JMR Scholarly Insights by AMA DocSIG is looking for doctoral students to contribute to our blog posts. We are working to create an expanding pool of doctoral student contributors for future issues of JMR Scholarly Insights. This initiative has been very well received by the academic community and we hope that doctoral students will become an active part of this exciting project!
JMR Scholarly Insights is a blog series that involves doctoral students developing questions and interviewing the authors of recent JMR articles to highlight the uniqueness and contribution of each article and provide interesting and insightful discussions.
What are the benefits for being a contributor to JMR Scholarly Insights by DocSIG?
There are many benefits to contributing to Scholarly Insights! Aside from being a fantastic line item on your CV, consider that:
- Your name will be featured on AMA’s official website
- Great opportunity to interact with top marketing scholars from around the world
- Great opportunity to network with fellow marketing doctoral students from around the world
- Your name will be tagged on JMR’s LinkedIn page alongside the authors of the JMR article you worked with. (Note: the “comment” section of these JMR LinkedIn posts is also a great opportunity to interact with fellow marketing scholars!)
- Provides you with intimate “ground level” exposure to some of the latest cutting-edge research published in one of academia’s most prestigious marketing journals
- Helps you brand yourself as a formidable researcher by increasing your visibility to future hiring universities
How do I get involved with JMR Scholarly Insights by DocSIG?
Please reach out to our current DocSIG officers of JMR Scholarly Insights – Abdolali (Ali) Mortazavi at smort005@odu.edu or Japmman Pahuja at jpahuja1@gsu.edu for any help or questions that you might have. If you would like to see examples of previous blog posts, Click HERE)
JMR Scholarly Insights by AMA DocSIG – Fall 2025 Edition
Hello DocSIG Community,
We’re excited to announce that JMR Scholarly Insights by AMA DocSIG is back for the 2025–2026 academic year, and we’re calling on our vibrant community to get involved!
AMA DocSIG Scholarly Insights is a unique collaboration with the Journal of Marketing Research (JMR) that offers doctoral students an incredible opportunity to:
• Connect with leading scholars in marketing,
• Dive deeper into recently published research,
• Conduct author interviews, and
• Write insightful summaries that are featured on our Scholarly Insights blog.
This is a fantastic way to build relationships, strengthen your academic voice, and contribute to the broader marketing research conversation.
You can explore previous blog posts here.
To learn more about the initiative, click here.
As we head into fall, discover new opportunities to grow and engage. For the October 2025 Issue, we’re featuring a remarkable lineup of articles written by brilliant research teams:
- Getting the Board on Board: Marketing Department Power and Board Interlocks by Peter Ebbes, Frank Germann, and Rajdeep Grewal
- Designing Quality Certificates: Insights from eBay by Xiang Hui, Ginger Zhe Jin, and Meng Liu
- Referral Contagion: Downstream Benefits of Customer Referrals by Rachel Gershon and Zhenling Jiang
- The Conditional-Promotion Paradox: When and Why Conditional Promotions Decrease Total Sales of the Promoted Product by Andong Cheng and Ashley Stadler Blank
- Are We Worse Off After Policy Repeals? Evidence from Two Green Policies by Dinesh Puranam, Sungjin Kim, Jihoon Hong, and Hai Che
To encourage broad participation, priority will be given to current AMA DocSIG members (i.e., those with an active AMA membership and Doctoral Students as their Special Interest Group) and who have not contributed to JMR Scholarly Insights in the past two years. Previous contributors will be placed on a waitlist and contacted if additional spots become available.
If you are interested in any of the articles and want to write a blog post, please complete the sign-up form here by Tuesday, September 30, 2025.
The remaining tentative timeline for the October 2025 issue is as follows:
• Announcement of teams and assigned articles by DocSIG Scholarly Insights Team: October 7
• Submission of Interview Questions: October 20
• Submission of Blog Posts: November 20
If none of the current articles interest you, stay tuned for our next call in December 2025!
We look forward to your participation and wish everyone a great day!
Feel free to contact the Scholarly Insights team with questions at Abdolali (Ali) Mortazavi, smort005@odu.edu , or Japmman Pahuja, jpahuja1@gsu.edu.
