Reviewing in the Rough

It's the 15th Annual Reviewing in the Rough!!!


Reviewing in the Rough is a two-hour two-part workshop taking place at this year’s Academy of Management Annual Meeting on Friday, July 25th, 2025, 1-3pm.

In the first part of the workshop, which is open to all, participants will have an opportunity to gain key insights about the review process and quality reviewing through engaging presentations from prior editors’ (Batia Wiesenfeld and Michael Baer), and authors’ (Spencer Harrison and Noah Askin) perspectives. 

In the second part of the workshop, participants who complete their own reviews of an Administrative Science Quarterly original submission prior to the conference will receive feedback on these from experienced scholars in interactive small-group sessions. Participants will learn exclusive background information about the original submission from the author herself, along with the actual reviews of his team’s original submission and how they helped shape the final manuscript.

This is the 15th year of RIR and we are thrilled to have many outstanding scholars participating including: Blaine Landis, Curtis Chan, Esther Sackett, Frist Pil, Jo (Kyoungjo) Oh, Jonathan Kush, Karoline Strauss, Ravi Kudesia, Ruchi Sinha, Sarah Wittman, Shalini Khazanchi, Sofya Isaakyan, and Steven Gray.


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Who?
Doctoral students and junior faculty who wish to work on their reviewing skills.

What?
To reserve your spot for Part 2 of the PDW, please complete the following steps:

  1. Complete this Qualtrics survey and choose to attend both Part 1 and Part 2, to request a copy of the manuscript.
  2. You will then receive the manuscript to review. Complete a formal review of this manuscript (i.e., approximately two single-spaced pages).
  3. E-mail your completed review to supriya.madhavan@essec.edu with the Subject line “RIR Review completed”.
  4. If your review is accepted, we will send you a confirmation email.

Please note that spots in Part 2 of the workshop will be allotted to the first 30 doctoral students and junior faculty members who submit completed reviews before June 15th, 2025. Please reach out early as spots tend to fill up quickly!

Please send any questions to Supriya Madhavan at supriya.madhavan@essec.edu or Jingtao Zhu at j.zhu@rsm.nl with the phrase “Reviewing in the Rough” in the Subject line of your email. We look forward to seeing you there!