The latest news from the PhD department including student, faculty and alumni updates.
We are happy to announce that Armagan Ozbilge, our second year PhD student in the Management Science Field, has won this year’s McMaster’s Three-Minute Thesis Award! The award comes with a prize of $500. This is a university wide competition where graduate students from all faculties create one slide summarizing their research and present it. … Continue reading McMaster’s Three-Minute Thesis Award
We would like to acknowledge the following students who successfully defended their thesis proposals or their thesis in the end of the summer and the fall of 2017. Thesis Defences Name Field Title Supervisor Hao Luo Finance Three Essays on Asset Pricing Ronald Balvers Jennifer Miele Finance Three Essays in Behavioral and Corporate Finance Richard … Continue reading Congratulations! Thesis Proposal and Dissertation Defences from Summer and Fall 2017
We are pleased to formally acknowledge Elly (Zhaocheng) Zeng‘s successful defence of her dissertation titled “A Systematic Analysis of Entrepreneurial Learning: Practice and Effects”. Elly was supervised by Benson Honig and her supervisory committee members were Vishwanath Baba and Willi Wiesner. Elly joined our PhD Program after completing McMaster’s Master of Engineering Entrepreneurship and Innovation. … Continue reading Elly (Zhaocheng) Zeng Successfully Defended Dissertation
We would like to acknowledge the following students who successfully defended their thesis proposals or their thesis in the end of the summer and the fall of 2016. Thesis Defences Name Field Title Supervisor Mike Dohan Information Systems The Importance of Healthcare Informatics Competencies (HICs) for Service Innovation in Paramedicine: A Mixed-Methods Investigation Joseph Tan … Continue reading Congratulations! Recent Thesis Proposal and Dissertation Defences
Come out and support PhD student Hesam Shahriari as he defends his Thesis titled “Three Essays in Industrial Organization, Law and Finance”. Hesam will be defending his thesis on Friday, August 12th, at 10:00 a.m., in GH 212/B. Hesam is a PhD student in the Finance field. His supervisor is Trevor Chamberlain, and his supervisory committee consists of Ron Balvers and Jiaping Qiu.
Come out and support PhD student Adam Stivers as he defends his Thesis titled “Three Essays on Predicting the Equity Premium and Asset Returns”. Adam will be defending his thesis on Wednesday, August 17th, at 2:00 p.m., in GH 212/B. Adam is a PhD student in the Finance field. His supervisor is Ron Balvers and his supervisory committee consists of Rosemary Luo and Richard … Continue reading Adam Stivers Defends Thesis
Come out and support PhD student Jia Liu as he defends his Thesis proposal: “Advancing Financial Market Volatility Measurement and Forecasting.” His proposal defence will take place on Wednesday, August 10th at 10:00 a.m. in DSB505. Jia is currently a PhD student in the Finance field. He is supervised by John Maheu and the members of his supervisory committee include Ron Balvers and Peter Miu.
Come out and support PhD student Megan Murphy as she defends her Thesis proposal: “Mentor Effectiveness in Formal Mentoring Programs: Facilitating Psychological Contract Development and Maintenance.” Her proposal defence will take place on Wednesday, August 3rd at 1:00 p.m. in DSB505. Megan is currently a PhD student in the MOBHR field. She is supervised by Catherine Connelly, and the members of her supervisory committee include Aaron … Continue reading Megan Murphy Defends Thesis Proposal
We are happy to announce that PhD student Muhammad Kabir has successfully defended his thesis proposal titled “Three Essays on Financial Reporting”. Please join us in congratulating Muhammad for reaching this important milestone. Muhammad is a PhD student in the Accounting field. Thanks go to his supervisor Khalid Nainar, and his supervisory committee members, Emad Mohammed and Jiaping Qiu.
Come out and support PhD student Muhammad Kabir as he defends his Thesis proposal: “Three Essays on Financial Reporting.” His proposal defence will take place on Thursday, July 21st at 9:30 a.m. in DSB505. Muhammad is currently a PhD student in the Accounting field. He is supervised by Khalid Nainar, and the members of his supervisory committee include Emad Mohammed and Jiaping Qiu.
