ACME 2022 Thank You

A warm and sincere thank you!

It takes many volunteers to plan and implement the ACME Conference each year, particularly with the ongoing challenges of COVID-19 and ACME being new to offering a hybrid conference. Thank you so much to everyone who helped make our ACME 2022 Annual Conference possible!

Authors

To all of our ACME authors for 2022, thank you for sharing your work with ACME and being part of our conference. Your presentations are the cornerstone of our conference and give us all a terrific opportunity to learn from each other, share feedback, grow professionally, and enjoy the collegiality of ACME.

Plenary and Workshop Speakers

Thank you to each of our Plenary and Workshop Speakers for sharing your knowledge and expertise with our members.

Beheruz N. Sethna
Plenary – Leading the Way to Success: Ways To Be a Transformational Leader

Mark Romig and Lisa D. Alexis
Plenary – Marketing New Orleans: The Cultural Capital of the South

Barry J. Babin
Workshop – Confirmatory Factor Analysis using Structural Equation Modelling (AMOS)

Zhenning “Jimmy” Xu
Workshop – Using R to Create Data Visualizations

Sam Houston State University

Thank you to Sam Houston State University (SHSU) for invaluable planning and technical support for our conference, including hosting our Zoom sessions, designing our landing page, providing staff to respond to technical questions, and for a wide variety of support during conference planning and implementation. We are so grateful to SHSU for all of your support!

Thanks in particular to the following SHSU staff and faculty.

IT@Sam Team Members:
Mark McMurray and Natalie Payne

Marketing Faculty and Staff in the Department of Management, Marketing, and Information Systems in the College of Business Administration:
Renée Gravois, Sanjay S. Mehta, Irfan Ahmed, Fawzi Noman, and Tiffani Goodin

Track Chairs

Our immense gratitude to each of the ACME Track Chairs for your work during all phases of the process – from recruiting submissions and managing the review process, to corresponding with authors, to helping build the program. See the complete list of Track Chairs.

Session Chairs

Thank you to each of our Session Chairs for your valuable roles in moderating sessions, coordinating with presenters, and creating a collegial atmosphere for all participants to enjoy and benefit from the conference. See the complete list of Session Chairs. See the complete list of Session Chairs.

Reviewers for ACME 2022

ACME thanks our team of dedicated reviewers for your valuable service in reviewing submissions and providing valuable feedback to authors. See the complete list of reviewers.

Sponsors

ACME is grateful for the long-standing support of our named award sponsors, including Wessex Press for sponsorship of the ACME AxcessCapon Teaching Innovation Competition and Award and Lou E. Pelton for sponsorship of the Lou E. Pelton Emerging Scholar Award. Thank you!

Judges

Thank you to the judges for our ACME 2022 Awards, including Outstanding Educator, Distinguished Paper, Best Papers in Track, ACME AxcessCapon Competition and Award, and the Lou E. Pelton Emerging Scholar Award. Our sincere appreciation to Lou E. Pelton, Joyce Zhou, Kishwar Joonas, Marilyn Eastman, and those officers and Track Chairs who helped to facilitate judging processes.

Once again, thank you so much to everyone who helped make our conference possible!

Be sure to join us again next year for the ACME 2023 Conference in Houston, Texas.

ACME Track Chairs, 2021-2022

Advertising and Integrated Marketing Communications
Tommy Hsu, Tarleton State University, Stephenville, Texas

Branding and Brand Management
David Taylor, Sacred Heart University, Fairfield, Connecticut

Consumer Behavior and Psychology
Gary Holmes, University of North Texas at Dallas, Dallas, Texas
Saeed Tajdini, Indiana University Southeast, New Albany, Indiana

Public Policy, Sustainability, and Social Responsibility
Julie Haworth, University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, Texas
Kate Abraham, Concordia University, Chicago, Illinois

Global Marketing
Daniel Rajaratnam, University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, Texas
Sangeeta Devanathan, Jain University, Bangalore, India

Fashion Merchandising
Sua Jeon, Texas Wesleyan University, Fort Worth, Texas,br />Kiseol Yang, University of North Texas, Denton, Texas

Health Care and Pharmaceutical Marketing
Amit Malhan, North Carolina A&T State University, Greensboro, North Carolina

Logistics and Supply Chain Management
Subhro Mitra, University of North Texas at Dallas, Dallas, Texas

Macromarketing and Political Marketing
Irfan Ahmed, Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, Texas
Ardhendu Shekhar Singh, Symbiosis International, Pune, India

Marketing Education and Experiential Learning
Adam J. Mills, Loyola University, New Orleans, Louisiana

Data Driven Marketing for Consumer Insights
Zhenning “Jimmy” Xu, California State University-Bakersfield, Bakersfield, California
Guanyu Geng, University of North Texas, Denton, Texas

Marketing Strategy, New Product Development, and Innovation
Jun Yu, University of Louisiana Monroe, Monroe, Louisiana
Prachi Gala, Kennesaw State University, Kennesaw, Georgia

Retailing and Electronic Commerce
Joyce Zhou, University of Louisiana Monroe, Monroe, Louisiana
Ayşe Begüm Ersoy, Cape Breton University, Nova Scotia, Canada

Professional Selling and Sales Management
J. Ricky Fergurson, Indiana State University, Terre Haute, Indiana

Services, Tourism and Hospitality Marketing
Jingxian “Kelly” Jiang, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas

Social Media, Mobile Marketing, and Digital Marketing
Scott D. Roberts, University of the Incarnate Word, San Antonio, Texas
Eyad Youssef (deceased), Frostburg State University, Frostburg, Maryland

Sports and Recreational Marketing
Joshua Shuart, Sacred Heart University, Fairfield, Connecticut

Student Research
Marilyn Eastman, Morningside University, Sioux City, Iowa

Special Sessions, Panel Discussions, Workshops, and Posters
Atefeh Yazdanparast Ardestani, Clark University, Worcester, Massachusetts

Session Chairs for ACME 2022

Irfan Ahmed, Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, Texas

Laurie Babin, University of Mississippi, University, Mississippi

Marilyn Eastman, Morningside University, Sioux City, Iowa

J. Ricky Fergurson, Indiana State University, Terre Haute, Indiana

Renée Gravois, Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, Texas

Yang He, Belmont University, Nashville, Tennessee

Gary Holmes, University of North Texas at Dallas, Dallas, Texas

Sua Jeon, Texas Wesleyan University, Fort Worth, Texas

Jingxian “Kelly” Jiang, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas

Robert Lloyd, Fort Hays State University, Hays, Kansas

Vaidas Lukosius, Tennessee State University, Nashville, Tennessee

Amit Malhan, North Carolina A&T State University, Greensboro, North Carolina

Sanjay S. Mehta, Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, Texas

David Rylander, Texas Woman’s University, Denton, Texas

Sphurti Sewak, Florida International University, Miami, Florida

Matthew Vollrath, Ohio Wesleyan University, Delaware, Ohio

Zhenning "Jimmy" Xu, California State University-Bakersfield, Bakersfield, California

Lilly Ye, Frostburg State University, Frostburg, Maryland

Joyce Zhou, University of Louisiana Monroe, Monroe, Louisiana

Reviewers for ACME 2022

Irfan Ahmed, Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, Texas

Aaron Arndt, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia

Laurie Babin, University of Mississippi, University, Mississippi

Michelle Bednarz Beauchamp, Mississippi College, Clinton, Mississippi

Banu Goktan Bilhan, University of North Texas at Dallas, Dallas, Texas

Pankaj Chaudhary, North Carolina A&T State University, Greensboro, North Carolina

Jing Chen, Texas A&M University-Kingsville, Kingsville, Texas

Rui Chen, Tarleton State University, Stephenville, Texas

Marilyn Eastman, Morningside University, Sioux City, Iowa

Ayşe Begüm Ersoy, Cape Breton University, Nova Scotia, Canada

David Fleming, Indiana State University, Terre Haute, Indiana

Weixing M. Ford, Texas A&M University-San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas

Judith Forney, University of North Texas, Denton, Texas

Lili Gai, University of Texas at Permian Basin, Odessa, Texas

Guanyu Geng, University of North Texas, Denton, Texas

Aisha Ghimire, University of Mississippi, Oxford, Mississippi

Lynn Godwin, University of St. Thomas, Houston, Texas

Renée Gravois, Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, Texas

Scott Griffith, Briar Cliff University, Sioux City, Iowa

Julie Haworth, University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, Texas

Gary R. Holmes, University of North Texas at Dallas, Dallas, Texas

Chang Huh, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, Edinburg, Texas

Sua Jeon, Texas Wesleyan University, Fort Worth, Texas

Jingxian “Kelly” Jiang, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas

Jing Chen, Texas A&M University-Kingsville, Kingsville, Texas

Dee Knight, University of North Texas, Denton, Texas

Jae Hoon Lee, Florida International University, Miami, Florida

Robert Lloyd, Fort Hays State University, Fort Hays, Kansas

Arwen Matos-Wood, Kennesaw State University, Kennesaw, Georgia

Laura Munoz, University of Dallas, Irving, Texas

Amit Malhan, North Carolina A&T State University, Greensboro, North Carolina

Sanjay S. Mehta, Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, Texas

Adam J. Mills, Loyola University, New Orleans, Louisiana

Iman Naderi, Fairfield University, Fairfield, Connecticut

Atanas Nikolov, Appalachian State University, Boone, North Carolina

Audhesh K. Pasawan, University of North Texas, Denton, Texas

Rajasree K. Rajamma, Fairfield University, Fairfield, Connecticut

Daniel Rajaratnam, University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, Texas

Jen Riley, Kennesaw State University, Kennesaw, Georgia

Scott D. Roberts, University of the Incarnate Word, San Antonio, Texas

Don Roy, Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, Tennessee

David Rylander, Texas Woman’s University, Denton, Texas

Anshu Saran, University of Texas - Permian Basin, Odessa, Texas

Michael Sciandra, Fairfield University, Fairfield, Connecticut

Sphurti Sewak, Florida International University, Miami, Florida

Nazuk Sharma, Fairfield University, Fairfield, Connecticut

Butch Sim, Emporia State University, Emporia, Kansas

Arjun Singh, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, Edinburg, Texas

Prashant Srivastava, University of Tennessee, Chattanooga, Tennessee

John Story, University of St. Thomas, Houston, Texas

Saeed Tajdini, Indiana University Southeast, New Albany, Indiana

Ray Wang, Thammasat University, Bangkok, Thailand

Jeffrey Wendt, University of North Texas at Dallas, Dallas, Texas

Zhenning “Jimmy” Xu, California State University-Bakersfield, Bakersfield, California

Kiseol Yang, University of North Texas, Denton, Texas

Atefeh Yazdanparast Ardestani, Clark University, Worcester, Massachusetts

Lilly Ye, Frostburg State University, Frostburg, Maryland

Noni Zaharia, Saint Louis University, St. Louis, Missouri