[AISWorld] Last call for AMCIS doctoral consortium for early students

[Genevieve Bassellier]

*If you are a PhD student in the early stages of the program and interested
in connecting with other students and with IS scholars, please join us at
the AMCIS doctoral consortium!*



*Deadline to apply is Friday, June 11th - Note that we do not limit the
number of applicants by
University.https://amcis2021.aisconferences.org/doctoral-student-consortium-early/
<https://amcis2021.aisconferences.org/doctoral-student-consortium-early/>*


AMCIS is pleased to announce the 2021 Doctoral Consortium for early
students on the afternoons (EDT) of Tuesday August 10 and Wednesday August
11 *online *(originally to be held in Montreal, Canada). The Junior
Doctoral Consortium is an opportunity for PhD students to network, receive
feedback on their research, and discuss career issues. *All interested
students who are in the first and second year of their doctoral studies* (i.e.,
prior to comprehensive exams and advancement to candidacy at the time of
application to the Doctoral Consortium) are invited to apply.

*Faculty advisors include:*

   - Geneviève Bassellier (McGill University) – Co-Chair
   - Martin Santana (ESAN University) – Co-Chair
   - Nicholas Berente (University of Notre Dame) – Mentor
   - Ramiro Montealegre (University of Colorado) – Mentor
   - Jui Ramaprasad (University of Maryland) – Mentor

*Keynote speakers are:*

   - Andrew Burton-Jones (University of Queensland), Editor-in-Chief, MISQ
   - Jason Thatcher (Temple University), Senior Editor ISR, JAIS, former
   AIS president
   - Jui Ramaprasad (University of Maryland), Associate Editor MISQ,
   Management Science

*Panelists include:*

   - Walter Fernandez (UNSW-Sydney)
   - Monideepa Jarafdar (University of Massachusetts Amherst)
   - Steven Johnson (University of Virginia)
   - Ulrike Schutz (Southern Methodist University)
   - Ali Tafti (University of Illinois-Chicago)


Acceptance is based on a review of the application materials. Note that
there is no limit of applicants by University

Preference for attendance will be given to those students who have
*not *completed
their coursework and comprehensive examination at the time of application
to the Doctoral Consortium.

*The application includes:*

   1. Cover sheet (no more than one page) with your name, address, email,
   year in which you started your doctoral program and a brief (one paragraph)
   description of your research interests and motivation for applying to the
   Doctoral Consortium for early students.
   2. Letter of recommendation from your faculty advisor or a major
   professor
   3. Curriculum vita

*Important dates:*

   - Due date for applications and letter of recommendation is Friday, June
   11th, 2021.
   - Decisions made and communicated to applicants:  July 2nd, 2021
   - DC, Tuesday, August 10, 2021, from 2:00 pm to 5:30 pm (EDT) and
   Wednesday, August 11, 2:00 pm to 5:30 pm (EDT). Meet up (with the later
   stage PhD students) for keynotes and panelists.


Please email all application materials as attachments in a single email to
Geneviève Bassellier (genevieve.bassellier at mcgill.ca) *and *Martin Santana (
msantana at esan.edu.pe), this year’s AMCIS Doctoral Consortium for early
Students Co-Chairs. Please subject the email with the following: “AMCIS -
Doctoral Consortium for early students 2021 application”.

If you have any questions, please contact us. Thank you for circulating
this call to all early stage PhD students who might be interested and who
will benefit from participating in the Doctoral Consortium.

Geneviève & Martin
Geneviève

Geneviève Bassellier
Associate Professor and Area Coordinator, Information Systems
Desautels Faculty of Management
McGill University
1001 Sherbrooke St. W.
Montreal QC H3A 1G5
phone: (514) 398-4221
genevieve.bassellier at mcgill.ca