Call for Nominations   

2012 Ivan L. Preston Outstanding Contribution to

Research Award  

Submission Deadline: November 3, 2011

The American Academy of Advertising Ivan L. Preston Outstanding Contribution to Research Award is designed to honor an individual who has made an outstanding contribution to the discipline of advertising through a systematic and sustained program of published research. The award carries a $1,000 prize. This award will be given only to active and contributing AAA members for exemplary research on advertising and is not necessarily awarded every year.   

Requirements: 

To be eligible, a nominee must have: 

1.     Received a doctorate more than 20 years ago.

2.          Been promoted to rank of Professor (not Assistant or Associate Professor) prior to nomination.

3.          Been an active member of AAA for at least 5 years prior to nomination. 

Active membership is defined as:

·         Must have been an AAA member for the last 5 consecutive years.

·         Must have participated in AAA conference activities in one or more of the following ways in the last 5 years:

-       Session chair or discussant

-    Track chair  

-       Paper presentation

-       Special topics session

-       Reviewer of papers for the AAA conference

 

In addition, active membership should include at least one, but probably two, of

the following:

-       AAA Committee Member

-       AAA Committee Chair

-       AAA Officer

-       Webmaster

-       Newsletter Editor

-       Journal of Advertising Editorial Review Board or have served as an ad hoc reviewer for several years.

 

Materials: Nominations should include the following:

 

·         A letter of nomination providing an overview of the nominee's research contributions.

·         At least two supporting letters from leading scholars.

·         The nominee's curriculum vitae.

·         Copies of the nominee's five most influential works (include a representative chapter if one of the five works is a book).

 

Five copies of the above materials must reach the Research Committee Chair by November 3, 2011. (This is a received-by, not a postmarked-by, deadline). Alternatively, one complete .pdf file (one only, containing all materials) can be e-mailed . The submission - as sent - will be forwarded to the reviewers.The winner will be notified prior to the AAA Conference and is required to attend the conference to receive the award. The award will be announced at the 2012 AAA Conference and communicated to the membership through the AAA Newsletter.

Send materials to:

Dr. Eric Haley 

Chair, AAA Research Committee 

University of Tennessee 

School of Advertising and Public Relations 

476 Communication 

Knoxville, TN  37996-0343 

phone: (865) 974-5102 

email: haley@utk.edu