Board of Directors

The AMA Global Marketing SIG is governed by a Board of Directors composed of accomplished scholars who provide strategic guidance, organize conferences, develop programs, and support the SIG’s mission. For detailed information about board roles and responsibilities, see Leadership & Governance.

Chair

Goksel Yalcinkaya

Professor of Marketing, University of New Hampshire

Goksel Yalcinkaya is a Professor of Marketing at the University of New Hampshire’s Paul College of Business and Economics, where he earned his Ph.D. from Michigan State University. His research focuses on new product launches, diffusion of innovations, and international marketing, with publications in the Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science, Journal of International Business Studies, Journal of International Marketing, Journal of World Business, International Marketing Review, and Journal of Product Innovation Management, among others. He received the Hans B. Thorelli Award from the AMA in 2015 for significant long-term contributions to International Marketing Theory and Practice. He serves on the Editorial Boards of the Journal of International Marketing and Journal of Product Innovation Management, is an Associate Editor of Rutgers Business Review, and has chaired the AMA Global Marketing SIG since 2016.

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Immediate Past Chair

Annie Peng Cui

Kmart Chair and Professor of Marketing, West Virginia University

Dr. Annie Peng Cui is the Kmart Chair and Professor of Marketing, and Chair of the Marketing Department at the John Chambers College of Business and Economics, West Virginia University. Her research centers on firms’ branding, pricing, and international marketing strategies, with publications in the Journal of International Marketing, Journal of Business Research, Industrial Marketing Management, International Marketing Review, European Journal of Marketing, and Journal of Product and Brand Management, among others. She is also a co-author of International Marketing (11th ed.). She serves as Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Marketing Theory and Practice and the Journal of AI in Marketing, and chaired the AMA Global Marketing SIG from 2014 to 2017.

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Academic Advisor and Membership Coordinator

Constantine S. Katsikeas

Arnold Ziff Research Chair in Marketing and International Management, Leeds University Business School

Professor Constantine S. Katsikeas holds the Arnold Ziff Research Chair in Marketing and International Management and directs the Global and Strategic Marketing Research Center at Leeds University Business School, University of Leeds, U.K. He previously held the Sir Julian Hodge Chair in Marketing and International Business at Cardiff Business School. He earned his B.Sc. from Athens University of Economics and Business, his M.A. from Lancaster University, and his Ph.D. from Cardiff University. His research spans marketing and sales management, international marketing and management, strategic alliances, and competitive strategy, with articles in the Journal of Marketing, Strategic Management Journal, Journal of International Business Studies, Journal of International Marketing, Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science, Industrial Marketing Management, and other leading journals.

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PhD Liaison

Kelly Hewett

Professor and Chair of the Marketing Department, Colorado State University

Kelly Hewett is Professor and Chair of the Marketing Department at Colorado State University. Before joining CSU, she was the Reagan Professor of Business at the University of Tennessee’s Haslam College of Business, and earlier served as Senior Vice President in the corporate marketing group at Bank of America. Her research has appeared in the Journal of Marketing, Journal of Marketing Research, Journal of International Business Studies, Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science, Journal of Retailing, and the International Journal of Research in Marketing, among others. She serves as Associate Editor for the Journal of Marketing, the International Journal of Marketing Research, and the Journal of Retailing, and is Treasurer of the Sheth Foundation.

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Financial Planning

Peter Magnusson

Professor and Chair of Marketing Department, University of Texas at Rio Grande Valley

Peter Magnusson is Professor and Department Chair of Marketing at The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley. His research specializes in international marketing strategy and consumer behavior, with a focus on cultural and institutional influences on cross-cultural differences. His work has been published in the Journal of International Business Studies, Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science, Journal of International Marketing, Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, International Business Review, and International Marketing Review, among others. Dr. Magnusson serves as Associate Editor for the Journal of International Marketing and on the editorial boards of the Journal of International Business Studies, International Marketing Review, and Global Strategy Journal.

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Conference Liaisons

Constantinos Leonidou

Professor of Marketing and Business Administration, Open University of Cyprus

Constantinos Leonidou is a Professor of Marketing and Business Administration at the Open University of Cyprus, and was formerly Professor of Marketing and Head of the Marketing Department at Leeds University Business School. He holds a degree in Business Administration from Middlesex University, an MBA from Cardiff University, and a Ph.D. in Marketing and Strategy from the University of Leeds. His research focuses on sustainability marketing, corporate responsibility, international marketing, and tourism/hospitality marketing, with publications in Industrial Marketing Management, International Business Review, Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science, Journal of Business Ethics, Journal of International Marketing, Journal of World Business, and Tourism Management, among others. He serves as Associate Editor of the Journal of Business Research and on the Editorial Review Board of the Journal of International Marketing.

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Daekwan Kim

Professor of Marketing, Florida State University

Daekwan Kim is a Professor in the Dr. Persis E. Rockwood School of Marketing at Florida State University’s College of Business. His research focuses on the impact of IT on marketing strategies, multinational brand management, customer equity, and international buyer-seller relationships, with publications in the Journal of International Business Studies, Journal of Management Studies, Journal of Academy of Marketing Science, Decision Sciences Journal, Journal of International Marketing, Industrial Marketing Management, and International Marketing Review, among others. He holds a bachelor’s degree in economics from Yonsei University, an MBA from Kent State University, and a Ph.D. in Marketing from Michigan State University.

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Magnus Hultman

Associate Professor of Marketing, Brock University

Magnus Hultman is an Associate Professor of Marketing at Brock University’s Goodman School of Business, where he has taught since 2021, and remains affiliated with the University of Leeds as a Senior Visiting Research Fellow. He holds a BSc, MSc, and Ph.D. in Industrial Marketing from Luleå University of Technology in Sweden. His research has been published in Annals of Tourism Research, International Business Review, International Marketing Review, Journal of Business Research, Journal of International Marketing, Psychology & Marketing, and Tourism Management, among others. His work has received the S. Tamer Cavusgil Award for the most significant contribution to the advancement of international marketing management practice. He serves as Associate Editor of International Marketing Review and on the Editorial Review Board of the Journal of International Marketing.

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Timo Mandler

Professor of Marketing, NEOMA Business School

Timo Mandler is a Professor of Marketing at NEOMA Business School in France. He earned his Ph.D. with distinction from the University of Hamburg, Germany. His research addresses contemporary marketing challenges in the context of globalization and digitalization. Accordingly, his work is characterized by an international perspective, a combination of primary and secondary data, and rigorous analytical methods. His research has been published in the Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science, Journal of Product Innovation Management, Journal of International Business Studies, Journal of International Marketing, and other leading journals. Dr. Mandler also serves as an Associate Editor for the Journal of International Marketing and the International Marketing Review.

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Former Board Members