Marketing

Marketing PhD Student Profiles

Ajay Abraham Office: 3330J Van Munching Hall Phone: (301) 405-4688 or (301) 405-5774 Fax: (301) 405-0146 Email: aabraham1@rhsmith.umd.edu
2014 Candidate: Ajay is a Computer Science engineer from M. G. University, India, and a graduate of the Indian School of Business (ISB). Most recently, he was a teaching assistant for marketing courses at ISB and did research in marketing and organizational behavior. He has worked at Microsoft, Wipro Technologies, and UST Global, in roles spanning marketing, technology, and research, and he has also taught undergraduate engineering classes at his alma mater. Ajay was awarded a full graduate assistantship and a Dean's Summer Fellowship for his Ph. D. studies. His research interests include behavioral pricing, goal conflict, and affect. Curriculum Vitae
Zachary Arens Office: 3330J Van Munching Hall Phone: (301) 405-4688 or (301) 405-5774 Fax: (301) 405-0146 Email: zarens@rhsmith.umd.edu
2012 Candidate: He holds an undergraduate degree in marketing information systems from James Madison University and a masters degree in survey methodology from the University of Maryland. Prior to joining the PhD program Zac worked as a statistical analyst and methodologist at the Gallup Organization in Washington D.C. and San Francisco. His research interests include survey research methodology, consumer attitudes measurement and modeling. Curriculum Vitae
Yu-Jen Chen Office: 3330J Van Munching Hall Phone: (301) 405-4688 or (301) 405-5774 Fax: (301) 405-0146 Email: ychen@rhsmith.umd.edu
2013 Candidate: Yu-Jen obtained his Bachelor of Science degree in Management Science (June 2002) from National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan and his MBA degree (June 2004) with concentration in finance from National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan. While working on his master’s thesis, Yu-Jen developed interests in behavioral finance and decided to study consumer behavior as his future research. At Maryland, he was awarded a full graduate assistantship and a Dean’s Summer Research Fellowship for his PhD studies. His research interests include consumer decision-making, judgment, and pricing.
Yue Dong Office: 3330J Van Munching Hall Phone: (301) 405-4688 or (301) 405-5774 Fax: (301) 405-0146 Email: yuedong@rhsmith.umd.edu
2016 Candidate: Yue holds an undergraduate degree in Marketing from Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications and a masters degree in Business Administration from Tsinghua University, China. Her research interests include quantitative modeling and Bayesian statistics in marketing.
Jordan Etkin Office: 3330J Van Munching Hall Phone: (301) 405-4688 or (301) 405-5774 Fax: (301) 405-0146 Email: jetkin@rhsmith.umd.edu Personal website
2013 Candidate: She holds an undergraduate degree in operations and information management from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. Jordan has worked in marketing consulting for firms in both Washington, D.C. and New York City. Jordan is focused on behavioral marketing, and her research interests include consumer behavior, self-regulation, and learning. Curriculum Vitae
John Healey Office: 3330J Van Munching Hall Phone: (301) 405-4688 or (301) 405-5774 Fax: (301) 405-0146 Email: jhealey@rhsmith.umd.edu
2014 Candidate: He holds an undergraduate degree in Economics and Political Science from the University of Florida and a Master's of Science in Management and a Master's of Business Administration from the University of Florida. His research interests include services marketing, innovation, and modeling.
Heather Johnson Office: 3330J Van Munching Hall Phone: (301) 405-4688 or (301) 405-5774 Fax: (301) 405-0146 Email: hjohnson@rhsmith.umd.edu Personal website
2014 Candidate: Heather received her BS in Business from Wake Forest University's Calloway School. Prior to joining the PhD program, Heather conducted marketing best practice research and executive education at The Corporate Executive Board Company in Washington, DC; she also worked in the retail industry with Kimbrell's Furniture, Inc. and on neuroeconomics research with consumer behaviorists at the University of South Carolina. Heather was awarded a full graduate assistantship and a Dean's Summer Fellowship for her PhD studies. Her research interests include indulgence, nonconscious goal activation, and decision making in branded experience environments. Curriculum vitae
James Kim Office: 3330J Van Munching Hall Phone: (301) 405-4688 or (301) 405-5774 Fax: (301) 405-0146 Email: jkim6@rhsmith.umd.edu
2015 Candidate: James received his bachelor’s degree in business administration from Korea University (2008), and his master’s degree in marketing from Seoul National University (2010). He is primarily interested in how consumers address their identity concerns through choice. Outside the lab, he enjoys reading science fiction, listening to original scores, and watching footage of 2010 Vancouver Olympics figure skating gold medalist Yuna Kim.
Tom Kim Office: 3330J Van Munching Hall Phone: (301) 405-4688 or (301) 405-5774 Fax: (301) 405-0146 Email: tomkim@rhsmith.umd.edu
2015 Candidate: Tom received his MS degree in Business Administration from the Seoul National University in South Korea and his bachelor’s degree in Business Administration and Economics from the same university. His research interests lie in consumer behavior, finding factors that unconsciously affect consumer choice. He is particularly interested in the role of emotions in consumer behavior.
Seoungwoo Lee Office: 3330J Van Munching Hall Phone: (301) 405-4688 or (301) 405-5774 Fax: (301) 405-0146 Email: seoungwoolee@rhsmith.umd.edu
2016 Candidate: Seoungwoo holds an undergraduate degree in industrial engineering from Korea University and a master’s degree in operations research from Columbia University. Prior to joining the PhD program he worked at the Center for Decision Sciences at Columbia Business School. His research interests include quantitative modeling, consumer choice and Bayesian statistics in marketing.
Alice Li Office: 3330J Van Munching Hall Phone: (301) 405-4688 or (301) 405-5774 Fax: (301) 405-0146 Email: hli2@rhsmith.umd.edu
2014 Candidate: Alice received her BS as a distinguished graduate from Renmin University of China. She was awarded scholarships from her university, individual and organizational fundings from 2003 to 2007. In her third and fourth year at Renmin University of China, she participated three nationwide and one statewide economics-related projects. Alice was awarded a fellowship as well as a summer research assistantship at University of Illinois- Urbana Champaign, where she got her MS degree. Her master thesis, founded by National Science Foundation, focused on economic analysis through Monte Carlo methods. Her research interests include quantitative modeling and Bayesian statistics in marketing. Curriculum Vitae
Qian Li Office: 3330J Van Munching Hall Phone: (301) 405-4688 or (301) 405-5774 Fax: (301) 405-0146 Email: qianli@rhsmith.umd.edu
2014 Candidate: Qian received her M.Phil. degree in Management Studies from University of Cambridge, U.K. and her bachelor’s degree in Information Systems with a minor in Computer Science and Technology from Xi'an Jiaotong University, China. She has working experience at Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business (China) and IBM. Qian was awarded a full graduate assistantship along with Dean's Summer Fellowship for her PhD studies. Her research interests include consumer information processing and modeling.
Ted Matherly Office: 3330J Van Munching Hall Phone: (301) 405-4688 or (301) 405-5774 Fax: (301) 405-0146 Email: jmatherl@rhsmith.umd.edu
2012 Candidate: Ted is studying consumer behavior. His research is focused on how consumers use products to construct and communicate their identities to other people, as well as how those other people guide these behaviors. He has presented his work at the Association for Consumer Research, Society for Consumer Psychology and Society for Judgment and Decision Making conferences. He has taught undergraduate Marketing Research and has been a teaching assistant for an MBA marketing core course. Ted received his Bachelor's degree in Communications (April 2006) from the University of Michigan, and also worked for the re:group agency in Ann Arbor, Michigan in media planning. Curriculum Vitae
Hyoryung Nam Office: 3330J Van Munching Hall Phone: (301) 405-4688 or (301) 405-5774 Fax: (301) 405-0146 Email: hnam@rhsmith.umd.edu Curriculum Vitae
2012 Candidate: Hyoryung is an empirical modeling researcher. Her research focuses on developing quantitative marketing models to study the relationship between the network of contents in social media and firms' financial performance and strategic decision making. At Maryland, Hyoryung was awarded a full graduate assistantship and a Dean's Summer Fellowship for her studies. She received her M.S. degree in Management Engineering from the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) Graduate School of Management and her B.S. degree in Political Science and International Relations from the Korea University. Before joining the PhD program, she worked as a brand manager in consumer goods industry in Korea.
Yuchi Zhang Office: 3330J Van Munching Hall Phone: (301) 405-4688 or (301) 405-5774 Fax: (301) 405-0146 Email: yzhang2@rhsmith.umd.edu
2014 Candidate: Yuchi holds an undergraduate degree in finance from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. Prior to joining the PhD program, he worked as an investment banking analyst in Baltimore. He has also worked in the cable industry with Comcast. Yuchi was awarded a full graduate assistantship and a Dean's Summer Fellowship for his PhD studies. His research interests include quantitative modeling and consumer choice.

Recent Placements

Dr. Jing Gao, Fall 2011 Associate Professor Research Institute of Economics and Management Southwestern University of Finance and Economics Chengdu, Sichuan China 610074 Phone: 86-28-87352563 Email: gao@swufe.edu.cn Dr. Gauri Kulkarni, Fall 2009 Assistant Professor Department of Marketing Sellinger School of Business and Management Loyola College in Maryland Sellinger Hall 404 Baltimore MD 21210 Tel: 410-617-5461 E-mail: gmkulkarni@loyola.edu Dr. Francine Espinoza, Fall 2009 Assistant Professor of Marketing ESMT - European School of Mgmt and Tech Schlossplatz 1 - 10178 Berlin Germany Tel: +49 (0)30 21231 - 1526 Fax: +49 (0)30 21231 - 1281 Email: espinoza@esmt.org Web: www.esmt.org	Dr. Savannah Wei Shi, Fall 2011 Assistant Professor Assistant Professor in Marketing Leavey School of Business Santa Clara University Phone: 408-554-4798 E-mail: wshi@scu.edu Dr. Peggy Tseng, Fall 2009 Assistant Professor Department of Business Administration Alfred Lerner College Of Business and Economics University of Delaware Newark, DE 19716 Office: (302) 803-2081 Email: ptseng@udel.edu
Dr. Ashwin Aravindakshan, Fall 2007 Assistant Professor Department of Marketing University of California, Davis Davis, California	Tuck Siong Chung, Fall 2007 Assistant Professor Division of Marketing and International Business College of Business (Nanyang Business School) Nanyang Technological University Singapore Email: ATSCHUNG@ntu.edu.sg Phone: (+65) 6790 4830
Dr. Shweta Oza, Fall 2007 Assistant Professor Department of Marketing University of Miami Miami, Florida	Dr. Debora Viana Thompson, Fall 2006 Assistant Professor McDonough School of Business Georgetown University Washington, DC
Dr. Nevena Koukova, Fall 2005 Assistant Professor Department of Marketing Lehigh University 27 Memorial Drive West Bethlehem, PA 18015	Dr. Lan Luo, Fall 2005 Assistant Professor Marshall School of Business University of Southern California ACC 301F Los Angeles, CA 90089 Office: (213) 740-2497 Email: lluo@marshall.usc.edu
Dr. Xing Pan, Fall 2003 First placement was at Indiana University at the Kelley School of Business (2003 - 2007) Dr. Pan is currently at the University of California - Riverside Office: (951) 827-6333 Email: xing.pan@ucr.edu http://agsm.ucr.edu/faculty/staff/pan.html