Oklahoma State University to host 2011 AMA-Sheth Foundation doctoral consortium

Wednesday, March 31, 2010

(March 31, 2010  STILLWATER, Okla.) - The Oklahoma State University Department of Marketing has been selected to host the 2011 American Marketing Association-Sheth Foundation Doctoral Consortium. The event will be held June 15-19, 2011, and will introduce doctoral students to state-of-the-art marketing scholarship and methodology as they prepare to launch their academic careers.

Established in 1965, the AMA-Sheth Foundation Doctoral Consortium brings together outstanding marketing doctoral students and the premier marketing scholars from around the world. The invitation-only event is the most prestigious gathering of its kind in the world. Organizers expect about 100 of the top marketing professors in the world and 100 of the most promising marketing Ph.D. students to attend.

“We are delighted to have been chosen to host the AMA-Sheth Foundation Doctoral Consortium for 2011, “ said Tom Brown, Ardmore professor of business administration and professor of marketing in the OSU Spears School of Business. “This honor gives us the opportunity to showcase the marketing department, the Spears School of Business and OSU to some of the brightest business scholars in the world. We are excited.”