Call for Nominations - 2009
Outstanding Contribution to Research in Advertising
Submission Deadline: November 7, 2008
 

The American Academy of Advertising Outstanding Contribution to Research on Advertising 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 one thousand dollar 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 five years prior to nomination.
    
   Active Membership is defined as:
   
   • Must have been an AAA member for the last five consecutive years.
   • Must have participated in AAA conference activities in one or more of the   following ways in the last five years:
         - Session chair or discussant
         - 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:

1. A letter of nomination providing an overview of the nominee's research contributions.
2. At least two supporting letters from leading scholars.
3. The nominee's curriculum vitae.
4. 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 7, 2008.  (Please note that this is a received by, not a postmarked by, deadline).  Faxed or e-mail submissions are not allowed.)  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 2009 AAA Conference and communicated to the membership through the AAA Newsletter.
 
Send materials to:
 
Dr. Janas Sinclair
Chair, AAA Research Committee
School of Journalism and Mass Communication
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Campus Box 3365
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3365
Email:  sinclair@unc.edu
Phone:  (919) 843-5638