Call for Applications: 2016 OMT Junior Faculty Consortium, August 5, 2016
(Application deadline: May 29, 2016)
The OMT Division is pleased to announce the 2016 OMT Junior Faculty workshop. If you have started a faculty position in the last few years, this workshop is for you!
The workshop provides an intimate forum for interacting with senior colleagues and peers about how to prosper in your academic career. The workshop focuses on three areas: First, on developing your research for publication with the help of seasoned scholars in your area; second, on strategies for impact and growth as a scholar and teacher, and third, on navigating the early years of building a successful faculty career in diverse institutional settings. You will have a chance to interact with an exciting team of Faculty Fellows and diverse peers through developmental feedback on your research, panels, roundtable discussions and informal conversations.
This year's Faculty Fellows offer diverse scholarly and geographic perspectives. Many have been editors for leading journals and won research and teaching awards. The roster includes:
• Mary Benner – University of Minnesota
• Marya Besharov – Cornell University
• Chi-Nien Chung – National University of Singapore
• JP Eggers – New York University
• Royston Greenwood – University of Alberta
• Aparna Joshi – Penn State University
• Jay Kim – INSEAD Singapore
• Matt Kraatz – University of Illinois
• Jako Lok – University of South Wales
• Jane Lu – University of Melbourne
• Anca Metiu – ESSEC
• Sebastian Raisch – University of Geneva
• Violina Rindova – University of Texas at Austin
• Filipe Santos – Catolica & INSEAD France
• Katalin Tkacs Haynes – University of Delaware
• Anne Tsui – University of Arizona
• Mark Ventresca – Oxford University
The workshop will be held on the Friday prior to the Academy of Management meetings in Anaheim. It starts with an optional informal dinner/mixer on Thursday evening, August 4th, at 6 :30pm. The workshop program on Friday, August 7, runs from 8:00am to 5:00 pm. Research and professional development roundtables and panels run until 2:30pm. From 3:00 to 5:00pm, the OMT Teaching Roundtables give you a chance to talk with exemplary scholars-teachers in small groups about courses and techniques for high impact teaching.
This event is sponsored by the University of Delaware's Lerner College of Business and Economics.
To facilitate close personal engagement, space for this workshop is limited and participation is by application only. We expect about 30 participants and 20 Fellows. If you hold a faculty position as an Assistant Professor or comparable rank and your research focuses on OMT related topics, we encourage you to apply. We also invite deans, department chairs, former workshop alumni and other faculty to encourage their junior colleagues to apply.
To apply, please email Anne-Claire Pache (pache@essec.edu) and Wendy Smith (smithw@udel.edu) and include:
1. Your name, current mail and email address, telephone number, and institutional affiliation
2. Your curriculum vitae
3. An abstract or short description of a working paper to receive feedback on (5 pages maximum)
Early applications are encouraged to guarantee consideration. The deadline for applying is May 29, 2016. Please note that there is a $125 registration fee for the workshop.
If you have questions, please contact the organizers Anne-Claire Pache (pache@essec.edu) and Wendy Smith (smithw@udel.edu).
We look forward to meeting you in August!
Anne-Claire Pache and Wendy Smith
OMT Representatives-at-Large