Faculty Profile

Dr. Rosellina Ferraro

Assistant Professor

 

Ph.D., Fuqua School of Business, Duke University

Robert H. Smith School of Business
3309 Van Munching Hall
University of Maryland
College Park, MD 20742
301.405.9664; 301.405.0146
rferraro@rhsmith.umd.edu 

Joined University of Maryland 2005.

Rosellina Ferraro received her Ph.D. in Marketing from the Fuqua School of Business at Duke University in 2005. Her research focuses on consumer behavior, and specifically, the effects of nonconscious social influence on choice and preference and the effects of external threats on  consumption behavior. Her work has been published in the Journal of Consumer Research, and she has presented research papers to the Association of Consumer Research. She taught Marketing Management at Duke University and is teaching Consumer Analysis at University of Maryland. 

Curriculum Vitae

Selected Publications

Tanner, Robin J., Rosellina Ferraro, Tanya L. Chartrand, James R. Bettman, and Rick B. van Baaren (2008), “Of Chameleons and Consumption: The Impact of Mimicry on Choices and Preferences,” Journal of Consumer Research, forthcoming.

Ferraro, Rosellina, Baba Shiv, and James R. Bettman (June 2005), “Let Us Eat and Drink, For Tomorrow We Shall Die: Effects of Mortality Salience and Self-Esteem on Self-Regulation in Consumer Choice,” Journal of Consumer Research, 32 (1), 65-75.

Inman, J. Jeffrey, Venkatesh Shankar, and Rosellina Ferraro (2004), “The Roles of Channel-Category Associations and Geodemographics in Channel Patronage,” Journal of Marketing, 68 (April), 51-71.