Shanks Award
Introduction
Aaron Barnes is the winner of the 2024 Dr. Ilana Shanks Emerging Scholar Award
POSTING TYPE: Awards
Posted by: Maura Scott and Martin Mende
We are pleased to announce the winner of the 2024 Dr. Ilana Shanks Emerging Scholar Award.
The winner is Dr. Aaron Barnes, LaDonna and Charlie Johnson Assistant Professor of Marketing at the University of Louisville
The Dr. Ilana Shanks Emerging Scholar Award recognizes a marketing academic in the early stages of their career who displays exemplary scholarship and a bright future in the academic discipline. The award honors a junior scholar who has made significant contributions to research that advances the study of marketing and society issues that help to improve individual or societal well-being and has displayed scholarly citizenship behaviors. The winner receives a cash prize of $1000 and a plaque.
was a rising star in the marketing discipline until her untimely passing away. A graduate of Florida State University and an assistant professor at Stonybrook University who was active in the marketing community, Ilana enjoyed a wide network of friends and colleagues who cherished her. The award celebrates her life and contributions.
Apply for the Award: Applications open each spring, and are due in April of each year. Applicants should be early in their career progression (within 10 years of having earned their Ph.D. at the time of application for the award). This award is open to post-docs and assistant professors who are either graduates of the PhD Projects MDSA or members of the Marketing Ethnic Faculty Association (MEFA). Applications should demonstrate the scholars contribution to addressing significant research questions, creativity and innovation, methodological and conceptual rigor, the potential to substantially advance understanding of an important marketing-related issue, and a focus on societal issues. The award is administered in conjunction with the PhD Project; the committee is comprised of a member of Ilana Shanks family and a subset of past winners, it is co-chaired by Martin Mende and Maura Scott. The award is presented annually at The PhD Project Marketing DSA/FAA Dinner.
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