McCombs Magazine Spring 2016

NEWS

SPRING 2016

REWARDING ROLE

MICHAEL CLEMENT’S CAREER-LONG COMMITMENT TO MENTORING MINORITY DOCTORAL STUDENTS LANDS HIM A PLACE IN THE PhD PROJECT HALL OF FAME

CCOUNTING Professor Michael Clement has been inducted into the hall of fame of the PhD Project, a national nonprofit organization founded to increase diversity among business school faculty. The award recognizes his efforts to inspire and shepherd young scholars — especially African-Americans, Hispanic-Americans, and Native Americans — through the process of pursuing a doctoral degree in business.

“This has been one of the more rewarding experiences of my career,” says Clement. “I have seen people from around the country go from simply being interested in applying to a doctoral program to actually becoming professors, and I have enjoyed taking that journey with them.” He also serves as UT Austin’s faculty liaison to the National Collegiate Athletic Association and mentors many student-athletes of color.

Jennifer Joe, accounting professor at the University of Delaware and one of Clement’s nominators, says: “Michael served as a role model to many of us who were at the beginning of our doctoral careers. In his quiet, self-deprecating manner, he let us know that if he were able to succeed, the rest of us could.”

PHOTOGRAPH BY LEAH OVERSTREET

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