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Doctoral Student Consortium

Creating successful career paths for students

Co-sponsored by McGraw Hill/Irwin, Baruch College (CUNY), Beta Gamma Sigma and DSI

Doctoral Student Consortium Fact Sheet

DSI’s 21st annual Doctoral Student Consortium will provide participants with an engaging, interactive professional experience, designed to get them off to a strong start in their careers. We are pleased to have the sponsorship of McGraw Hill/Irwin, Baruch College (CUNY), and Beta Gamma Sigma for this important event. The Consortium will take place on Saturday, November 22, 2003, at the 2003 DSI Annual Meeting in Washington D.C.

Who Should Attend?

The Doctoral Consortium is offered to individuals who are well into their doctoral studies. Because of DSI’s interdisciplinary constituency, the Consortium welcomes students from all subject areas within the decision sciences. A variety of students with backgrounds in operations management, management information systems, management science, strategy, organizational behavior, marketing, accounting, and other areas will increase the vitality of the sessions. The program will focus on career goals, job search issues, placement services, research strategies, teaching effectiveness, manuscript reviewing, and promotion and tenure. Students who are interested in addressing these subjects in a participative, interactive way will enjoy and benefit from the Consortium.

Program Content

The 21st Doctoral Student Consortium involves seasoned, world class research faculty from several schools, junior faculty just beginning their careers, and key journal editors. All will help guide student discussions in the following sessions:

Teaching Effectiveness. Harvey Brightman hopes to return to the Doctoral Consortium for another post-retirement workshop in 2003. His sessions are simply not to be missed—even experienced faculty members will sit in on this session to learn at the feet of the master. If Harvey’s schedule does not allow him to be with us, participants can be assured that we will find a high caliber substitute.

Research Strategy Workshop. This unique hands on workshop provides students with the help of tenured faculty mentors in developing a strategic research plan. This plan will help students move from their dissertation into a research program that will see them through tenure. Working in a small breakout group, each student will receive a mentor’s help in identifying their areas of expertise, targeting appropriate journals, finding suitable co-authors, and planning a mix of publications.

Meet the Editors and Academic Reviewing. Editors from journals in the decision sciences and related fields will give overviews of the missions of their publications. In addition they will discuss what components make for strong manuscript submissions; how to improve your chances of getting a journal article accepted and how to respond to reviews. In addition good reviewing practices will be discussed. Editors will field questions from student participants.

Job Search Seminar. Should I target my job search on “research” schools? Teaching schools? Private? Public? What’s the best way to sell myself? What are the ingredients of a good job interview? This session will help students to answer these questions through insights drawn from a panel of faculty experts. Panelists will also use dramatization to illustrate the elements of good (and poor) job interviews.

Join Us

The Doctoral Consortium does more than prepare individual students—it creates a community of colleagues who you will know throughout your entire career. Please plan to attend the doctoral consortium and also encourage students you know to participate in this important program. Although many participants will be entering the job market for 2003-2004, others will appreciate the opportunity to get a better understanding of an academic career and how to approach the job market in the subsequent year.

Application Process

All information should be sent by e-mail to dsidocs@crab.rutgers.edu.

Students in all areas of the decision sciences are encouraged to apply for the DSI Doctoral Consortium. Those wishing to be included should submit:

1. A current electronic curriculum vita (PDF or Word format), including contact information (e-mail address in particular), your major field (operations management, MIS, management science, strategy and so on), the title of your dissertation proposal or the title of a current research paper.
2. An electronic letter of recommendation from your dean, doctoral program director, department chair, or dissertation chair. The letter should attest to the applicant’s qualifications and good progress in the doctoral program.

Interested students are encouraged to apply early if they wish to ensure themselves space in the Consortium. Materials should be e-mailed to the Doctoral Consortium Co-Coordinators at dsidocs@crab.rutgers.edu by July 30, 2003. Those who apply by this date and meet the criteria listed above will be accepted for participation. Applications received after 30 July will receive consideration on a space-available basis.

Attendees must pay the regular student registration fee of $45 for the annual meeting, but there will be no additional charge for the Consortium. This fee includes the luncheon and reception on Saturday, the networking luncheon on Sunday, and the CD-ROM of the proceedings. Although students will be responsible for all of their own travel and accommodation expenses, it is customary for participants’ schools to provide monetary support for these purposes.

Consortium participants will be recognized in Decision Line, the Institute’s news publication. Additionally, they can receive special recognition in the placement system, special designation on their name badges, and an introduction to the larger DSI community at the breakfast and plenary session.

If you have any questions, contact either co-coordinator. Send applications and direct inquiries to dsidocs@crab.rutgers.edu.

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Professional and Faculty Development Consortium

Professional Development for Faculty Members

The 2003 Annual Meeting of the Decision Sciences Institute will include the annual mentoring program for faculty, the Professional and Faculty Development Consortium. The consortium will combine development for faculty in the early to middle stages of their careers, thus this program focuses on both new (assistant) and established (associate) faculty members. The consortium examines a range of career management issues for assistant and associate professors and looks at development as a life cycle ranging from developing a comfort level in teaching, research, and services in the first few years of a career to transitions to new challenges in the post-tenure years.

The seminar will last a full day on Saturday, November 22, 2003. It will include sessions with deans, senior faculty, mid-career, and new faculty who will dispense lots of good career advice for both early and middle stages. The seminar will also provide many opportunities for interaction and networking with peers as well as more experienced colleagues. The content of the sessions offered is designed to provide insight into the challenges and opportunities in today’s rapidly changing environment. Topics include, but are not constrained to, the following:

All DSI members are invited to attend the Professional and Faculty Development Consortium. However, there will be special recognition and events for new faculty, who are encouraged to apply for the new faculty track within the consortium. The Decision Sciences Institute has members from all disciplines and, as such, the consortium is open to all faculty. However, new faculty applicants are required to have finished their Ph.D. and be in the first three years of their post-doctoral teaching career. Application forms, with a recent vita, should be submitted by October 24, 2003. Participation is limited to the first 50 qualified applicants. Each participant will be expected to register for the Institute’s 2003 Annual Meeting in Washington D.C.. No additional fees are charged for the consortium.

In addition, the professional and faculty development consortium will include a series of sessions related to research, teaching, publishing, and other professional development issues for faculty who are beginning their academic careers. Please submit proposals for workshops, tutorials, and other special sessions directly to one of the professional development program coordinators by May 1, 2003.

Deadline for submitting applications for new faculty track is October 24, 2003.

Direct all inquiries and applications to either co-coordinator.

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Technology in the Classroom Miniconference

An expanded forum for exchanging ideas at the 2003 Annual Meeting

The Decision Sciences Institute is building on the success of last year’s Spreadsheet Miniconference to incorporate all forms of instructional technology in a revised and expanded format. The Technology in the Classroom Miniconference provides a forum for participants to share novel or innovative applications of technology in the classroom that enhance the student’s learning experience. Submissions should include creative approaches and best practices for using course support software, multimedia, spreadsheet software, simulation, online tutorials, or other applications of technology, and be capable of being demonstrated and discussed within a 20-30 minute time frame. Submissions will be competitively reviewed and selected for their creativity, novelty, and contribution to pedagogy.

Questions may be directed to any of the miniconference coordinators. Please send submissions directly to Chris Albright by May 1, 2003.

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