The AMA Academic Council is a 12-member council that represents the diversity of scholarly interests in managerial, behavioral, modeling, and public policy perspectives with attention to strategic marketing implications. The AMA strives to be the most relevant force and voice shaping marketing around the world; an essential community for marketers.
In support of that mission, the AMA Academic Council advocates for the AMA academic membership and provides stewardship of Academic Special Interest Groups (SIGs), events, and related initiatives.
Council News & Initiatives
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A Statement on Academic Placement and the Fall 2021 Job Market
Due to the shift to a virtual 2021 AMA Summer Academic Conference, the American Marketing Association will not be providing Academic Placement services as part of the 2021 summer meeting. In lieu of a hiring event, the AMA asks employers and job seekers to consider the following hiring schedule regarding the Fall 2021 job market: […]
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U.S. Marketing Doctoral Student Fall Job Market Update
Thank you very much for your support as the AMA seeks to provide recommendations regarding the U.S. Academic Job Market (as it pertains to the “rookie” academic job market for doctoral students seeking to start a position in the Summer/Fall of 2023). Background Please allow us to provide some background on how this came about. […]
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A Message from the Academic Council on Exploding Job Offers
To the Academic Community: We appreciate each of the departments that committed to following the Job Market Guidelines put forth by the AMA in an effort to maintain some consistency in the job market schedule without in-person interviews at the Summer AMA conference. As the job market is progressing, concerns have been brought forth regarding […]
Academic Council members serve a three-year term that starts in July and ends in June three years later. In-person meetings occur on Thursday and Friday mornings prior to the Summer and Winter conferences. A Call for Nominations opens in July. The deadline for submission of a nomination is February 9, 2023, for open positions (term of July 1, 2023 – June 30, 2026).
Nominations Are Due February 9, 2023.
Complete your nomination through Submittable.

Not Pictured: Michael Haenlein.
Current Members of the AMA Academic Council
President
Maura Scott (Executive Committee Term Ends 2024)
Dr. Persis E. and Dr. Charles E. Rockwood Eminent Scholar in Marketing
Florida State University
President-Elect
Karen Winterich (Executive Committee Term Ends 2025)
Professor of Marketing and Frank and Mary Smeal Research Fellow of Marketing
Pennsylvania State University
President-Elect Designate
Lerzan Aksoy (Executive Committee Term Ends 2026)
Associate Dean of Undergraduate Studies and Professor of Marketing
Fordham University
Immediate Past President
Koen Pauwels (Executive Committee Term Ends 2023)
Professor of Marketing
Northeastern University
Samantha N. N. Cross (Term 2021 – 2024)
Associate Professor of Marketing
Iowa State University
Amber Epp (Term 2020 – 2023)
Wilbur Dickson-Bascom Professor in Business
University of Wisconsin – Madison
Frank Germann (Term 2021 – 2024)
Associate Professor of Marketing
University of Notre Dame
Dhruv Grewal (Term 2020 – 2023)
Toyota Professor of Commerce and Electronic Business
Babson College
Michael Haenlein (Term 2021 – 2024)
Professor of Marketing and Scientific Director of the ESCP Research Center on Big Data
ESCP Business School
Nailya Ordabayeva (Term 2022 – 2025)
Associate Professor of Business Administration
Tuck School of Business, Dartmouth College
Kay Peters (Term 2022 – 2025)
DHL-endowed Chair of Dialog Marketing and Professor of Marketing
Hamburg University
Visiting Professor, University of California Davis
Shrihari Sridhar (Term 2021 – 2024)
Joe Foster’ 56 Chair in Business Leadership Professor of Marketing
Texas A&M University
Marilyn Stone (Primary Staff Liaison)
Director, Academic Communities and Journals
American Marketing Association
Matt Weingarden (Senior Staff Liaison)
Vice President, Communities and Journals
American Marketing Association