Awards and Grants


Academic Awards & Scholarships

  • American Psychological Association Division 23 Dissertation Award Finalist, 1986
  • Graduate Research Scholarship, University of Oregon, 1986
  • Marketing Doctoral Consortium Representative, AMA Consortium, Duke University, 1985
  • Chiles Academic Scholarship, University of Oregon, 1984, 1985
  • M.B.A. Scholarship, University of Colorado, 1975-1976
  • B.A. cum laude, Michigan State University, 1972
Awards

Research-related Awards

  • College of Business Research Incentive Program Award, California State University, Long Beach (Fall 2020)
  • Marketing Communications Special Interest Group's Best Paper for 1998 Award (honoring "A Meta-Analysis of Relationships Between Ad-Evoked Feelings and Responses to Advertising," Journal of Marketing Research), presented at the AMA Winter Education Conference, Scottsdale, AZ (February 8, 2004).
  • Faculty Merit Increase Awards, California State University, Long Beach, 1996-2000
  • SCAC Summer Stipend Awards, California State University, Long Beach, 1994, 2000, 2008
  • SCAC/RSCA Assigned Time Awards, California State University, Long Beach, 1993, 1995-2001, 2003-2007, 2009-2024
  • Affirmative Action Assigned Time Awards, California State University, Long Beach, 1992, 1993, 1995
  • Annual Article Award Finalist, Journal of Advertising, 1991
  • Summer Faculty Research Award, University of Texas at Austin, 1990
  • Annual Research Award, College of Communication, University of Texas at Austin, 1989
  • Everett D. Collier Fellowship in Communication, University of Texas at Austin, 1988/1989
  • American Psychological Association Division 23 Dissertation Award Finalist, 1986

Teaching-related Awards

  • Academic Affairs Award for Outstanding Faculty Mentor for Student Engagement in Research, Scholarly and Creative Activity; California State University, Long Beach (April 26, 2011).
  • Most Inspirational Professor Award, CSULB Alumni Association, California State University, Long Beach, 2010.

Competitive Grants

  • CSULB Alumni Grant to establish a Department of Marketing Research Lab, February 2011.
  • CSULB Research Grant to study "The Influence of Music on Ad-Induced Emotions and Attitudes," California State University, Long Beach, 1992.
  • URI Faculty Research Grant to study "The Role of Negative and Positive Information in Audio Communications," University of Texas at Austin, 1990.
  • URI Faculty Research Grant to study "The Role of Negative and Positive Information in Audio Communications: Two Pilot Studies," University of Texas at Austin, 1988/1989.
  • Special Research Grants, University of Texas at Austin, Fall 1986, Spring 1987, Fall 1987, Summer 1988, Fall 1988/1989.

Internship

  • Internship at Saatchi & Saatchi/DSF Pacific, sponsored by the Advertising Educational Foundation's Visiting Professor Program (Summer 1993).