Fall 2009 Ph.D. Graduates Dr. Samantha Liu from the Accounting department accepted a position as assistant professor at California State University, San Bernardino. Dr. Liu’s dissertation title was “Monitoring or Moral Hazard? Evidence from Real Activities Manipulation by Venture‐Backed Companies”. Her major professor was Dr. K.K. Raman. Dr. Youqin Pan from the Information and Technology Decision Sciences department has accepted a position as assistant professor at Salem State University, Salem, Massachusetts. Dr. Pan’s dissertation title was “Impact of Forecasting Method Selection and Information Sharing on Supply Chain Performance”. Her major professor was Dr. Robert Pavur. Dr. Byron John Pike from the Accounting department accepted a position as assistant professor at the University of Minnesota, Mankato. Dr. Pike’s dissertation title was “Does the Knowledge of Unaudited Account Balances Adversely Affect the Performance of Substantive Analytical Procedures”. His major professor was Dr. Mary B. Curtis. Dr. Qin Sun from the Marketing and Logistics department accepted a position as assistant professor at the TUI in California. Dr. Sun’s dissertation title was “An Analytical Model of the Determinants and Outcomes of Nation Branding”. Her major professor was Dr. Audhesh Paswan. Spring 2010 Ph.D. Graduates Dr. Selcuk Scott Ertekin from the Marketing and Logistics department accepted a position as assistant professor at the Steven L. Craig School of Business, Missouri Western State University. Dr. Ertekin’s dissertation title was “An Assessment of Consumers’ Willingness to Patronize Foreign‐Based business Format Franchises: An Investigation in the Fast‐Food Sector”. His major professor was Dr. Lou E. Pelton. Dr. Zhen Li from the Management department accepted a position of assistant professor at the University of Texas at Arlington, and recently she and her husband became proud parents of a daughter. Dr. Li’s dissertation title was “Optimal Design of Dutch Auctions with Discrete Bid Levels”. Her major professor was Dr. Ching‐Chung Kuo. Summer 2010 Ph.D. Graduates Dr. Lawrence Chui from the Accounting department accepted a position as assistant professor at the University of St. Thomas, Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota. Dr. Chui’s dissertation title was “An Experimental Examination of the Effects of Fraud Specialist and Audit Mindsets on Fraud Risk Assessments and on the Development of Fraud‐Related Problem Representations”. His major professor was Dr. Mary B. Curtis. Dr. Fei Gao from the Finance department accepted a position as assistant professor at Hardin‐Simmons University in Abilene, Texas. Dr. Gao’s dissertation title was “The Reasons For The Divergence of IPO Lockup Agreements”. His major professor was Dr. Mazhar Siddiqi. Dr. Oyku Isik from the Information Technology and Decision Sciences department accepted a position as assistant professor at Vlerick Leuven Gent Management School in Belgium. Dr. Isik’s dissertation title was “Business Intelligence Success: An Empirical Evaluation of the Role of BI Capabilities and the Decision Environment”. Her major professor was Dr. Mary Jones. Dr. Jaehoon Kim from the Finance department accepted a position as an assistant professor at Claflin University in South Carolina. Dr. Kim’s dissertation title was “Series Analysis of Going Private Transactions: Before and After the Sarbanes‐Oxley Act”. His major professor was Dr. John Kensinger. Dr. Michael Edward Knipper from the Marketing and Logistics department accepted a position at Wright Patterson Air Force Base. Dr. Knipper’s dissertation title was “Developing an Integrated Supply Chain Costing Approach for Strategic Decision Making”. His major professor was Dr. Terence Pohlen. Dr. Ammr K. Kurdi from the Accounting department accepted a position as assistant professor at King Fahd University in Saudi Arabia. Dr. Kurdi’s dissertation title was “Oil Price Increases and Political Costs in the Oil and Gas Industry: An Investigation of Accruals‐Based Earnings Management and Oil and Gas Reserve Estimations”. His major professor was Dr. Carol Ann Frost. Dr. Thiagarajan Ramakrishnan from the Information Technology and Decision Sciences department accepted a position as a lecturer at the University of North Texas. Dr. Ramakrishnan’s dissertation title was “Factors Influencing BI Data Collection Strategies: An Empirical Investigation”. His major professor was Dr. Mary Jones. Dr. David G. Taylor from the Marketing and Logistics department accepted a position as assistant professor at Sacred Heart University in Fairfield, Connecticut. Dr. Taylor’s dissertation title was “ I Speak, Therefore I Am: Identity And Self‐Construction As Motivation To Engage in Electronic Word of Mouth”. His major professor was Dr. David Strutton. Dr. Dan G. Teed from the Accounting department accepted a position as assistant professor at Troy University in Dothan, Alabama. Dr. Teed’s dissertation title was “The Changing Role and Responsibilities of Audit Committees in the United States”. His major professor was Dr. Barbara D. Merino.