Emerging Leaders in Marketing Academia
The Doctoral Student SIG (DocSIG) is a special interest group of the American Marketing Association designed specifically for marketing doctoral students. DocSIG was founded by marketing doctoral students and continues to respond to the needs of marketing doctoral students.
DocSIG offers opportunities for students to develop professional skills in the areas of research, writing, teaching, presenting, reviewing, and other areas that aid in job placement and career college paper format development. In addition, we seek to provide a community for students of marketing to interact, ask questions, and generally support each other. In this way, DocSIG not only aims to offer useful information that can aid students in their study program, but strives to facilitate professional relationships that will last long after one’s years as a doctoral student.
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AMA Membership for Doctoral Students
Doctoral students get an exclusive discount on AMA professional membership. Just follow these steps and use the discount code AMADOCTORAL:
- If you have an AMA.org account, Login and visit AMA.org/membership. If you do not have an account, click here.
- Select “Professional or Academic Membership” (not Student Member), click Next
- Select “1 – Year Member” then click Next
- Select “Academic Community – 1 Year” then click Next
- Select “Doctoral Students SIG – 1 Year” and any other SIG’s free of charge then click Next
- Enter the discount code AMADOCTORAL on the Order Summary Screen, click Apply, then click Next
- You are brought to a success page and are now an active AMA member. An automated receipt will be sent after processing.
Mathew Joseph Emerging Scholar Award
Dr. Mathew Joseph honors a doctoral student who has displayed exemplary holistic scholarship and exhibits a bright future in the academic discipline. It is a large honor for the selected doctoral student. The faculty judges look for a top emerging PhD student who holistically has the influence and abilities to become a great scholar in marketing.
- 2021 Winner – Gizem Yalcin, Erasmus University
- 2020 Winner – Riley Krotz, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
- 2019 Winner – Unnati Narang, Texas A&M University
- 2019 Finalist – Jillian Hmurovic, University of Pittsburgh
AMA DocSIG Mentorship Award
This Award recognizes a faculty mentor that has consistently demonstrated support to marketing doctoral students and the AMA DocSIG mission.
- 2021 Winner – Dr. Mark B. Houston, Neeley School of Business, Texas Christian University
- 2019 (Inaugural) Winner – Dr. Mathew Joseph, St. Mary’s University
Julia van de Sandt | Chair
University of South Carolina
Pronoun- She/her/hers | Country of origin- Germany
Ishita Nagpal | Chair-Elect
Georgia State University
Pronoun- She/her/hers | Country of origin- India
Danielle Hass | Vice Chair of Online Engagement
West Virginia University
Pronoun- She/her | Country of origin- United States
Francesco Di Paolo | Assistant Vice Chair of Online Engagement
Politecnico di Milano School of Management,
Pronoun- He | Country of origin- Italy
Kaixin (Kathy) Huang | Vice Chair of Communications
University of South Florida
Pronoun- Kathy | Country of origin- China
Zahra (Safa) Karami | Assistant Vice Chair of Communications
University of Wyoming
Pronoun- She/her | Country of origin- Iran
Anuja Bhattacharjya | Vice Chair of Content Management
FGV EASP, São Paulo
Pronoun- She/her | Country of origin- India
Ifeanyi Ajaebili | Assistant Vice Chair of Content Management
Morgan State University
Pronoun- He/him | Country of origin- Nigeria
Xiaoying Feng | Vice Chair of Special Projects & Partnerships
Syracuse University
Pronoun- She | Country of origin- China
Amir Alisha Syed | Assistant Vice Chair of Special Projects & Partnerships
University of Kansas
Pronoun- He | Country of origin- India
Mackenzie Volk | Vice Chair of Member Engagement
University of South Carolina
Pronoun- She/her | Country of origin- United States
Ghazal Alaviani | Assistant Vice Chair of Member Engagement
Georgia State University
Pronoun- She | Country of origin- Iran
Sameed Khan | Vice Chair of Scholarly Insights
University of Massachusetts Lowell
Pronoun- He/him | Country of origin- Pakistan
Daria Koksal | Assistant Vice Chair of Scholarly Insights
Louisiana Tech
Pronoun- She/her/hers | Country of origin- Russia
Reza Pedarpour | Vice Chair of Research (Who Went Where Research)
Kent State University
Pronoun- He/him
Praveen Punia | Vice Chair of Research (Productivity Research)
University of Houston
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Britanny Beck | Immediate Past-Chair
Appalachian State University
