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Steve Hall

Steve Hall

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University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign · Advertising

Active 1856–2026

h-index40
Citations4.0k
Papers11223 last 5y
Funding$1.8M

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About

Steve Hall is a senior lecturer in the Department of Advertising at the College of Media, University of Illinois. He holds an MS in Advertising and a BS in Business Administration/Marketing from the University of Illinois. His teaching focuses on courses such as Introduction to Advertising, Weston Exploration Freshman Discovery advertising class, and special topic Advertising Campaign courses with national and global client brands. Steve serves as the faculty advisor for the largest American Advertising Federation (AAF) student chapter in the country, is an NSAC advisor, and has served as a member and past chair of the AAF National Academic Committee, as well as serving on the AAF Board of Directors. On campus, he has been involved as a member and past Chair of the University of Illinois Career Services Council, and he participates in the campuswide Coordinating Committee for Illinois Leadership and the Undergraduate Sub-Committee for Campus Discipline. His professional affiliations include roles such as Industry Immersion Faculty Leader in various cities, Chair of the National Advertising Review Board, and member of the AAF National Executive Education Committee. His awards include the National Distinguished Advertising Educator Award from the American Advertising Federation, the Campuswide Teaching Excellence Award from the University of Illinois, and the Charles H. Sandage Department of Advertising Teaching Excellence Award. His research and professional contributions are…

Research topics

  • Ecology
  • Biology
  • Zoology
  • Botany
  • Environmental science
  • Environmental health

Selected publications

Recent grants

Frequent coauthors

  • Meghan A. Duffy

    University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

    73 shared

  • Carla E. Cáceres

    University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

    66 shared

  • Alan J. Tessier

    25 shared

  • Marta S. Shocket

    University of Florida

    18 shared

  • Rachel M. Penczykowski

    Washington University in St. Louis

    18 shared

  • Jessica L. Hite

    University of Wisconsin–Madison

    17 shared

  • Mathew A. Leibold

    University of Florida

    15 shared

  • Alexander T. Strauss

    University of Georgia

    15 shared

Labs

  • Charles H. Sandage Department of AdvertisingPI

Education

  • M.S., Advertising

    University of Illinois

  • B.S., Business Administration/Marketing

    University of Illinois

Awards & honors

  • National Distinguished Advertising Educator Award, American…
  • Campuswide Teaching Excellence Award, University of Illinois
  • Teaching Excellence Award, Charles H. Sandage Department of…
  • Cummings Gold Medal Award from AAF

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