Management PhD Program News

Matta Wins Early Career Achievement Award

Fadel Matta was recognized by the Society of Industrial and Organizational Psychology (SIOP) with their Distinguished Early Career Contributions Award which honors young research professionals making an immediate impact in the field of management science and organizational behavior. More here.

Rodell Named Associate Editor at Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes

Congratulations to Jessica Rodell for recently being named associate editor at OBHDP. This is the second stint as an associate editor for Rodell following her recent term as AE at the Academy of Management Journal.

Little Named Associate Editor at Academy of Management Journal, Quigley Appointed to Second Term at Strategic Management Journal

The Management Department congratulates Laura Little on her recent appointment as associate editor at the Academy of Management Journal. Her term began in July 2022 and will continue for three years. Also, Tim Quigley was appointed to a second three-year term as associate editor at Strategic Management Journal, a position he will hold through December 2025. Laura and Tim are among the five faculty members in the Management Department who are current or former associate editors at top management journals.

Tang & Murphy Join Management Department, Fall 2022

We are excited to welcome Pok Man Tang and Maurice J. Murphy to the department starting in the fall 2022 semester. Pok Man recently graduated from Texas A&M and his research focuses on human-nonhuman interactions at work, behavioral ethics and biases, and emotions and well-being. Pok Man’s interest in the burgeoning field of human-nonhuman (robot) interactions at work will bring additional breadth to our organizational behavior group.

Maurice graduated from the University of Southern California and his research interests are in the areas of corporate political strategy, corporate activism, corporate social responsibility, and entrepreneurship. Maurice will provide an important intellectual link between our established research focus on strategic management and corporate governance and our emerging focus on entrepreneurship and innovation. This growth in the area of entrepreneurship and innovation is in conjunction with larger Terry College and UGA initiatives including the Innovation District, Innovation Hub, and the Terry College’s Studio 225 Student Center for Entrepreneurship.

PhD Students Win 2021 SMA Conference Best Paper Awards

Congratulations to Brady Shanklin and Elle Yoon for winning Best Paper Awards at the Southern Management Association conference.

Management PhD Alumnus Jon Bundy Wins 2021 Strategic Management Society Emerging Scholar Award

Congratulations to graduate Jon Bundy on winning the 2021 SMS Emerging Scholar award. Jon graduated in 2014 and was advised by Mike Pfarrer. He started his academic career at Penn State University before moving to Arizona State in 2016. You can check out Jon’s video address here.

Graduating PhD Students Receive Top Placements in Challenging Job Market

Despite a challenging job market influenced by the fallout from COVID-19, each of our 2021 graduates has secured a tenure track position at a top research-focused institution. Congratulations to Rachel, Edwyna, and Eric!

Placements of 2021 PhD graduates:

  • Rachel Burgess – Arizona State University, Organizational Behavior
  • Edwyna Hill – University of South Carolina, Organizational Behavior
  • Eric Lee – Pennsylvania State University, Strategy & Entrepreneurship
Drew Pinkstaff

Terry Case Study: Drew Pinkstaff

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Drew Pinkstaff, a third-year finance and international business major, grew up in Waco, Texas surrounded by a family working in medicine. He thought about following in their footsteps but was drawn to Terry College because of the dynamic nature of working in finance.

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Building a new flying experience

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Delta senior vice president forIn-Flight Service Kristen Taylor believes Delta will chart its course for the future by building a “better experience” for customers.

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Fortune ranks Terry College’s Professional MBA a top US program

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The Professional MBA program at the University of Georgia Terry College of Business made a significant leap forward in Fortune magazine’s new ranking of the best part-time MBA programs for working professionals.
The program climbed to No. 13 nationally, up from No. 44, and broke into the top 10 public programs — at No. 9 among public business schools.

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The Participation Game

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Nicole Davis, a graduating Ph.D. student in marketing at the Terry College of Business, in collaboration with two colleagues from other universities, developed “The Participation Competition” during her time as an instructor. The in-class gamification strategy successfully increased student success and the number of students participating in her class. She published their study of the tactic in the Marketing Education Review’s recent special issue on innovative instruction. The trio took home the Innovations in Teaching award from the Society of Marketing Advances in fall 2023.

Judges and finalists at the 2024 Spring Idea Accelerator Demo Day gather on the Studio 225 Pitch Deck with the winner holding a large novelty check.

Pressure washing business cleans up at Idea Accelerator

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It’s pollen season in Georgia, and no one’s happier than UGA second-year student Kaden Husney. For the last five years, Husney’s business — The Real Under Pressure — has helped homeowners and businesses around north Fulton County clear away pollen, grime and mildew. On April 10, he cleaned up at UGA Entrepreneurship’s final Idea Accelerator Demo Day of the 2023-24 school year.

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Georgia MBA ranked a top 10 public program by U.S. News & World Report

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The Georgia MBA program climbed four spots to No. 27 overall, marking the second straight year that the program recorded its record-best ranking in the U.S. News survey. Among public business schools, the Georgia MBA is ranked No. 9 – entering the U.S. News top 10 for the first time – up from 11th last year.

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Let’s talk a-bot it

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How do you feel about bots and AI? Carolina Salge, an assistant professor in management information systems, discusses her research into AI, chatbots and strange activity online.

Jakhari Gordon

Finding the perfect path

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Jakhari Gordon visited nearly a dozen college campuses during his senior year of high school. His last visit was to the University of Georgia. “When I got to the hotel that night, I didn’t think, ‘Could I go here?’ I thought of me riding the buses, going to classes,” Gordon said. “I could see myself there, and that stuck with me.”

Nominees for Terry College of the year including from left Grant McDonald, Tyler Ege, Morgan Pope, Eniola Olubunmi and Gabriella Lewis, posed on UGA's North campus in businesswear

Motivational marketing major honored

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Morgan Pope, 2024 Terry College Student of the Year, was recognized for her dedication to giving back and making the most of her time at UGA.

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The right advice at the right time

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Paul Shoukry (MAcc ’05) found his career inspiration while listening to a ILA visiting speaker while at UGA. He moved to return the favor this month by endowing the Terry Leadership Speaker Series.

Winners of the 2024 Collegiate Great Brands pitch competition stand with their novelty prize checks with the contest's four judges behind them at Studio 225.

Breakfast of Champions

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Chi-Chi founders Izzy Gorton and Chiara Munzi want you to try chickpeas for breakfast. Their grain-free, chickpea oatmeal brand, won them $15,000 at the 2024 Collegiate Great Brands Competition on March 27.

Margaret Price, of UGA, and Jennifer Price and Terrance Griffin, of EY, sit a table holding microphones at the front of a crowd at UGA Studio 225

Neurodiversity in the workplace

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More than 14 percent of teenagers in school today received an ADHD diagnosis. Over the next 10 years, these students will head to college and then work in offices, hospitals and job sites. Jennifer Price, assistant director of the Neuro-Diverse Centers of Excellence at EY, is working to make sure these students can excel when they […]

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Terry Case Study: Kendall Valdry

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Kendall Valdry, an economics and international business major, found community at UGA and has spent the last four years making sure that others find community too.

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Becoming the hero she needed

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Terry College PMBA student Carla Moultrie turned her daughter Camille, who is on the autism spectrum, into a full-fledged superhero in Ausome Girl, a children’s book about the strengths and needs of people with autism and how to support them.

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Economics professor Zimmermann receives 2024 Russell Award

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Laura Zimmermann joins two other UGA faculty members in receiving the Russell Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching, the university’s highest early career teaching honor for outstanding and innovative instruction.

UGA Entrepreneurship students on a river cruise during a domestic Field Study in Austin

Ecosystem of Innovation

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Although its free-wheelin’, artsy past seems at odds with serious business, the city’s dual personalities make sense once you visit, said Adrienne Lincoln, a senior studying finance and international business at the Terry College of Business. Both rely on a community of dedicated people supporting each other and celebrating their success.

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Student Spotlight: Embracing Authenticity

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As she waited to take the stage at the Miss Collegiate America Pageant as Miss Mississippi Collegiate America in 2021, Jillian Rhae Maxwell only had one thing on her mind: the email sitting in her inbox from the University of Georgia. The news was exactly what she had hoped for, and now, as she prepares to graduate from the Terry College of Business in May, her accomplishments are a testament to her dedication.

Halley Bynum

Terry Case Study: Halle Bynum

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Accounting major Halley Bynum grew up driving tractors and prepping fields on her parents’ sod farm in Fitzgerald, Ga. Her love for rural Georgia and entrepreneurship contributed to her desire to study accounting at Terry. After graduation, she plans to attend dental school and fulfill her dream of starting a small chain of dental practices in South Georgia.

Visiting international scholar Jan Recker speaks with faculty and graduate students at the Terry Department of Management Information Systems

Visiting Scholar: Jan Recker

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Jan Recker, Terry College’s inaugural visiting international scholar and Alexander-von-Humboldt Fellow and Nucleus Professor for Information Systems and Digital Innovation at the University of Hamburg, has built a career studying the different ways people put technology to work.

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Two economics alumna selected as Fulbright Scholars

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Maeve Breathnach and Zainub Ali, who both majored in international affairs and economics at the John Munro Godfrey, Sr. Department of Economics, were among 11 University of Georgia students selected this year for the prestigious program. UGA has led the nation in the number of students selected for Fulbright Scholarships for the last two years. […]

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Detail Dawgs takes home $10,000 in UGA Entrepreneurship Venture Prize

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University of Georgia senior Jack TerHaar liked having a clean car and hated working at his bar job in downtown Athens. That was the inspiration behind Detail Dawgs, TerHaar’s car detailing business and the winner of the UGA Entrepreneurship Program’s third annual Venture Prize Competition.  TerHaar, who studies real estate and finance at the Terry […]