Awards and Grants

Research and Conference Awards

Best Paper – Marketing Strategy Track
“Do Female CEOs Act Responsibly: Analyses of Female CEO Impact on Relational CSR” Association of Collegiate Marketing Educators, 2024

Coles Best Working Paper Award
“Media Attention Given to Six CEO News Types and Its Influence on Consumer Evaluations” Kennesaw State University, 2024

Best Paper – Accounting/Education Track
“From Headlines to Bottom Lines: The Interplay Between CEO Media Coverage and Stakeholder Assessments” Association of Business Research, 2024

Best Overall Conference Paper Award
“Putting People First: Female CEOs and Relational CSR” Atlantic Marketing Association, 2023

Best Paper – Marketing Strategy Track
“Putting People First: Female CEOs and Relational CSR” Atlantic Marketing Association, 2023

Coles Best Working Paper Award
“CEO Pay Slice and Firm Value: Is Corporate Social Responsibility a Missing Link?” Kennesaw State University, 2023

Outstanding Publication Award
“Exploring the Dark Side of Integrity: Impact of CEO Integrity on Firms’ Innovativeness, Risk-Taking, and Proactiveness” Kennesaw State University, 2023

Best Paper Award
“Breaking the News: How Does CEO Media Coverage Influence Consumer and Investor Evaluations?”
AMA Global Marketing SIG Conference, Greece, 2022

Best Paper – Marketing Strategy Track
“Breaking the News: How Does CEO Media Coverage Influence Consumers and Shareholder Perceptions?” American Marketing Association Winter Conference, 2021

Lou E. Pelton Emerging Scholar Award
Association of Collegiate Marketing Educators, 2021

Best Paper – Marketing Strategy Track
“Breaking the News: How Does CEO Media Coverage Influence Consumers and Shareholder Perceptions?” Society for Marketing Advances, 2020

Best Overall Conference Paper Award
“Breaking the News: How Does CEO Media Coverage Influence Consumers and Shareholder Perceptions?” Atlantic Marketing Association, 2020

Best Paper – Marketing Strategy & Innovation Track
“Breaking the News: How Does CEO Media Coverage Influence Consumers and Shareholder Perceptions?” Atlantic Marketing Association, 2020

Distinguished Paper Award (One of the most competitive honors selected across the full conference program)
“CEOs’ Level of Confidence, Marketing Outcomes, and Role of Marketing Power” Federation of Business Disciplines, 2020

Best Paper – Social Media and Digital Marketing Track

“Lonely and Insecure Consumers Experiencing Fear of Missing Out (FOMO) and its Effects on Retail Patronage” Society for Marketing Advances, 2019

Best Paper – Marketing Strategy Track
“CEO Integrity and Entrepreneurial Orientation: Role Played by Marketing Power and Compensation”
American Collegiate Marketing Education, 2019

William O. Bearden Doctoral Student Research Award, Southeast Marketing Symposium, 2017

Best Paper – Marketing Strategy Track
“Seeking Pleasure or Avoiding Pain: Influence of CEOs’ Regulatory Foci on Firms’ Advertising, R&D, and Corporate Social Responsibility” Society for Marketing Advances, 2016