Congratulations to our New Professors!

Congratulations Dr. Alexis N. Smith!
Please join me in congratulating Alexis Smith who successfully defended her dissertation entitled, "Status in Mentorship: Ascribed and Position Status Effects in Diversified Mentoring Dyads," on January 5, 2010. Dr. Smith receives her Ph.D. in management from Tulane University. She has not accepted a faculty position yet.

Dr. Smith is a member of The PhD Project Management Doctoral Students Association.

Congratulations Dr. Jason Brown!
Please join me in congratulating Jason Brown who successfully defended his dissertation entitled, "The Effect of Retribution on Shareholder Litigation and Managers' Reports," on November 13, 2009. Dr. Brown receives his Ph.D. in Accounting from the University of Pittsburgh. He is on faculty at Indiana University.

Dr. Brown attended the 2001 November PhD Project Conference and is a member of The PhD Project Accounting Doctoral Students Association.

Congratulations Dr. Usher!
Please join me in congratulating Barbara Usher who successfully defended her dissertation entitled, "An Examination of the Role of IT Governance, Interorganizational Collaborations, and Interorganizational Learning in ERP Post-implementations," on March 13, 2009. Dr. Usher received her Ph.D. in Information Systems from Claremont Graduate University. She has not yet accepted a faculty position.

Dr. Usher is a member of The PhD Project Information Systems Doctoral Students Association.

Congratulations Dr. Streator!
Please join me in congratulating Joycelyn Streator who successfully defended her dissertation entitled, "Communicator Style and Technology Preferences: A New Examination of Fit, Adoption, Social Diffusion and Dimensionality," December 14, 2009. Dr. Streator receives her Ph.D. in Information Systems from Emory University. She has accepted a post doc position at Georgia Institute of Technology.

Dr. Streator is a member of The PhD Project Information Systems Doctoral Students Association.

Congratulations Dr. Gamble!
Please join me in congratulating Kelly Gamble who successfully defended her dissertation entitled, "The Effect of Presentation Modality on Source Monitoring Accuracy: Implications for Auditors' Reliability Judgments and the Planned Extent of Audit Procedures," on January 20, 2010. Dr. Gamble receives her Ph.D. in Accounting from Florida State University. She is currently on faculty at the University of Alabama Huntsville.

Dr. Gamble attended the 2002 November PhD Project Conference and is a member of The PhD Project Accounting Doctoral Students Association.

Congratulations Dr. Felton!
Please join me in congratulating Daffney Felton who successfully defended her dissertation entitled, "An empirical analysis of the effects of unemployment, job quality, and socioeconomic strain on crime in Mississippi", on December 10, 2009. Dr. Felton receives her Ph.D. in Management from Jackson State University. She is an Assistant Professor at Grambling State University

Dr. Felton is a member of The PhD Project Management Doctoral Students Association.

Congratulations Dr. Lascelles Adams!
Please join me in congratulating Lascelles A. Adams, who successfully defended his dissertation entitled, "DAGS: An Information Systems Design Research Framework supporting the design, development and delivery of more effective information systems," on August 21, 2009. Dr. Adams receives his Ph.D. in Information Systems from University of Central Florida. He attended the 2001 PhD Project November Conference and is a member of The PhD Project Information Systems Doctoral Students Association. Dr. Adams has not accepted a faculty position yet.

Congratulations Dr. Carlos Thomas!
Please join me in congratulating Carlos Thomas who successfully defended his dissertation entitled, "A Review of IT Governance in Small and Medium Companies in the Age of Sarbanes Oxley," on December 11, 2009. Dr. Thomas receives his Ph.D. in Information Systems from Louisiana State University. He has not accepted a faculty position yet.

Dr. Thomas attended the 2002 November PhD Project Conference and is a member of The PhD Project Information Systems Doctoral Students Association.

Congratulations Dr. Johnson!
Please join me in congratulating Kimberly Johnson who successfully defended her dissertation entitled, "The Influence of Organizational Values on Profitability", on November 3, 2009. Dr. Johnson receives her Ph.D. in Management from Auburn University. She is an Assistant Professor at Auburn University Montgomery.

Dr. Johnson is a member of The PhD Project Management Doctoral Students Association.

Congratulations Dr. Pamela Queen!
Please join me in congratulating Pamela Queen, who defended her dissertation entitled, "After the Dust Settles on Regulatory Mandates: Three Essays on IPO Performance," on October 21, 2009. Dr. Queen receives her Ph.D. in Finance from George Washington University. She attended the 1997 November PhD Project Conference and is a member of The PhD Project Finance Doctoral Students Association. She has not accepted a faculty position yet.

Congratulations Dr. Dewaynna Cates!
Please join me in congratulating Dewaynna Cates who successfully defended her dissertation entitled, "Organizational Citizenship Pressure among Business School Faculty: The Mediating Effects of Job Burnout and Job Engagement", on October 19, 2009. Dr. Cates receives her Ph.D. in Management from Jackson State University. She joins the faculty of Prairie View A&M University.

Dr. Cates attended the 2004 November PhD Project Conference and is a member of The PhD Project Management Doctoral Students Association.

Congratulations Dr. Efosa Idemudia!
Please join me in congratulating Efosa Idemudia, who successfully defended his dissertation entitled, "An Empirical Study of Factors that Influence the Intention to Click Online banner Ads," on October 16, 2009. Dr. Idemudia receives his Ph.D. in Management Information Systems from Texas Tech University. He attended the 2001 PhD Project November Conference and is a member of The PhD Project Information Systems Doctoral Students Association. Dr. Idemudia has not accepted a faculty position yet.