Awards and Placements
The Aplin Department of Marketing is an excellent choice for Ph.D. students who are seriously interested in an academic career at major research universities. The department’s national recognition and a well-designed doctoral program place us in a strong position to assist our doctoral graduates in developing attractive placement opportunities at quality schools upon completion of their studies, and their work as doctoral students are regularly recognized with university and prestigious disciplinary awards.
Awards
The Doctoral Student Teaching Excellence Award and the Doctoral Student Research Excellence Award recognize the outstanding contributions of our doctoral students. Each year, winners receive a plaque and a cash award at the biannual Mays faculty and staff meeting. Additionally, our students’ research excellence have earned recognition through prestigious disciplinary awards. The following is a selecting list of recent recipients of internal and external honors.
Disciplinary Awards
Chi Zhang, 2024
2024 Runner up, PDMA Doctoral Consortium Dissertation Presentation Competition, Product Development and Management Association
Priya Rangaswamy, 2020, 2022
2022 Winner, PDMA Doctoral Consortium Dissertation Presentation Competition, Product Development and Management Association
2022 Finalist, Business for a Better World Dissertation Proposal Competition
2020 Finalist, ISBM Doctoral Dissertation Award Competition
Yuna Choe, 2021
2021 Honorary Mention, AMS Mary Kay Doctoral Dissertation Award
Nooshin Warren, 2021
2020 Winner, AMA/MSI H. Paul Root Award
Yixing Chen, 2021
2021 Winner, John A. Howard/AMA Doctoral Dissertation Award
2021 Finalist, AMA/Marketing Science Institute/H.
2021 Winner, Texas A&M University Distinguished Dissertation Award
2019 Finalist, AMA/MSI H. Paul Root Award
Unnati Narang, 2018, 2019, 2021
2019 Winner, Mathew Joseph Emerging Scholar Award, AMA DocSIG
2018 Winner, Shankar-Spiegel Best Dissertation Proposal Award, Marketing EDGE
2019 Winner, Texas A&M University Community of Scholars Unsung Hero Award
2021 Finalist, EMAC/Aimark Best Dissertation Award
Gautham F. Vadakkepatt, 2015
2015 Winner, AMA/MSI H. Paul Root Award
Krista Li, 2015
2015 Finalist, AMS Mary Kay Doctoral Dissertation Award
Mays Business School Doctoral Student Awards
Research Excellence Award
2024 – Ralph Park
2023 – Taotao Ye
2022 – Priya Rangaswamy
2021 – Muzeeb Shaik
2020 – Yuna Choe
2019 – Unnati Narang
2018 – Larisa Ertekin
2017 – Fangfei Guo
2016 – Yixing Chen
Teaching Excellence Award
2024 – Chi Zhang
2022 – Muzeed Shaik
2021 – Yuna Choe
2020 – Fangfei Guo
2019 – Yixing Chen
2018 – Brandy Hodges and Hooman Miramad
2017 – Eunho Park
2016 – Joon Ho Lim
Graduate Placements
Recent graduates of Mays’ Ph.D. in Business Administration – Marketing program have gone on to faculty positions at respected universities nationwide.
Chi Zhang – Syracuse University
Ralph Park – Binghamton University SUNY
Taotao Ye – George Mason University
Narendra Bosukonda – The University of Texas at El Paso (Currently at Florida State University)
Yuna Choe – University of North Texas (Currently at Baylor University)
Fangfei Guo – North Carolina State University
Alicia Wang – Baruch College at CUNY
Priya Rangaswamy – Baruch College at CUNY
Yixing Chen – University of Notre Dame
Muzeeb Shaik – Indiana University
Unnati Narang – University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Larisa Kovalenko – Boston College (currently at UTSA)
Brady Hodges – University of Missouri
Eunho Park – California State University Long Beach (currently at UTSA)
Juno Lim – Illinois State University
Nooshin Warren – University of Arizona
Krista Li – Indiana University
Michael Lowe – Georgia Tech University
