The 20th Annual Robert Mittelstaedt Doctoral Symposium will be March 31 - April 2, 2011 at the Embassy Suites.  The symposium, hosted by the College of Business Administration's Marketing Department, emphasizes dissertation research.  The symposium is modeled after the Haring Symposium held annually by the Kelley School of Business at Indiana University. 

Participating schools send students and faculty to attend.  The symposium starts with a welcome reception on Thursday night, Friday and Saturday doctoral students present their dissertation research and other students serve as discussants.  Faculty help provide constructive feedback to the student's paper.  This gives graduate students the opportunity to present their research and give them the experience of presenting in a conference setting.

Schools presenting this year include: University of Wisconsin-Madison, University of Oklahoma, University of Missouri, Oklahoma State University, University of Iowa, University of Michigan, Washington State University, University of Arkansas, University of Oregon, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, University of Kansas, and UNL.

Visit the symposium’s website for the 2011 Program and Proceedings.  Dr. Jim Gentry serves as faculty advisor to the symposium.