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The PhD Project is having a strong impact. When we started in 1994, there were fewer than 300 minority faculty out of the 22,000 business school faculty in the U.S. Today there are over 800, with approximately 400 more individuals in doctoral programs preparing to enter academia. These individuals have already delivered impact: as faculty and teaching assistants, they are inspiring, motivating and assisting a new generation of business students every day. We are now proud to profile the most recent of our growing roster of New Professors! You can also see a complete list of the past November Conference attendees who have completed their doctoral programs.

The Project has accomplished many firsts. Recently, we accomplished a triple…tripling the number of minority business school faculty from 294 at our inception to more than 882. Click here to read about Doctor Triple.

The latest edition of our book, Living the Dream highlights these incredible personal journeys through the doctoral process. They are inspiring, uplifting, and proof that dreams do come true.

Order Living the Dream: Revised and Expanded Today.

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Below you will find the stories behind those who have been able to achieve their dream thanks, in part, to The PhD Project. Each represents a uniquely different tale of following a dream to play an important part in the diversification of both corporate and academic America.

FACULTY IMPACT
	Dr. Margarita Lenk Colorado State University Sharing her enthusiasm and intellectual curiosity through a successful service learning model. Read more...
	Dr. Rochelle Parks-Yancy Jesse H. Jones School of Business, Texas Southern University Developing meaningful mentoring programs... Read more...
	Dr. Eli Jones University of Houston Turning students into sales stars: Dr. Eli Jones Read more...
	Dr. Linda Silver Coley Miami University, Oxford, Ohio Igniting passion for marketing strategy... Read more...
	Dr. Aberdeen "Leila" Borders University of New Orleans Helping to prepare students for the interview process and employment in the business world... Read more...
REAL WORLD STORIES
	Dr. Miles Davis Shenandoah University "By having a professors schedule my wife had the oportunity to fully pursue her career and we are both much better off. And I get to be "doctor D" to my larger family. The pride I hear from them is priceless." Read more...
	Dr. Shirley Hunter Texas A&M University Ph.D. in Accounting-Texas A&M University "Dr. Hunter is very deserving of special recognition. Her unique professional background, intellectual skills, noteworthy technical competence, and enthusiasm for research make her one of the most exceptional PhD students with whom I've worked in a 28 year career." Read more...
	Dr. Jeff Brice, Jr. Hofstra University Ph.D. in Management-Mississippi State University In a career that started on the streets and has now turned to academia, Jeff Brice, Jr. has run his own film production company, headed a construction business, and worked on job-development with ex-convicts and welfare mothers. Read more...
	Dr. Alisha Malloy, a.k.a-Dr. Double! University of Alabama Ph.D. in Information Systems-- Georgia State University "When I attended the annual conference and walked into that auditorium I knew there was no turning back. I thought, 'This is what I was meant to be doing with my life.'" Read more...
	Dr. Lynette Kvasny Pennsylvania State University Ph.D. in Information Systems-Georgia State University "There were so many students of color-but no professors! When I got up in front of the class, I could see the immediate impact I had on the students. Suddenly, they would sit up in their chairs and take notes, because I looked and talked like they did." Read more...
	Dr. Sammie Robinson Illinois Wesleyan University Ph.D. in Management-University of Kansas "I save every e-mail I get from a student thanking me. They see the value of what I've given them a year to two years out. When a student tells me I made a difference, that's it for me." Read more...
	Dr. J. Alberto Espinosa American University Ph.D. in Information Systems-- Carnegie Mellon University "Everyone kept telling me to keep going, don't stop, just do it! Finish it! So, with the The PhD Project's help, I did." Read more...
	Dr. Leila Borders University of New Orleans Ph.D. in Marketing-Georgia State University, 2002 Information Systems, University of Oklahoma Five kids call Leila Borders "grandma." Hundreds of young adults now call her "professor." Read more...
	Dr. Henry Newkirk East Carolina University Ph.D. in Information Systems-University of Kentucky, 2001 After working at Sprint for 18 years, Dr. Henry Newkirk decided it was time for a change. He had reached the "ceiling"... Read more...
	Dr. Obasi Akan University of Tennessee-Chattanooga Ph.D. in Management-Case Western Reserve University, 2002 Obasi Akan was in his 50s and had already served 30 years in federal civil service, with five more in consulting, when he enrolled in a doctoral program. Read more...

The PhD Project Minority Doctoral Students Associations

Once accepted into a doctoral program, minority students are invited to join The PhD Project Minority Doctoral Students Associations (DSAs).

Created in 1994 by The PhD Project, these peer associations sustain a high level of commitment and a sense of connection among minority business doctoral students. There are now five associations covering all the major areas of business education: Accounting, Finance, Information Systems, Management, and Marketing.

Meeting annually in conjunction with the major scholars' association meeting of each discipline, the minority doctoral students have access to professors, experts who help them enhance advanced skills in their fields, editors of professional journals and others offering training, ideas and support. Through the associations, students create networks of peer support, mentoring, guidance, and information sharing.

Visit our searchable database of minority doctoral students and faculty members to contact individuals for support, advice and encouragement.

We are formalizing our funding campaign and creating a new way for everyone who has been touched by our program to support us through PhD Project PLEDGE. If you would like to contribute, please click here for our online form. Please give generously to enable others to continue to give back.

If you are a PhD Project participant and would like to share your story, send e-mail.