AAA Doctoral Dissertation Grant Competition

The American Academy of Advertising Doctoral Dissertation Grant Competition exists to promote doctoral research in advertising. Typically, one or two doctoral students receive grants in the range of $1,000 to $2,000. Awards are based on a competitive review of dissertation proposals. Any topic in advertising may be addressed. Winners are expected to grant the Journal of Advertising right of first refusal on any papers resulting from the dissertation. Recipients receive half of the award at the time of selection and half of the award when the dissertation has been defended successfully.

2010

Taejun Lee, University of Tennessee

"The Role of Regulatory Focus in Consumers’ Response to Disclosures in Financial Services Advertising"

 

Lu Zheng, University of Alabama

"The Impact of Narrative Focus, Vividness of Product Depiction, Mental Imagery Ability, and Need for Cognition on Transportation in Narrative Advertising" 

 

2009

Soyoen Cho, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities 

"Viral Advertising Effects and Trust as an Influencing Factor" 

 

Hye Jin Yoon, University of Georgia 

"Humorous Reappraisal of Threat Information: The Effects of Humor and 

Issue Involvement in PSAs" 

 

2008

Clinton Amos, University of North Texas 

"The Impact of Visceral Influences on Consumers' Evaluation of Weight Loss Advertising" 

2007
Hyunjae Yu, University of Georgia
"Food Advertising and Children: Understanding the Role Television Advertising Plays in Conflicts between Parents and Children Regarding Healthy Food Choices”

2006
Courtney Carpenter, University of Alabama
“What is Most Important to Kids? Developmental Differences in Response to Spokescharacter Appearance and Behavior Associated with Nutritional Content of Food Products in Advertisements Targeting Children”

Stevie Watson, Mississippi State University
“The Relevance of Skin Tone: Viewers' Responses to Black Models in Advertising”

Juran Kim, University of Tennessee
“Developing an Integrated Model of Interactivity in the Context of Travel Related Websites”

2005
Carlos Valdez, Monterrey Tech/University of Florida
“A New Theoretical Construct in Advertising: The Cognitive-Affective Mix”

Federico de Gregorio, University of Georgia
“Forgotten but Not Gone: Implicit Memory as a Complimentary Measure of Brand Placement Effectiveness in Movies and Video Games”

Gergely Nyilasy, University of Georgia
“Practitioner Theories at the Advertising Agency and Client Advertising Department”

2004  Mira Lee, Chan Yun Yoo   

2003  Joo Young Kim, Joo-Hyun Lee, Doyle Yoon 

2001 Wendy Macias 

2000 Euijin Ahn, Saovanee Tesgim, Young Kyun Choi 

1999 Chang-Hoan Cho, Carrie LaFerle 

1998 Kim Sheehan 

1997 James Coyle 

1996 Barbara Phillips, Kartik Pashupati 

1995 Jill Schmid, Denise DeLorme 

1994 Karen James, Mandeep Singh 

 


AAA Research Fellowship Grants   

Members of the Academy are eligible to apply for annual research grants offered by AAA. Grants are available to both junior and senior faculty members and submissions are evaluated by the Research Committee. Winners are expected to grant the Journal of Advertising right of first refusal on the primary paper resulting from the research. Recipients receive half of the award at the time of selection and half of the award when the paper has been sent to the Journal of Advertising.

2010

Brittany Duff 

"Distractingly Good: When Multitasking May Benefit Memory for the Ad"

 

Susan Myers

"Finding the Consumer in Direct- to-Consumer Advertising"

 

Gergely Nyilasy

"Practitioner Theories of Social Media and Its Marketing Utilization"

 

2009

Hyojin Kim, Jorge Villegas, and Chunsik Lee

"The Role of Emotions and Endorser Characteristics in Consumer Responses to DTC"

   

Rick Wilson, Brian Till, and Daniel Baack

"Outdoor Advertising Recall and Recognition Effects: Attention and the

Distracted Consumer"            

2008

Jisu Huh, Denise E. DeLorme, and Leonard N. Reid

“Prescription Drug Information-Seeking Behaviors and DTC Advertising Effects among Asian American Consumers.” 

 

Yongjun Sung and Sejung Marina Choi

“What Motivates Consumers to Participate in Online Anti-Brand Communities?” 

 

Hyojin Kim, Patricia A. Stout, and Jennifer G. Ball,  

“The Effects of Corporate Credibility, Endorser Credibility, and Brand Credibility on Consumer Responses to DTC Advertising”

 

2007

Carrie LaFerle and Steven Edwards          

“Self-Construals Across Ethnicity, Age, and Gender: Implications for Advertising Appeals"".” 

                                                                                       

Padmini Patwardhan and Hemant Patwardhan 

“Account Planning in Indian Advertising: What Ad Agencies Know, Feel and Do about it”

                        

Shintaro Okazaki, Morikazu Hirose, and Hairong Li      

“Consumer Response to Mobile Marketing Communications: Effects of Promotion Strategy,  

User Mode and Perceived Benefits”

                                                              

Hairong Li and Janice Bukovac-Phelps 

“The Role of Virtual Affinity in Advertising Response: A Study of Social Networking Websites.” 

                                                                   

2006

Marla Stafford and Susan Myers

“Direct to Consumer Advertising: A Look at Erectile Dysfunction Mediations”        

                                                  

Kim Sheehan 

“Prescription for Perplexity?  How Risk Presentation Affect Risk Comprehension at DTC Web Sites”      

2005      Lance Kinney  

JoAnn  Roznowski           

              

2004      Michelle R. Nelson and Hye-Jin Paek                                                                  

Nora Rifon and Sejung Marina Choi                                                                       

Wei-Na Lee and Sejung Marina Choi                                

 

2003      Wendy Macias  

Satya Menon      

 

2002      Carol Pardun and Mary Alice Shaver                                

Wendy Macias                                                   

 

2002      Denise Delorme and Leonard Reid                                  

Wei-Na Lee and Byung-Kwan Lee,                                               

Cynthia Morton and Jorge Villegas                                  

 

2001      Carrie LaFerle and Steve Edwards                                   

Julie Ruth and Bernard Simonin 

                                     

2000      Margaret Morrison                                                          

            Steve Edwards and Hairong Li                                                    

Fred Beard                                             

 

1999      Kristina Frankenberger                                        

Mary Alice Shaver and Carol Pardun                                

 

1998      Spencer Tinkham and Ruth Ann Weaver-Larisey  

Michael Polonsky, Les Carlson, Andrea Prothero and Dimitri Kapelianis                                                    

Peggy Kreshel and Ann Maxwell                                     

 

1997     Marla Stafford                                                    

Carol Pardun and Kathy McKee                           

 

1996      Ron Faber and Dhavan Shah                                          

Mukesh Bharagava and John Kim                                    

Michael Maynard                                                

Dennis Sandler and David Shani                                     

Jan LeBlanc Wicks                                             

 

1995      Cathy Cole                                                         

            Kevin Keenan                                                     

            Terry Nevett                                                       

Tom Stafford                                                     

 

1994     Charles Ray Taylor and Barry Babin                                             

            Debbie Triese and Cele Otnes                                         

            S. Scott Whitlow                                                                        

             

1993      Patricia Alvey and Linda Scott 

Tina Lowrey, Basil Englis, Sharon Shavitt, and Michael Soloman    

            Eric Haley and Roxanne Hovland 

 

1992      Gayathri Mani                                                     

            Wei-Na Lee and MaryeTharp                                            

            Surendra Singh                                                  

            Tina Lowry                                                                                                                                                         

             

1991      Deborah MacInnis                                              

            Helen Anderson                                                  

            Spencer Tinkham and Ruth Ann Weaver-Larisey                                       

            Meg Campbell                                                    

             

1990      Youjae Yi                                                           

            Annie Lang                                                                     

 

1989      John Lastovicka                                                             

            Jerome Williams             

                                                 

1988      Lynn Langmeyer                                                             

            John Rossiter                                                     

            David Stewart 

 


S. Watson Dunn Memorial Fund Grant 

 

This award, established in memory of S. Watson Dunn, is intended to fund future  

graduate student research projects in the area of global advertising. The Research Committee reviews competitive research proposals submitted by Academy members. 

2010  Jie Zhang

2000  Yung Kyun Choi

1999  Elzbieta Lepkowska-White