Awardees honored at the 2025 萝莉社官网 Summer Academic Conference in Chicago, IL
Chicago, IL鈥擳he 萝莉社官网 (萝莉社官网) and the 萝莉社官网 Foundation are pleased to recognize this year鈥檚 marketing award winners who were celebrated at the 2025 萝莉社官网 Summer Academic Conference held in Chicago, Illinois, August 22-24, 2025.
鈥淭he transformative marketing research being done has the potential to drive positive economic change on a global scale. Our scholars are harnessing data in ways that will define new methods, theories and collaborations across diverse disciplines,鈥 said 萝莉社官网 CEO, Bennie F. Johnson. 鈥淚t was an honor to congratulate and celebrate all of this year’s awardees for their research and scholarship in the marketing profession. The future of marketing is dynamic thanks to the incredible and impactful work of the 萝莉社官网 community.鈥
Thanks to our 2025 conference Co-Chairs:Colleen Harmeling, Florida State University; Tonya Bradford, University of California, Irvine; and Adithya B Pattabhiramaiah, Georgia Tech University.
This year鈥檚 winners are:
- Best Paper in Conference | “Navigating Brand Relationships with Bereaved Consumers: The Intensified Case of Mothers Experiencing Baby Loss” by Carissa Colligan, Elizabeth Minton, Cindy Wang, and Alexa Fox
- Valuing Diversity PhD Scholarship |
- Vannesia Darby, Digital Marketing Director at Shondaland and is a Ph.D. candidate pursuing a degree in Business Administration with a marketing concentration at Kennesaw State University
- Donovan Gordan, 4th Year Marketing Ph.D. Candidate at The University of Mississippi
- Robert J. Lavidge Global Marketing Research Award | Eric Schwartz, Associate Professor of Marketing at University of Michigan Ross School of Business
- Williams-Qualls-Spratlen Multicultural Mentoring Award of Excellence | Kevin D. Bradford, Professor of Teaching at the Paul Merage School of Business, University of California, Irvine
- 萝莉社官网-EBSCO-RRBM Annual Award for Responsible Research in Marketing |听
Distinguished Winners
- Maura L. Scott, Sterling Bone, Glenn Christensen, Anneliese Lederer, Martin Mende, Brandon Christensen, and Marina Cozac, 鈥溾 | Journal of Marketing Research
- Lynn Sudbury-Riley, Philippa Hunter-Jones, Ahmed Al-Abdin, and Michael Haenlein, 鈥溾 | Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science
Winners
- Leonard Berry, Tracey Danaher, Timothy Keiningham, Lerzan Aksoy, and Tor W. Andreassen, 鈥溾 | Journal of Marketing
- Ximena Garcia-Rada, Mary Steffel, Elanor F. Williams, and Michael I. Norton, 鈥溾 | Journal of Consumer Research
- Arjen van Lin, Aylin Aydinli, Marco Bertini, Erica van Herpen, and Julia von Schuckmann, 鈥溾 | Journal of Consumer Research
- Courtney Nations Azzari, Laurel Anderson, Martin Mende, Josephine Go Jefferies, Hilary Downey, Amy L. Ostrom, and Jelena Spanjol, 鈥溾 | Journal of Service Research
Finalists
- Chuck Howard, David Hardisty, Abigail Sussman, and Marcel Lukas, 鈥 | Journal of Marketing Research
- Edlira Shehu, Besarta Veseli, Michel Clement, and Karen Page Winterich, 鈥溾 | Journal of Service Research
- Charles Coolidge Parlin Marketing Research Award | Pradeep K. Chintagunta, University of Chicago
- Thomas C. Kinnear / Journal of Public Policy & Marketing Award | Carlos Diaz Ruiz and Tomas Nilsson, 鈥,鈥 (Journal of Public Policy & Marketing, January 2023)
- S. Tamer Cavusgil Award (Journal of International Marketing Award) | Mark Cleveland, 鈥,鈥 (Journal of International Marketing, June 2024)
- Hans B. Thorelli Award (Journal of International Marketing Award) | Hugh M. Cannon and Attila Yaprak, 鈥,鈥 (Journal of International Marketing, December 2002)
- Paul E. Green Award / Vithala R. Rao Award (Journal of Marketing Research Award) | Szu-chi Huang, Michal Maimaran, and Daniella Kupor, 鈥,鈥 (Journal of Marketing Research, December 2024)
- Weitz-Winer-O’Dell Award (Journal of Marketing Research Award) | Yiyi Li and Ying Xie, 鈥,鈥 (Journal of Marketing Research, February 2020)
- Journal of Interactive Marketing Best Paper |
- Winners: German Zenetti and Koen Pauwels, 鈥,鈥 (Journal of Interactive Marketing, November 2024)
- Honorable Mention: Fotis Efthymiou, Christian Hildebrand, Emanuel de Bellis, and William H. Hampton, 鈥,鈥 (Journal of Interactive Marketing, May 2024)
- Shelby D. Hunt / Harold H. Maynard Award (Journal of Marketing Award) | Bastian Kindermann, Daniel Wentzel, David Antons, and Torsten-Oliver Salge, 鈥溾澨 (Journal of Marketing, May 2024)
- Sheth Foundation / Journal of Marketing Award | Jonah Berger, Ashlee Humphreys, Stephan Ludwig, Wendy W. Moe, Oded Netzer, and David A. Schweidel, 鈥溾 (Journal of Marketing, January 2020)
- 萝莉社官网 / Marketing Science Institute/H. Paul Root Award (Journal of Marketing Award) | Maximilian Beichert, Andreas Bayerl, Jacob Goldenberg, and Andreas Lanz, 鈥溾 (Journal of Marketing, July 2024)
- 听Louis W. Stern Award | Brett Josephson, Ju-Yeon Lee, Babu Mariadoss, and Jean Johnson, 鈥,鈥 (Journal of Marketing, January 2019)
Learn more about the winners and awards:
- Valuing PhD Scholarship: In partnership with the PhD Project and the 萝莉社官网 Academic Council, the Valuing Diversity PhD Scholarship seeks to widen opportunities for underrepresented populations to attend marketing doctoral programs.鈥嬧嬧嬧嬧嬧嬧嬧嬧嬧嬧嬧嬧嬧嬧嬧嬧嬧嬧嬧嬧嬧嬧嬧嬧嬧嬧嬧嬧嬧嬧嬧嬧嬧嬧嬧嬧嬧嬧嬧嬧嬧嬧嬧嬧嬧嬧嬧嬧嬧嬧嬧嬧嬧
- Robert J. Lavidge Global Marketing Research Award: The Robert J. Lavidge Global Marketing Research Award recognizes a marketing practitioner or educator who has devised and successfully implemented a research/insight procedure that has practical implications for use by others.
- Williams-Qualls-Spratlen Multicultural Mentoring Award of Excellence: This award recognizes world class marketing scholars and mentors of people of color while carrying on the legacy of Jerome Williams, Bill Qualls, and Thaddeus Spratlen.
- 萝莉社官网-EBSCO-RRBM Annual Award for Responsible Research in Marketing: The purpose of this award is to recognize already-published responsible research in marketing where responsible research is defined as work that produces both useful and credible knowledge.听
- Charles Coolidge Parlin Marketing Research Award: The Charles Coolidge Parlin Marketing Research Award is the oldest and most distinguished award in the field.听 This award is given to leading scholars and practitioners in honor of Charles Coolidge Parlin who is considered the pioneer of marketing research.
- Thomas C. Kinnear/Journal of Public Policy & Marketing Award: Named after Journal of Public Policy & Marketing鈥檚 founding editor, Thomas C. Kinnear, the award honors articles that make the most significant contribution to the understanding of marketing and public policy issues within a three-year time period.听听
- S. Tamer Cavusgil Award: Each year, the Editorial Board of Journal of International Marketing honors the article published in the calendar year that has the most significant contribution to the advancement and practice of international marketing management.
- Hans B. Thorelli Award: This award honors an article that has made the most significant and long-term contribution to international marketing theory or practice.
- Paul E. Green Award: This award honors the best Journal of Marketing Research article published within the last calendar year.
- Weitz-Winer-O’Dell Award: This award recognizes Journal of Marketing Research articles that have made the most significant long-term contribution to marketing theory, methodology, and/or practice.
- Journal of Interactive Marketing Best Paper Award: This award honors the best Journal of Interactive Marketing article published in a given calendar year.
- Shelby D. Hunt / Harold H. Maynard Award: Established in 1974 under the leadership of Journal of Marketing editor in chief Edward W. Cundiff, the Harold H. Maynard Award was established to honor the best Journal of Marketing article on marketing theory. The award was renamed the Shelby D. Hunt/Harold H. Maynard Award in 2015 to honor three-time award recipient Shelby D. Hunt, who led the establishment of an endowment to secure the award in perpetuity. This annual award continues to recognize articles published in the Journal of Marketing that make the most significant contributions to marketing theory in a given calendar year.
- 萝莉社官网 / Marketing Science Institute / H. Paul Root Award: This annual award is given to the Journal of Marketing article that has made the most significant contribution to the advancement of the practice of marketing in a calendar year.听听
- Louis W. Stern Award: This award recognizes outstanding articles in widely recognized and highly respected refereed journals that have made a significant contribution to the literature on marketing and channels of distribution.
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