PhD Student News and Awards

Associate professor of Information Management Kai Larsen ; Jingjing Li (´13, PhD), who is now an assistant professor at the McIntire School of Commerce at the University of Virginia; and Ahmed Abbasi, associate dean and Murray Research chaired professor of Information Technology at the University of Virginia’s McIntire School of...

Vic Marsh (OBIS), Phoenix Van Wagoner (OBIS), and Nick Light (MKTG) have been awarded the United Government of Graduate Students (UGGS) Graduate Teaching Excellence Award for their work as a GPTI for the academic year 2018/2019. The award includes a monetary prize of $400. They were among a small group...

Congratulations to 4th year OBIS PhD student, Phoenix Van Wagoner for being selected to receive the 2018-2019 Graduate Part-Time Instructor Teaching Excellence Award. Phoenix was nominated in fall 2018 by the DCPC and selected by the Graduate School to receive this award.

Congratulations to 4th year SEO PhD student, Jessica Jones for being selected to receive the 2019 Summer Graduate School Fellowship. Jessica was nominated by the DCPC and selected by the Graduate School to receive this award. The purpose of the Fellowship is to provide financial assistance to students as they...

Congratulations to Marketing PhD student, Nicholas Light, as the spring 2019 Leeds PhD Program Teaching Award recipient for his outstanding performance in the classroom.

Despite the fact that broadly among scientists genetically modified (GM) foods are generally recognized as safe to consume—and actually have potential to benefit us—there are still strong opponents to their use. Leeds Assistant Professor of Marketing Philip M. Fernbach and Leeds PhD candidate Nicholas Light, in collaboration with additional researchers...

Congratulations to Strategy, Entrepreneurship, and Operations PhD student, Harsha Tadikonda, as the summer 2018 Leeds PhD Program Teaching Award recipient for his outstanding performance in the classroom. Congratulations to Organizational Behavior and Information Systems PhD student, Brittany Lambert, as the fall 2018 Leeds PhD Program Teaching Award recipient for her...

Congratulations to SEO PhD student, Jessica Jones for receiving the 2017-2018 United Government of Graduate Students (UGGS) Teaching award! Read more https://www.colorado.edu/uggs/grants-awards/2017-2018-tagpti-excellence-awards

Rising second year Strategy, Entrepreneurship, and Operations (SEO) PhD student, Beth Embry’s paper titled “Green Beer: Why small to medium sized enterprises adopt sustainable practices" was chosen for the Best Accepted paper at the 2018 Academy of Management Meeting. Read more at https://aom.org/annualmeeting/proceedings/

Accounting PhD student, Tony Ding's paper titled, “Understanding the Determinants of Board Busyness and the Relation Between Busyness and Performance” was chosen for the Best Doctoral Student Paper Award at the Western Region Meeting. Read more about Tony's Best Doctoral Student Paper Award at the Western Region Meeting