Marketing’s most-cited scholar honoured with fellowship

Dec 19, 2005

Professor John Rossiter from the University of Wollongong’s School of Management and Marketing, the most-cited Australian scholar in Marketing from 1988 to the current day, has been made a Fellow of the Academy of Australian and New Zealand Marketing Academy (ANZMAC).

The Fellowships recognise members of ANZMAC who have shown outstanding leadership in research, marketing education and discipline development within both their institutions and the Academy.

Over his research career, Professor Rossiter has published eight books, many of which represent leading thinking in advertising and marketing communications. In addition, he has published more than 100 articles and conference papers, and has attracted numerous research grants to support his work.

Professor Rossiter’s outstanding contribution to marketing research was recognised in 2003, when he was named the ANZMAC Distinguished Researcher of the Year.

Professor Rossiter has supervised nine PhD students, all of whom now have academic careers of their own. He has been a visiting professor at some of the leading international business schools and holds permanent visiting appointments at Justus-Liebig University, Germany, and the Rotterdam School of Management, The Netherlands.

He has also provided extensive administrative support to each of the universities at which he has taught and, in particular, he has played a major role in fostering and supporting research at the University of Wollongong.

For further information contact Professor John Rossiter on (02) 4221 5660.

For more information, contact:

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University of Wollongong
Ph: (02) 4221 5942; fax (02) 4221 3128