Top Smeal Ph.D. Placements

Penn State Smeal College of Business Ph.D. graduates have recently joined the faculties at a number of prestigious colleges and universities around the world. Graduates who have recently been placed include:

Logo	Top Placement Information
	Rashmi Sharma - The Pennsylvania State University Essay on Operations Management Thesis Advisor: Dr. Aydin Alpekinoglu and Dr. Anthony Kwasnica
	Manpreet Gill - Darla Moore School of Business University of South Carolina  Essays on the Causal Analysis of Strategic Marketing Actions Marketing, 2017 Thesis Advisor: Dr. Min Ding and Dr. Shrihari Sridhar
	Priyanka Dwivedi - Texas A&M, College Station She Who Keeps A Cool Head Prevails: Examining How Self-Regulation Allows Women Leaders To Be Effective In Executive Roles Management & Organization, 2017 Thesis Advisor: Dr. Aparna Joshi
	Anywhere Sikochi - Harvard Business School Corporate Families and Creditor Recovery Rates Accounting, 2016 Thesis Advisor: Dr. Karl Muller and Dr. Dan Givoly
	Tiffany Johnson – Georgia Institute of Technology, Scheller College of Business Scaling Cliffs and Crossing Chasms: Unpacking the Micro-processes of Inclusion through the Lens of Autism Job Coaches Management & Organization, 2016 Thesis Advisor: Dr. Aparna Joshi
	Walter D’Lima – University of Notre Dame Essays on Economic Incentives in Real Estate Real Estate, 2016 Thesis Advisor: Dr. Brent Ambrose and Dr. Ed Coulson
	Kimball Chapman - Washington University, St Louis Limited Investor Attention and the Earnings Announcement Premium Accounting, 2015 Thesis Advisor: Dr. Orie Barron
	Abhinav Gupta - University of Washington- Seattle Implications of Organizational Political Ideology for Firm’s Market and Non-Market Behavior Management & Organization, 2015 Thesis Advisor: Dr. Forrest Briscoe
	Kisha Lashley - University of Virginia Entrepreneurship in Stigma: In Search of Audience Support in the Medical Cannabis Industry Management & Organization, 2015 Thesis Advisor: Dr. Tim Pollock
	Bernardo Quiroga-Gomez - Clemson University Complexity in Procurement Decision-Making Supply Chain, 2015 Thesis Advisor: Dr. Brent Moritz and Dr. Daniel Guide
	Kevin Koharki - Washington University, St Louis Mandatory Disclosure Requirements and Rating Agency Catering: A study of the Rule Changes for Qualified Special Purpose Entities Accounting, 2014 Thesis Advisor: Dr. Karl Muller
	Daniel Russomanno - University of Arizona at Tucson Audit Outcomes of Initiating a Chief Accounting Officer Position Accounting, 2014 Thesis Advisor: Dr. Orie Barron
	Zhan Shi - Fisher College of Business at The Ohio State University Macroeconomic Conditions, Ambiguity, and Asset Pricing Puzzles Finance, 2014 Thesis Advisor: Dr. Jingzhi Huang
	Myun Kyun Chin - Kelley School of Business at Indiana University Political Ideologies of Upper Echelons: Implications for Top Executives’ Pay Arrangements Management & Organization, 2014 Thesis Advisor: Dr. Donald C. Hambrick
	Sunghoon Kim - W.P.  Carey School of Business at Arizona State University A New Restricted Bayesian Framework for Deriving the Heterogeneous Drivers of Service Quality Evaluations Marketing, 2014 Thesis Advisor: Dr. Wayne S. DeSabro Co-Chair: Dr. Duncan Fong
	James Conklin - Terry College of Business at the University of Georgia Essays on Mortgage Broker, Borrower, and Lender Behavior in the Subprime Mortgage Market Real Estate, 2014 Thesis Advisor: Dr. Brent Ambrose
	Patrick Hoffman - Purdue University Can Audit Regulation Stifle Hedge Fund Misreporting? Accounting, 2013 Thesis Advisor: Dr. Orie Barron
	Adrienne Rhodes - Texas A&M Marys College of Business The Relationship Between the Use of Accounting Measures in Debt and Incentive Contracts Accounting, 2013 Thesis Advisor: Dr. Stephen Huddart
	Luke Watson - University of Florida, Warrington College of Business Administration Executive Overconfidence and Financial Reporting of Unrecognized Tax Benefits Accounting, 2013 Thesis Advisor: Dr. Karl Muller
	Chen Zhou - Erasmus School of Economics Empirical Models for Organizational Service Quality Decisions Marketing, 2013 Thesis Advisor: Dr. Rajdeep Grewal
	Moussa Diop - University of Wisconsin- Madison Real Estate, Industry Structure and Shareholder Value Real Estate, 2013 Thesis Advisor: Dr. Brent Ambrose
	James Abbey - Texas A&M Essays in Closed-Loop Supply Chains Supply Chain, 2013 Thesis Advisor: Dr. Daniel Guide
	Samuel Bonsall - Ohio State University The Informational Effects of Firm-Funded Certification: Evidence from the Bond Rating Agencies Accounting, 2012 Thesis Advisor: Dr. Karl Muller
	Michael Penn - Florida State University Read all about it: The effects of the business press on auditor effect Accounting, 2012 Thesis Advisor: Dr. Orie Barron
	Joel Gehman - University of Alberta Sustainability by Dissociation: Categories, Divestures & Boundaries Management & Organization, 2012 Thesis Advisor: Dr. Raghu Garud
	Kaitlin Dunn - Notre Dame, Mendoza College of Business Product Recalls in Food Supply Chain: A Farm-To-Fork Perspective Supply Chain, 2012 Thesis Advisor: Dr. Christopher Craighead
	Zahn Bozanic - Ohio State University The Role of Accounting-based Financial Covenants in Preventing Substantive Defaults of Public Debt Accounting, 2011 Thesis Advisor: Dr. Karl Muller
	Adam Wowak - University of Notre Dame Greater and Lesser-Paid Chief Executive Officers: Implications for Subsequent Firm Outcomes Management & Organization, 2011 Thesis Advisor: Dr. Donald Hambrick
	Mahima Hada - City University of New York, Baruch Referral Equity and Referral Management: Essays on the Supplier Firm’s Perspective of Referrals Marketing, 2011 Thesis Advisor: Dr. Rajdeep Grewal & Dr. Gary L. Lilien
	Jim Vincent - University of Florida The Effect of Earnings Announcements on Trading Outcomes For Different Investor Classes Accounting, 2010 Thesis Advisor: Dr. Orie Barron