PhD News

We are happy to announce that PhD Mike Nikolakopoulos has successfully defended his thesis proposal titled “Three Essays on Financial Volatility Modelling.” Please join us in congratulating Mike for reaching this important milestone! Mike is a PhD student in the Finance field. Thanks go to his supervisor John Maheu, as well as his supervisory committee members, … Continue reading Mike Nikolakopoulos Successfully Defends Thesis Proposal

We are happy to announce that PhD Laite Guo has successfully defended his thesis proposal titled “Three Essays on Conditional Clarifications of Cross-Sectional Asset Pricing Anomalies.” Please join us in congratulating Laite for reaching this important milestone! Laite is a PhD student in the Finance field. Thanks go to his supervisor Ronald Balvers, as well as … Continue reading Laite Guo Successfully Defends Thesis Proposal

We are happy to announce that PhD Yuyan Wei has successfully defended her thesis proposal titled “Drivers and Outcomes of Corporate Green Acquisition Strategy.” Please join us in congratulating Yuyan for reaching this important milestone! Yuyan is a PhD student in the Marketing field. Thanks go to her supervisor Devashish Pujari, as well as her … Continue reading Yuyan Wei Successfully Defends Thesis Proposal

We are pleased to formally acknowledge Punit Anand‘s successful defence of his dissertation titled titled “Three Essays on Productivity and Cross-Sectional Asset Pricing.” Punit was supervised by Ronald Balvers and the two other members of his supervisory committee were Narat Charupat and Peter Miu. Punit came to our PhD program with an MBA from Memorial … Continue reading Punit Anand Successfully Defends Dissertation

We are happy to announce that PhD Hamsa Gururaj has successfully defended her thesis proposal titled “Competent or Warm? Applying Stereotype Content Model and BIAS Map to Workplace Aggression.” Please join us in congratulating Hamsa for reaching this important milestone! Hamsa is a PhD student in the Management of Organizational Behaviour and Human Resources field. … Continue reading Hamsa Gururaj Successfully Defends Thesis Proposal

We are happy to announce that PhD Somayeh Ghazalbash has successfully defended her thesis proposal titled “Machine Learning Analytics of Continuity of Care in Canada: Design, Analysis and Recommendations.” Please join us in congratulating Somayeh for reaching this important milestone! Somayeh is a PhD student in the Health Management field. Thanks go to her supervisor Manaf … Continue reading Somayeh Ghazalbash Successfully Defends Thesis Proposal

We are happy to announce that PhD Wei-Ju Liao has successfully defended his thesis proposal titled “Three Papers on Corporate Finance.” Please join us in congratulating Wei-Ju for reaching this important milestone! Wei-Ju is a PhD student in the Finance field. Thanks go to his supervisor Anna Danielova, as well as his supervisory committee members, Trevor … Continue reading Wei-Ju Liao Successfully Defends Thesis Proposal

We are pleased to formally acknowledge Yuchuan Jin’s successful defence of his dissertation titled titled “Three Essays on Credit Risk Modelling.” Yuchuan was supervised by Peter Miu and the other two members of his supervisory committee were Trevor Chamberlain and Sudipto Sarkar. Yuchuan came to our PhD program with Masters from Purdue University and will … Continue reading Yuchuan Jin Successfully Defends Dissertation

We are pleased to formally acknowledge Bellraj Eapen’s successful defence of his dissertation titled “Towards a Theory of Adoption and Design for Clinical Decision Support Systems.” Bellraj was supervised by Norm Archer and Kamran Sartipi and the other member of his supervisory committee was Brian Detlor. Bellraj came to our PhD program with an MSc … Continue reading Bellraj Eapen Successfully Defends Dissertation

Has your supervisor played a pivotal role in your graduate experience? Perhaps one of your teaching assistants made a difference and deserves kudos for all of their efforts. Do you know a grad student athlete who has made an outstanding contribution as a team builder? Nominations will soon close for the annual McMaster Graduate Student … Continue reading 2020 Graduate Student Recognition Awards