2025 Mathew Joseph Emerging Scholar Award Application
AMA DocSIG invites all doctoral students who are active AMA DocSIG members to apply for the 2025 Mathew Joseph Emerging Scholar Award.
Deadline for applicants: Thursday, May 15, 2025 at 11:59 PM EST
The American Marketing Association’s Doctoral Student Special Interest Group (DocSIG) welcomes applications for the Matthew Joseph Emerging Scholar Award. This award honors a doctoral student scholar who displays exemplary scholarship and a bright future in the marketing discipline. Nominees (self-nominees welcomed) must meet the following criteria:
- Be a doctoral student or candidate in marketing in good standing at an AACSB university.
- Demonstrated research productivity (e.g., presented a conference paper, published a peer-reviewed paper).
- Be an active member of the American Marketing Association (AMA) and an official member of DocSIG since atleast February 16, 2025.
Applications must be in one single .pdf document including:
- Cover letter as to why the nominee would be an ideal recipient of the emerging scholar award, including a statement regarding his/her personal research stream.
- Current curriculum vitae (including a record of publications).
- (Self-nominees only): One signed recommendation letter from your dissertation chair or a tenured faculty to attest to the nominee’s research impact and contribution to scholarship.
All applications will be evaluated by a panel of three (3) marketing scholar judges and must be received by the due date and time listed above. To apply, please email one .pdf document along with the proof of membership to BOTH AMA DocSIG Chair, Julia van de Sandt (julia.vandesandt@grad.moore.sc.edu) and AMA DocSIG Chair-elect, Ishita Nagpal (inagpal1@gsu.edu).
Please contact Julia van de Sandt (julia.vandesandt@grad.moore.sc.edu), AMA DocSIG Chair, with any questions.
The winner will receive a plaque and an award of $250. The winner will be notified by mid-June and should be present at the Summer AMA conference to receive the award.
Click for formal call for application here:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1N-4Ch6u-Cf3mxY0DP8Nt23wmQkhPjGJKIH8HtF2WbM4/edit?usp=sharing
Mathew Joseph Emerging Scholar Award Winner 2024
We would like to congratulate the winner of the 2024 “Mathew Joseph” DocSIG Emerging Scholar Award, Dr. Luca Cascio Rizza from LUISS Guido Carli University, now University of Southern California. Luca was nominated by his co-authors and mentors for his outstanding research and publications in his doctoral program. Congratulations, Luca on this well-deserved honor. Luca received a plaque and $250.
Mathew Joseph Emerging Scholar Award Winner 2023
AMA DocSIG is pleased to announce that Rodrigo da Silva Dias from Fuqua School of Business, Duke University has been awarded the 2023 Mathew Joseph Emerging Scholar Award! Rodrigo received a plaque, and $250.
Mathew Joseph Emerging Scholar Award Winner 2022
AMA DocSIG is pleased to announce that Lan Anh Nu Ton from University of Georgia has been awarded the 2022 Mathew Joseph Emerging Scholar Award! Lahn Anh received a plaque, $250, and free registration to the 2022 AMA Summer Educators’ Conference.
Mathew Joseph Emerging Scholar Award Winner 2020
AMA DocSIG is pleased to announce that Gizem Yalcin, from Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University, has been awarded the 2021 Mathew Joseph Emerging Scholar Award! Gizem received a plaque, $250, and free registration to the 2021 AMA Summer Educators’ Conference.
Mathew Joseph Emerging Scholar Award Winner 2020
AMA DocSIG is pleased to announce that Riley Krotz, from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, has been awarded the 2020 Mathew Joseph Emerging Scholar Award! Riley will receive a plaque, $250, and free registration to the 2020 AMA Summer Educators’ Conference.
Mathew Joseph Emerging Scholar Award Winner 2019
AMA DocSIG is pleased to announce that Unnati Narang, from the Texas A&M University, has been awarded the 2019 Mathew Joseph Emerging Scholar Award!
Mathew Joseph Emerging Scholar Finalist 2019
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. This year, however, due to the number of amazing applicants, we are also awarding one finalist. Jillian Hmurovic, from the University of Pittsburg, has been awarded as the finalist for the Mathew Joseph Emerging Scholar Aw