There are 24 new students hailing from nine countries entering Smith's PhD program this fall. The doctoral program is competitive with the worlds 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.
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