Marla Stafford Receives First Tennessee Professorship

For release:  March 17, 2011

Marla Stafford, Chair of the Department of Marketing & Supply Chain Management has been awarded a First Tennessee Professorship, one of the University of Memphis’ leading scholarly awards. The First Tennessee Professorships were established early in 2005 as part of a partnership between the First Tennessee Foundation and the U of M to help the University recruit and retain outstanding faculty and to support economic and financial literacy programs. Marla is just concluding her term as the Editor of the Journal of Advertising, which is a highly respected scholarly journal. She continues to serve on a number of editorial review boards and actively represents the institution at major conferences. She continues to publish even under her current heavy workload as department chair and editor, and has consistently been seen as one of the most inspiring teachers in the College.