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
Kevin Giang Barrera, Chair
Georgia State University
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Brittany Beck, Chair-Elect
Louisiana Tech University
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Stella Tavallaei, Vice Chair of Online Engagement
Florida International University
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University of Tennessee – Knoxville
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Ishita Nagpal, Associate Vice Chair of Communications
Georgia State University
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Melanie Koskie, Vice Chair of Content Management
Louisiana Tech University
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Brandon Holle, Vice Chair of Scholarly Insights
Michigan State University
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Narek Grigorian, Associate Vice Chair of Scholarly Insights
The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
Email: Narek.Grigorian@bayes.city.ac.uk
Arpit Agrawal, Vice Chair of Productivity Research
University of Houston
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Praveen Punia, Associate Vice Chair of Productivity Research
University of Houston
Email: ppraveen@cougarnet.uh.edu
Xiaowei Guo, Vice Chair of Who Went Where Research
Kent State University
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Md Fourkan, Associate Vice Chair of Who Went Where Research
Kent State University
Email: mfourkan@kent.edu
Hesam Teymouri, Vice Chair of International Relations
Oklahoma State University
Email: Hesam.teymouri@okstate.edu
Serkan Saka, Associate Vice Chair of International Relations
University of Illinois at Chicago
Email: ssaka2@uic.edu
Louis Zmich, Immediate Past-Chair
Univeristy of Tampa
