Dr. Darrat is an associate professor of Marketing at the University of Tampa, Florida, in the USA.  He has a primary research interest in the areas of Sales Management, Marketing Ethics, International Marketing, and Advertising.  Other intellectual contributions include presentations to audiences including the World Marketing Congress, National Conference on Sales Management, Society for Marketing Advances, and the Southwest Academy of Management. He has previously served as Track Chair of Marketing Ethics for the Academy of Marketing Science in 2012 and was the recipient of the NCSM Doctoral Fellow Award in 2010.  He has published in the Journal of Business Research, Journal of Advertising, Journal of Personal Selling and Sales Management, Journal of Managerial Issues, and Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services, among others.  Dr. Darrat currently teaches both undergraduate and graduate-level courses with a particular interest in the areas of Marketing Strategy, Professional Selling and Sales Management, International Marketing, Consumer Behaviour, and Services Marketing.