PhD Program

The JGS doctoral program is intended for candidates aspiring to become faculty members at business schools in prestigious research universities. Students will engage in both coursework and research as part of their doctoral training. Students close to graduation will interview for faculty positions, hoping to start their careers as Assistant Professors, at business schools around the world. The career of an Assistant Professor involves conducting research that is eventually published in well respected, peer-reviewed academic journals, imparting management wisdom (informed by research) in the classroom to BSBA and MBA students aspiring to become effective managers, and eventually training Ph.D. students to become researchers and academics. In due course, a successful (on research, teaching and service dimensions, as deemed by senior faculty colleagues) Assistant Professor gets promoted to Associate Professor, and thereafter to Full Professor. How quickly one achieves these promotions depends on one’s productivity as an academic scholar.

Area Advisors 

A prospective student chooses an area of study when applying to the doctoral program. Areas of study include: (1) Accounting, (2) Finance, (3) Marketing, (4) Organizational Behavior, and (5) Strategy. Each of these areas is supervised by a faculty advisor, a member of the faculty specializing in that area. These area advisors supervise the evaluation of applications to their respective areas, counsel new students on the curriculum in that area and how to plan their course of study, and serve as advisors to all the students in their respective areas throughout their course of study. The current area advisors are listed below.

• Accounting: Thomas Hemmer
  
• Finance: Kerry Back 
  
• Marketing: Seethu Seetharaman 
  
• Organizational Behavior: Jennifer George 
  
• Strategy: Bob Hoskisson 
  

Application Deadline

The Ph.D. in Business Program will begin accepting applications in September 2009 for Fall 2010 admissions, in the areas of Marketing and Finance only. The online application will become available in September 2009. All application materials must be received by January 15, 2010. We strongly advise applicants to submit the online application and supporting materials 2-3 weeks prior to the the January 15th deadline.

Review the Ph.D. Program Guidebook, which covers details on requirements, dissertation, financial assistance, and pedagogical training.

For questions not covered in the Guidebook, contact the appropriate Faculty Area Advisor or Jennifer George, Program Director. For questions about the online application process, contact Tina Borja.