Former Doctoral Students

Chris Rowell

• Ph.D., Aalto University, School of Science, Department of Industrial Engineering and Management, August 2017
• Dissertation: Signaling and Shaping Legitimacy: Weaving Webs of Meaning in Time and New Markets
• Committee: Robin Gustafsson (Supervisor), Nelson Phillips (Imperial College London), Roy Suddaby (University of Victoria), Joel Gehman (University of Alberta), and Shazhad Ansari (University of Cambridge)
• Initial Placement: University of British Columbia, Sauder School of Business

Diego Mastroianni

• Ph.D. McGill University, Desautels Faculty of Management, Information Systems
• Dissertation: Institutional Logics and Governance of Open Source Software Ecosystems, February 2017
• Committee: Samer Faraj (Supervisor), Emmanuelle Vaast, Linda Rouleau (HEC Montreal)
• Joint Publications: Gehman, J., Mastroianni, D., Grant, A. & Etzion, D. 2012. An Analysis of Unconventional Gas Well Reporting under Pennsylvania’s Act 13 of 2012. Environmental Practice. 14: 262-277. doi:10.1017/S1466046612000373.
• Initial Placement: Moody’s Analytics

Mia Raynard

• Ph.D., University of Alberta, Alberta School of Business, Department of Strategic Management and Organization, January 2016
• Dissertation: Institutional Imprints: The Enduring Effects of Past Political Regimes on CSR in China
• Committee: Royston Greenwood and Michael Lounsbury (Supervisors), P. Devereaux Jennings, C.R. (Bob) Hinings, Joel Gehman, and John Amis (University of Edinburgh)
• Initial Placement: Vienna University of Economics and Business

Manely Sharifian

• Ph.D., University of Alberta, Alberta School of Business, Department of Strategic Management and Organization, August 2015
• Dissertation: The Paths of Clean Technology: From Innovation to Commercialization
• Committee: P. Devereaux Jennings (Supervisor), Jennifer Jennings, Michael Lounsbury, and Joel Gehman
• Initial Placement: San Francisco State University, College of Business

Kenneth Fox

• Ph.D., University of Alberta, Alberta School of Business, Department of Accounting, August 2015
• Dissertation: Framing a Franchise: Financial Disclosure, non-GAAP Earnings, and Equity Valuation in the Formation of a Socio-Technical 
• Committee: David Cooper (Supervisor), Bino Catusus, David Deephouse, Roy Suddaby, and Joel Gehman
• Initial Placement: University of Saskatchewan, Edwards School of Business

Evelyn Micelotta

• Ph.D., University of Alberta, Alberta School of Business, Department of Strategic Management and Organization, June 2016
• Dissertation: When Institutions Bend But Do Not Break: The Institutional Accommodation of Open Access in Scientific Publishing
• Committee: Royston Greenwood and Michael Lounsbury (Supervisors), C.R. (Bob) Hinings, Trish Reay, Joel Gehman, and Charlene Zietsma (York University)
• Initial Placement: University of New Mexico, Anderson School of Management

Eric Yanfei Zhao

• Ph.D., University of Alberta, Alberta School of Business, Department of Strategic Management and Organization, June 2015
• Dissertation: Institutional Complexity of National Systems and the Fate of Global Microfinance
• Committee: Michael Lounsbury (Supervisor), P. Devereaux Jennings, Royston Greenwood, Joel Gehman, and Rodolphe Durand (HEC Paris)
• Initial Placement: Indiana University, Kelley School of Business