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Ph.D. Program

OVERVIEW

The purpose of the Ph.D. program in Business Administration with an emphasis in Marketing or Logistics is to prepare individuals for academic careers in research,  teaching, and service at universities.  Recent graduates of the Ph.D. program are at institutions such as Kansas State University, Louisiana State University, Michigan State University, Ohio State University, Oklahoma State University, University of Tennessee, University of Mississippi, and Villanova University.

Students seeking admission into the doctoral program should have the interest and commitment to pursue the knowledge and skills necessary for academic careers at leading universities and institutions, including an intellectual curiosity for both the theoretical and substantive domains. Students in the program gain knowledge in the theoretical and substantive areas of marketing or logistics and conceptual skills and methodological tools necessary to design and conduct independent research and interact with others in academic and business environments.

Using diverse research traditions including survey, experimental design, ethnography, and mathematical modeling, the Marketing and Logistics faculty are actively involved in research on diverse areas such as public policy, retailing, consumer behavior, supply chain management, and sustainability.  The faculty work closely with doctoral students, training and mentoring them to become scholars and educators.  The normal program size is eight to twelve on-campus doctoral students, allowing for close interaction with the faculty and other students at various stages in the program.

Students admitted to the doctoral program are expected to acquire:

• Knowledge of the various areas of study that constitute the field of marketing and/or logistics and develop an integrative understanding of relationships among these areas;
• Knowledge and skills to design, conduct, execute, and evaluate research that is publishable in leading journals; and
• A tradition of scholarship and excellence in teaching and learning.

SUPPORT

Students in the program are supported financially with tuition waivers and nationally competitive stipends (i.e., graduate assistantships) for four full years (up to $35,000 per year for outstanding candidates), assuming satisfactory progress in the program.  The department, college, and university also provide a broad range of support for doctoral student research.  For example, doctoral  students are funded to attend major domestic and international conferences to present research papers.

Faculty are integrally involved with doctoral students on research targeted for publication in major journals.  Recent articles coauthored by marketing and logistics faculty and doctoral students have appeared in the Journal of Retailing, Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science, Journal of Public Policy & Marketing, Journal of Business Logistics, Transportation Journal, and other prominent journals.