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Doctoral Candidate in Marketing at Georgia Institute of Technology
Adjunct Instructor of Marketing at Providence College
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Dionne Nickerson is a Ph.D. candidate at the Scheller College of Business, Georgia Institute of Technology. Her research examines the relationship between sustainability/corporate social responsibility (CSR) and marketing outcomes at the firm- and brand-levels. In her dissertation, she takes a multimethod approach to understand how, contingent on brand reputation, different types of CSR affect brand sales. For this work, she won the 2017 Emerald/EFMD Outstanding Doctoral Research Award in Marketing. She received an A.B. in engineering from Brown University and an MBA from Providence College. Prior to joining the doctoral program, she worked in technology consulting, advising clean energy start-ups funded through the EPA and DOE on market strategy. She also conducted research on mobile payment technology adoption in East Africa and taught English in France.
Job experience
- 2013 - 2014Adjunct Instructor of Marketing
Providence CollegeProvidence, RITaught Principles of Marketing (8 sections)
- 2009 - 2013Team Leader & Commercialization Analyst
Foresight Science &TechnologyProvidence, RIPrepared market research reports for clean energy start-ups funded by the EPA and DOE
Provided training and on-going support to junior analysts and experienced professionals
- 2005 - 2008English Language Teacher
French Ministry of EducationTroyes, FranceProvided English language instruction to elementary school students and education professionals
Education
- Brown University
A.B.- present - Providence College
M.B.A.- present - Georgia Institute of Technology
Ph.D.2014 - 2019