Recipient of the 2007 AMA Strategy SIG
Mahajan Award for Lifetime Contribution to Marketing Strategy
Summer AMA Educators' Conference
Washington D.C , August 2007.
   
Recipient of the 2007 AMA IOSIG
Lifetime Contributions Award to InterOrganizational Issues
Summer AMA Educators’ Conference,
Washington D.C. , August 2007
   
Finalist for the 2007 ISMS Practice Prize
The Wharton School , University of Pennsylvania ,
Philadelphia , PA , October 2007.
   
Invited as a Faculty Scholar to the 2007
American Marketing Association’s Doctoral Consortium,
Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
   
Recipient of the Graduate Teaching Excellence Award,
University of Connecticut, 2007
   
Recipient of the Best Paper “Honorable Mention Award”
University of Connecticut, 2007
   
Recipient of the Teaching Excellence Award, MBA Program, University of Connecticut, 2007
   
Winner of $100,000 ISBM/MSI Academic Practitioner Challenge
Chicago, August, 2006
   
Invited as a Faculty Scholar to the 2006
American Marketing Association's Doctoral Consortium,
University of Maryland, College Park, MD.
   
Finalist for the 2006 ISMS Practice Prize
Pittsburgh, PA, June, 2006
   
Runner-up for the Best Paper Award
Journal of Interactive Marketing, 2006
   

Winner of the MSI/Paul H. Root Award (second time in three years) for the Paper Published in Journal of Marketing in 2005 that best contributes to the Practice of Marketing.

   
Recipient of the Outstanding Reviewer Award for Journal of Retailing, July 2005.
 
Recipient of Best Paper Award, University of Connecticut, 2004 - 2005.
   
Winner of the Don Lehmann Award (second time in four years) for the best Paper published in Journal of Marketing/ Journal of Marketing Research in a 2-year period (2003-2004), August 2005.
   
Winner of the Outstanding Paper Award in 2004 for the best paper published in a 2 year period (2000 – 2001) in the International Journal of Forecasting.
   
Invited as a Faculty Scholar to the 2004 American Marketing Association’s Doctoral Consortium, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX.
   
Winner of the MSI/Paul H. Root Award for the Paper Published in Journal of Marketing in 2003 that best contributes to the Practice of Marketing.
  Recipient of Research Excellence Award, University of Connecticut, 2002 - 2003.  
       
  Recipient of Best Paper Award, University of Connecticut, 2002 - 2003.  
       
  Invited as a Faculty Scholar to the 2002 American Marketing Association's Doctoral Consortium Emory University, Atlanta, GA.  
       
  Winner of the Don Lehmann Award for the best paper published in the Journal of Marketing / Journal of Marketing Research  in  a 2-year period (1999-2000), August 2001.  
       
  Invited as a Faculty Scholar to the 2001 American Marketing Association's Doctoral Consortium University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL  
       
  Melcher Research Excellence Award, University of Houston, 2000.  
       
  Melcher Award for Faculty Excellence in Research, University of Houston, 1999.  
       
  Invited as Faculty Scholar to the 1998 American Marketing Association's Doctoral Consortium, University of Georgia, Athens, GA  
       
  Melcher Research Excellence Award, University of Houston, 1998.  
       
  Invited as a Faculty Scholar to the 1998 American Marketing Association’s Faculty Consortium, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI.  
       
  Melcher Award for Faculty Excellence in Research, University of Houston, 1997  
       
  Invited as Faculty Scholar to the 1997 American Marketing Association's Doctoral Consortium, University of Cincinnati, Ohio.  
       
  Melcher Award for Faculty Excellence in Teaching, University of Houston, 1996-97.  
       
  Invited as Faculty Scholar to the 1996 American Marketing Association's Doctorial Consortium, University of Colorado at Boulder, CO.  
       
  Melcher Teaching Excellence Award, University of Houston, 1995.  
       
  Nations Bank Master Teaching Award, University of Houston, 1994  
       
  College of Business Alumni Association Distinguished Faculty Award for Research, Teaching and Service, University of Houston, 1994.  
       
  Melcher Teaching Excellence Award, University of Houston, 1994.  
       
  Melcher Teaching Excellence Award, University of Houston, 1993.  
       
  Melcher Teaching Excellence Award, University of Houston, 1992.  
       
  Melcher Teaching Excellence Award, University of Houston, 1991.  
       
  UH Teaching Excellence Award, University of Houston, 1991 - 1992  
       
  Kent Electronics Computer Research Excellence Award, University of Houston, 1990 - 1991.  
       
  Melcher Research Excellence Award, University of Houston, 1989 - 1990.  
       
  Fellow, 1984 AMA Doctoral Consortium.  
       
  Abell-Hanger Endowed Presidential Fund Scholarship, University of Texas, 1984-85.  
       
  Bonham Fellowship, Graduate School of Business, University of Texas, Summer 1984.  
       
  University Fellowship, University of Texas, 1983-84, Summer 1982.  
       
  Tucker's Excellence Fund, University of Texas, Fall 1981.  
       
  Member, Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society.  
       
  Awarded Gold Medal in Recognition for being Ranked First in the Masters Program, 1981.  
       
Graduated with Honors in the Bachelors Program, 1979.
   
   
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