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CONSORTIUM FELLOWSAnnika AbellUniversity of South FloridaAs a third-year Ph.D. candidate at the University of South Florida, Annika Abell is abehavioral researcher with interests in sensory marketing, digital & social mediamarketing, and healthful consumption. Several of her projects focus on choicesrelated to underprivileged children and adults. Prior to entering the Ph.D. program,Annika owned a digital marketing agency specializing in social media. She has alsoworked as a graphic designer. As a former entrepreneur, she is always keen tocollaborate with companies on research projects. For her research, she has recentlyteamed up with an international hotel chain, elementary and middle schools,restaurants, and a supermarket. Annika has a degree in Advertising from StuttgartMedia School in Germany. She has presented her work at major conferencesincluding AMA and AMS, where she received the best student paper award in 2016.She has received two grants from the Association of Consumer Research (TCRgroup) for her research related to economically underprivileged consumer groups.Annika developed (and is currently teaching) an undergraduate digital marketingcourse at the University of South Florida.Mina AmeriUniversity of Texas at DallasMina is a PhD candidate in marketing at University of Texas at Dallas. Her researchinterests are quantitative marketing and, in particular, online streaming market andsocial dynamics within this market. For her dissertation, she studies how people’sfriendship networks evolve over time along with their activities, how and throughwhat mechanisms these friendship networks along with community networkinfluence people’s decision of what to watch, and how their modus of watching(specifically “binge-watching”) changes their engagement with a show’s “franchise.”Mina is also the winner of best paper award at 2016 Texas PhD Conference. Prior toher PhD, Mina got her MSc in marketing and her BA in electrical engineering. Shealso has experience as a marketing expert in a multi-brand company.Eda AnlamlierUniversity of Illinois at ChicagoEda Anlamlier is a fourth-year doctoral candidate in Marketing at the University ofIllinois at Chicago. Her research investigates consumer behaviors that can result inalternative forms of status acquisition with and without the help of high-statusbrands. In her papers, she examines how non-traditional forms of conspicuousconsumption (e.g., digital, through rental products), experiential versus materialpurchases, and access-based consumption alter individuals’ product perceptions.She mainly focuses on consumers’ self and product perception on social media andtheir subsequent product attitudes. Under the supervision of Professor David Gal,Eda’s dissertation analyzes how conspicuous consumption on social mediainfluences products’ experiential assessment and status perception. She presentedher research at the American Marketing Association Conference, Association forConsumer Research Conference, and Society for Consumer Psychology Conference.She has personally designed and instructs introductory and global marketingcourses. Eda holds a Master’s of Science in Psychology from Koc University, Turkeyand a Bachelor’s of Art (Honors) in Management from Bogazici University, Turkey.2017 AMA-SHETH Foundation Doctoral Consortium

She has previously managed corporate social media accounts; created local andglobal marketing campaigns.Vivek AstvanshWestern UniversityVivek is a third-year marketing doctoral candidate at the Ivey Business School,Western University, Canada. His primary research interest is in theorizing andempirically assessing how marketing capabilities (e.g., supplier relationships,customer orientation, channel management) can help firms respond to, andpotentially recover from adversity (e.g., product recall, data breaches, firmbankruptcy). For his empirical research, Vivek uses machine learning techniques andeconometric methods. Vivek's teaching interests are in big data analytics, marketinganalytics, digital/Internet marketing, and entrepreneurial marketing. Vivek studiedcomputer engineering in his undergrad, and business management and socialscience research in his two masters' degrees. He worked in the high-tech industry inSouth Asia, Middle East, and the U.S. for twelve years before joining academia.Amin AttariUniversity of KansasAmin Attari is a fourth year PhD candidate in marketing at the University of Kansas.Amin’s primary research interest is consumer judgment and decision making underrisk and uncertainty. He uses insights from psychology and economics to investigateconsumer behavior in different marketing contexts. Amin has an MBA from theUniversity of Tehran and has worked as a product manager in both B2C and B2Bcompanies. He has taught Managing Brands at the University of Kansas, School ofBusiness.Sara BaskentliBaruchSara Baskentli is a Ph.D. candidate in Marketing at Baruch College, City University ofNew York. Sara conducts research in the area of consumer behavior, with specificinterests in food decision-making, consumer biases and im(moral) behaviors. Shewas recently named a winner of a doctoral student research grant from CUNY. Someof Sara’s work has been published in Journal of Public Policy and Marketing and hasbeen presented at multiple conferences including ACR. Sara received her bachelor’sdegree in Business Administration from Bilkent University and her master’s degreein Marketing from University of Cincinnati.Carlos BauerUniversity of Texas at San AntonioCarlos Bauer University of Texas at San Antonio Carlos Bauer is a doctoral candidatein marketing at the University of Texas at San Antonio and a research fellow at theCenter for Sales and Marketing Strategy at the Foster School of Business – TheUniversity of Washington. His research interests include relationship marketingdynamics, relational selling, social networks in sales, and distribution strategies indigital markets. His dissertation focuses on relational contracts for exclusiveproducts in two-sided markets, the dynamic effects of relational investments overtime, and the perceived value of relational investments. His work has appeared atvarious conferences including the American Marketing Association Summer and2017 AMA-SHETH Foundation Doctoral Consortium

Winter Educator’s Conference; the International Marketing SIG in Havana, Cuba; theAmerican Consumer Research conference, and the Society for Consumer Psychologyconference. Carlos was also named a fellow at the ISBM Business MarketingDoctoral Consortium, and at the Mallen Conference hosted by Yale and Yeshivauniversities. His working experience includes roles in academia and industry both inthe US and overseas. Currently, Carlos serves as the ex-officio president of the PhDProject marketing doctoral consortium.Frank BekeUniversity of GroningenFrank Beke is a Ph.D. candidate in marketing at the University of Groningen. Hisresearch is focused on informational privacy, in particular the influence onrelationships between firms and consumers. While marketing has become moredata-driven, more understanding is needed why consumers accept or rejectinformation collection. In his dissertation, he develops a scale to measure theprivacy calculus (trade-off) that better explains when and why consumers acceptinformation collection by firms. In addition, he investigates how firms' privacystrategy affects choice consumers make. Besides the scientific contribution, hisdissertation tries to provide guidance to firms still struggling with how to manageconsumer privacy. Frank earned a B.S. in Business Administration from theUniversity of Groningen. He received a M.S. in Marketing (Strategy and Intelligence)from the University of Groningen.Jason BellUniversity of IowaJason Bell received a master's degree in economics from The University of Iowa in2010, and is now a PhD candidate in marketing, expecting to graduate in 2018. Hismain research interest is consideration set formation, especially for durable goods.Manuel BerkmannUniversity of CologneManuel Berkmann is a doctoral candidate in Marketing at the Institute for Retailingand Customer Management at the University of Cologne, Germany. His researchinterests are in the domain of business-to-business marketing and service and salesmanagement. In particular, his current projects focus on customer engagement inB2B and the changing role of frontline employees in industrial markets. He receiveda Diploma (M.S. equivalent) in business administration from the University ofMannheim, Germany. Prior to starting his career in academia, he worked for fouryears as a senior consultant for an international consulting firm specializing inmarketing, sales and pricing. Besides research, he enjoys outdoor sports activitiesand daily life with his family.2017 AMA-SHETH Foundation Doctoral Consortium

Raghu BommarajuUniversity of HoustonRaghu Bommaraju is a fourth year doctoral student at the University of Houston. Heholds an MS in Quantitative Economics from Indian Statistical Institute and an MBAfrom XLRI, Jamshedpur, India. Raghu won the AMA 2017 Best Paper Award bytheme (Human Capital) for one of his research papers. Raghu has a two essaydissertation with a focus on empirical marketing strategy. His first essay investigatesthe role of image in the success or failure of M&As. The results indicate that, even inthe absence of job uncertainty, mismatch of images of the firms negativelyinfluences performance. The second essay of the dissertation examines whether thepresence of a customer in the boardroom influences firm performance. The resultsdemonstrate that having a customer in the boardroom positively influences firmperformance. Moreover, in the absence of marketing personnel in the topmanagement, a customer in the boardroom is more vital.Dominique BraxtonUniversity of California- IrvineDominique is a PhD Candidate in marketing at The Paul Merage School of Business,University of California, Irvine. Her research leverages experimental methods tounderstand customer experience, specifically in the shopping context. Herdissertation is centered on the relationship between technology integration in retailstores and customer experience. In particular, she explores the impact of technologyintegration on the customer’s cognitive and emotional experience in a retail store. Inaddition to her dissertation work, she is working on projects in judgement anddecision making with regard to social media and customer experience. Dominique isalso teaching an undergraduate course in digital marketing at The Paul MerageSchool of Business, and has previously taught consumer behavior and advertisingpromotion. Prior to pursuing her PhD, Dominique earned her Bachelor’s degree inMarketing from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas and has worked in retailingsectors from high end luxury retailers to thrift stores.Melanie BrucksStanfordMelanie Brucks is a third-year doctoral student at the Stanford Graduate School ofBusiness. Her research interests focus on creative cognition and innovation. Hercurrent project investigates cognitive processes in creativity competitions anddemonstrates that pursuing the goal to be creative can ironically backfire, hinderingcreative performance. Another project explores the interplay of technologicalinnovation and creativity, examining how virtual communication impacts variousstages of creative cognition. Melanie received her Bachelor of Science in Psychologyfrom University of Arizona in 2013.2017 AMA-SHETH Foundation Doctoral Consortium