Affiliation: Texas A&M University
Bio: David A. Griffith is Professor of Marketing, the holder of the Hallie Vanderhider Chair in Business, and Associate Director of Research of the Center for International Business Studies, in Mays Business School at Texas A&M University. He received his PhD from Kent State University. He has taught at Michigan State University, Lehigh University, the University of Hawai’i at Manoa, the Japan-America Institute of Management Science, Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien, Bilkent University, and the University of Oklahoma, and led study abroad programs to Belgium, China, France, Japan and the U.K.
David’s research focuses on the areas of strategy, global marketing, innovation, and international business. His has published over 125 articles, in outlet including the Journal of Marketing Research, Journal of Marketing, Journal of International Business Studies, Strategic Management Journal, Journal of Operations Management, etc. He is ranked among the most productive and impactful scholars in the international marketing discipline. In 2019 he was awarded a Silver Medal by the Academy of International Business for his contributions to the Journal of International Business Studies. He is the recipient of the 2019 Significant Contributions to Global Marketing Award presented by the American Marketing Association (AMA) Global Marketing Special Interest Group, a recipient of the S. Tamer Cavusgil Award (2021), a two-time recipient of the Hans B. Thorelli Award (2018, 2015), and a two-time recipient of the AMA Global Marketing Special Interest Group’s Excellence in Research Award (2018, 2014).
David is serving as Editor for Global Marketing at the Journal of International Business Studies (2023-2025). Prior to this editorship, he served two terms as the Editor-in-Chief of the AMA’s Journal of International Marketing (2008-2010, 2011-2013). He serves as an Associate Editor for the Journal of Marketing, on the Senior Advisory Board of International Marketing Review, and on the Advisory Board of the Journal of International Marketing.
Last Updated: May 2022