About Us

Mission

To increase workplace diversity by increasing the diversity of business school faculty who encourage, mentor, support and enhance the preparation of tomorrow’s leaders.

Vision

A significantly larger talent pipeline of African-Americans, Hispanic-Americans and Native Americans for business leadership positions.

Objectives

• To inform and educate minorities about all aspects of a business doctoral program, and encourage them to follow their dream of becoming a professor;
• To provide a nurturing support network for minorities as they navigate their doctoral program;
• To increase the number of minority business professors who can function as role models and mentors;
• To influence more minorities to pursue business degrees/careers;
• To increase the number of qualified minority applicants to fill critical positions in the business disciplines;
• To improve the preparation of all students by allowing them to experience the richness of learning from a faculty with diverse backgrounds; and
• To reach the goal of a better prepared and more diversified workforce to service a diversified customer base.

History

In 2014, The PhD Project celebrated our 20th anniversary. Our Anniversary Yearbook honors the many members and supporters who have contributed to our successful history. We invite you to explore their achievements and view our timeline below of pivotal milestones in the journey that The PhD Project has taken since 1994.

• 1994

  The PhD Project is initiated by the KPMG Foundation, Citi, AACSB and GMAC!
  The first Annual Conference is held in December in Chicago
  The Accounting Doctoral Students Association is formed on August 10th in Montvale

• 1996

  The PhD Project Information Systems Doctoral Students Association is formed December 14th in Cleveland.

• 1997

  The PhD Project Finance Doctoral Students Association is formed on October 15th in Honolulu.
  The PhD Project Marketing Doctoral Student Association is formed on August 2nd in Chicago.
  The PhD Project Management Doctoral Students Association is formed on August 11th in Boston

• 1998

  The PhD Project caps our very first PhD Project professor, Dr. Alisa Mosley. Dr. Mosley, on faculty at Jackson State, attended the 1994 PhD Project November Conference and received her Ph.D. in 1998 from University of Nebraska – Lincoln.

• 2002

  The number of minority faculty is doubled since The PhD Project inception. Dr. Double, Alisha Malloy, now on faculty at North Carolina Central, is the 588^th professor capped. Dr. Malloy attended the 1996 PhD Project November Conference and received her PhD in Information Systems from Georgia State University.

• 2004

  The PhD Project celebrates its 10^th Anniversary!

• 2005

  The PhD Project is launched as separate 501(c)(3).

• 2007

  The number of minority faculty is tripled since The PhD Project inception. Dr. Triple, Belinda Shipps, now on faculty at North Carolina A&T, is the 882^nd professor capped. Dr. Shipps attended the 1996 PhD Project November Conference and received her PhD in Information Systems from University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.

• 2008

  The PhD Project hosts its 15^th Annual Conference…still in Chicago…and launches the anniversary celebration to commemorate 15 years of diversifying academia and corporate America .

• 2009

  The PhD Project caps Dr. Shalei Simms, the nation’s 1,000^th business-school professor.

• 2010

  The PhD Project AHEAD – Achieving Higher Education Administration Diversity – is launched to encourage tenured minority faculty to explore positions in administration.

• 2011

  The PhD Project Hall of Fame inducts its first honorees, recognized for their sustained commitment to our mission.

• 2012

  Dr. Miles Davis, Dean of Shenandoah University’s Business School, is the first PhD Project participant to become Dean.

• 2013

  The number of minority faculty has quadrupled since The PhD Project inception. Dr. Cuatro, James Mourey-Alvarez, now on faculty at DePaul University, is the 1,176^th professor capped.  Dr. Mourey-Alvarez attended the 2005 PhD Project November Conference and received his PhD from University of Michigan.

• 2014

  The PhD Project celebrates its 20^th Anniversary !

• 2015

  The PhD Project celebrates its 10^th Anniversary as a separate 501 (c)(3).