1.1 - Purpose of the Handbook

This handbook is designed to guide doctoral students and faculty in the Fogelman College of Business & Economics through the policies and procedures for students to attain a PhD in Business Administration with the following concentrations: Accounting, Economics, Finance, Management, Management Information Systems and Marketing. This handbook supplements the University of Memphis Graduate Catalog and provides detailed guidance on program requirements and procedures. The latest graduate catalog is available at www.memphis.edu/gradcatalog.

1.2 - Program Administration and Contacts

Each concentration is housed in each of the six academic departments in the Fogelman College – Accountancy, Economics, Finance, Insurance and Real Estate, Management, Management Information Systems, and Marketing and Supply Chain Management-- and overseen by a PhD program Coordinator assigned by each department. Students should refer to the list of PhD Coordinators for specific concentration-related inquiries.

Each PhD concentration is under the oversight of the corresponding academic department. Each academic department is under the oversight of the Department Chair. All programs in the college are under the oversight of the Associate Dean for Academic Programs and Research.

PhD Program Departmental Coordinators:

• Accountancy
  • Dr. Nirmalee Raddatz
    
    

• Economics
  • Dr. Joon Lee
    
    
• Finance, Insurance & Real Estate
  • Dr. Konstantin Sokolov
    
    
•  Management
  • Dr. James Vardaman
    
    
• Management Information Systems
  • Dr. Huigang Liang
    
    
• Marketing & Supply Chain Management
  • Dr. Susy Jaramillo
  • Dr. Alex Pratt

PhD Program Academic Services Coordinator:

Ms. April Jones, fcbephd@memphis.edu
Fogelman Admin. Bldg. 101
3675 Central Avenue Memphis, TN 38152 USA