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: Monday, May 15, 2025, at 11:59 PM EST

The American Marketing Associationโ€™s Doctoral Student Special Interest Group (DocSIG) welcomes applications for the Mathew 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).
  • Has been a dues-paying American Marketing Association (AMA) member and a registered member of DocSIG since at least February 16, 2025.

Applications must be in a single .pdf document including:

  • A cover letter explaining why the nominee would be an ideal recipient of the Emerging Scholar Award, including a statement regarding his/her personal research stream and service to the Marketing Academy.
  • Current curriculum vitae (including a record of publications).
  • (Self-nominees only): One signed recommendation letter from your dissertation chair or a tenured faculty member to attest to the nomineeโ€™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 a 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 (inagpal@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 is expected to be present at the 2025 Summer AMA conference in Chicago to receive the award.

Click for formal call for application here:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1N-4Ch6u-Cf3mxY0DP8Nt23wmQkhPjGJKIH8HtF2WbM4/edit?usp=sharing