faculty achievements
MICHAEL L. CAPELLA
NAMED ASSOCIATE DEAN Michael L. Capella, PhD, associate professor of marketing, has been appointed Associate Dean for Graduate and Executive Business Programs at VSB. In this role, Dr. Capella leads efforts to ensure the increasingly high level of academic quality of
the VSB graduate business programs, as well as corporate educational programs. He partners with faculty and administration to provide strategic and academic direction to graduate programs, keeping with the overarching mission and strategy of VSB and the University. Dr. Capella joined the VSB faculty in 2005, after earning his PhD in marketing from Mississippi State University. Recently named the Villanova School of Business Emerging Scholar in Marketing, Dr. Capella has publications and accepted manuscripts in leading journal outlets including the International Journal of Research in Marketing, Journal of Retailing, Journal of Public Policy & Marketing, Journal of Business Research and Journal of Advertising. His research has won several awards, including the 2008 Journal of Advertising Best Article Award. During his tenure at VSB, Dr. Capella has taught courses at both the graduate and undergraduate level. He served as the Faculty Program Coordinator for the International Ambassadors Program in Rome, Italy. Dr. Capella has also taught abroad as a visiting faculty member at American University of Rome, Munich School of Management at Ludwig Maximilians University and University of Klagenfurt, Austria. Prior to his doctoral pursuit, Dr. Capella spent nearly 10 years in professional sales management with an international food manufacturer. His industry experience involved account management and relationship marketing with large retail grocery chains, national restaurants, wholesale accounts and channel intermediaries.
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