In an April 25, 2017, awards ceremony, the Doctoral Student Association at the Darla Moore School of Business recognized the accomplishments of Ph.D. students during the 2016-17 school year.
W. Pierce Liles Outstanding Graduate Student
Tracey Swartz, Marketing
Promising Researcher Award
Ruiyuan Chen, International Finance
DSA Professor of the Year
Donna Bobek Schmitt, Accounting
Ph.D. students graduating this year
- Kara Bentley, Marketing — Chapman University
- Michael Campion, Management — Pennsylvania State University
- Ruiyuan Chen, International Finance — West Virginia University
- Chia-Chun Chiang, Finance — University of Texas, El Paso
- Ashleigh Eldemire-Poindexter, Finance — University of Tennessee
- Erin Hawkins, Accounting — Clemson University
- Li Huang, Marketing — Hofstra University
- Chris Ling, Marketing
- Erin McKie, Management Science — Ohio State University
- Minseok Park, Management Science — Salisbury University
- Alessandro Perri, International Business
- Herman Saheruddin, Finance — Indonesia Deposit Insurance Corporation
- Ettore Spadafora, International Business — Rochester Institute of Technology
- Ovunc Yilmaz, Management Science — University of Notre Dame
- Ying Zheng, International Finance — Bryant University
Academic Milestones
Successfully completing the Comprehensive Exam
- Dhuha Abdulsalam, Management
- Sina Aghaie, Marketing
- Zhongyu Cao, Economics
- Patrick Flynn, Management
- Jonathan Hendricks, Management
- Amir Javadinia, Marketing
- Nina Kondratenko, International Business
- Xinming Li, Finance
- Olga Pak, Management Science
- Robert Pettis, Economics
- Gerard Pinto, Finance
- Noman Shaheer, International Business
- Robert Viglione, Finance
- Nathan Waddoups, Accounting
- Breyon Williams, Economics
Successful Dissertation Proposal Defense
- Kara Bentley, Marketing
- Michael Campion, Management
- Ruiyuan Chen, International Finance
- Chia-Chun Chiang, Finance
- Ormonde Cragun, Management
- Erin Hawkins, Accounting
- Li Huang, Marketing
- Eun Son Lim, Economics
- Ashleigh Eldemire-Poindexter, Finance
- Herman Saheruddin, Finance
- Sabrina Saleh, International Business
- Ettore Spadafora, International Business
- Nathan Waddoups, Accounting
- Ying Zheng, International Finance
Successful Dissertation Defense
- Kara Bentley, Marketing
- Michael Campion, Management
- Ruiyuan Chen, International Finance
- Li Huang, Marketing
- Christopher Ling, Marketing
- Alessandro Perri, International Business
- Ying Zheng, International Finance
Recognition for Performance Above and Beyond
Conference Presentation
- Michael Campion, Management
- Liwen Chen, Economics
- Ruiyuan Chen, International Finance
- Chia-Chun Chiang, Finance
- Moonwon Chung, Management Science
- Ormonde Cragun, Management
- Patrick Flynn, Management
- Minjie Guo, Economics
- Erin Hawkins, Accounting
- Jonathan Hendricks, Management
- Li Huang, Marketing
- Liang Huang, Marketing
- Justin Kistler, Management Science
- Ethan LaMothe, Accounting
- Eun Son Lim, Economics
- Kun Liu, Accounting
- Mary Marshall, Accounting
- Minseok Park, Management Science
- Noman Shaheer, International Business
- Tracey Swartz, Marketing
- Nathan Waddoups, Accounting
- Ovunc Yilmaz, Management Science
- Ying Zheng, International Finance
Research Publication
- Michael Campion, Management
- Ruiyuan Chen, International Finance
- Moonwon Chung, Management Science
- Patrick Flynn, Management Science
- Eun Son Lim, Economics
- Noman Shaheer, International Business
- Tracey Swartz, Marketing
- Ovunc Yilmaz, Management Science
Awards
Kara Bentley, Marketing
Coker Fellowship
Paul Black, Accounting
Moore School Research Grant
Patrick Flynn, Management
Riegel & Emory HR Center Research Grant
Erin Hawkins, Accounting
Moore School Research Grant
Li Huang, Marketing
Rising Star, American Marketing Association
Sarah Judge, Accounting
Outstanding Graduate Student Teaching Award
Ethan LaMothe, Accounting
Outstanding Manuscript Award, AAA Accounting, Behavior and Organizations conference
Tracey Swartz, Marketing
Best Overall Conference Paper, AMA Summer Educators’ Conference
Best Paper in Marketing Strategy, Innovation & New Product, AMA
Coker Fellowship