Mary Harrison is a visiting associate professor of marketing at Samford University where she teaches Principles of Marketing, Consumer Behavior, and Social Media Marketing. She is also an adviser to the American Marketing Association student organization. Harrison's work is published in the Journal of Business Research, the Journal of Service Research, and the Journal of Marketing Theory and Practice. She is currently on the Editorial Review Board for the Journal of Marketing Theory and Practice and previously served as co-associate editor for Services Marketing at the Journal of Global Scholars of Marketing Science. She has presented research or served as a conference panelist over 25 times at numerous marketing academic conferences.
From 2011-2024, she served on the faculty at Birmingham-Southern College (BSC), teaching 10 different courses and serving in various administrative roles including Business and Accounting department chair, Business Programs chair, and Wadsworth Area Chair. While at BSC, she was the recipient of the Omicron Delta Kappa Excellence in Teaching Award and the Bob Whetstone Faculty Development Award. She was selected for the Associated Colleges of the South (ACS) Career Advancement Pathways Program as well as the ACS Summer Teaching & Learning Experience.
She earned her PhD in Marketing with a concentration in Social Psychology from the University of Alabama, her MBA from the University of Alabama, and her Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from Mississippi College where she spent a semester studying in London.
Outside of work, Harrison enjoys yoga, high intensity interval training classes, and following the latest nutrition and longevity science. She and her husband, Justin, have two boys who love math and dream of competing in the Premier League one day.
Degrees
- PhD, Marketing with a concentration in Social Psychology, The University of Alabama
- MBA, The University of Alabama
- BSBA, Mississippi College
