PhD program,
visit www.rhsmith.umd.edu/doctoral.
For a broader view of Smith’s current research, including award-winning
papers by Smith’s PhD students, visit
www.rhsmith.umd.edu/research.
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