Julie Ruth, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Marketing  

Office Room: 258
Phone Number: 856-225-6695
E-Mail: jaruth@camden.rutgers.edu
Home Page: None

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Ph.D., University of Michigan

Research Interests:  Emotions and Consumer Behavior, Marketing Relationships, Brand Marketing Strategy including co-branding and sponsorships

Courses Frequently Taught:  Marketing Management;  Advertising and Promotion Management;  Principles of Marketing; International Study Program in South Africa

Professional Activities & Honors: 
Member:  Association for Consumer Research, American Marketing Association, American Academy of Advertising, Society for Consumer Psychology

Editorial Review Board, Journal of Advertising

Best Paper Award, Journal of Advertising, 2003

Rutgers University – Camden Provost’s Teaching Excellence Award, School of Business Dean’s Award for Outstanding Teaching, University of Washington Dean's Faculty Award for Undergraduate Teaching, University of Washington First Interstate Faculty Teaching Award, Who's Who of Business Higher Education

Representative Prior Research:

The Power of Numbers: Investigating the Impact of Event Roster Size in Consumer Response to Sponsorship (with Bernard L. Simonin), Journal of Advertising, 2006 35(4), 7-20.

Social Influences on Dyadic Giving Over Time: A Taxonomy From the Giver's Perspective (with Tina M. Lowrey and Cele C. Otnes), Journal of Consumer Research, 2004, 30(4), 547-558.

"'Brought to You By Brand A and Brand B': How Partner Brands Affect Consumers' Perceptions of Joint Sponsorships" (with Bernard L. Simonin), Journal of Advertising, 2003, 32 (3), 19-30. Recipient of the 2003 Journal of Advertising Best Paper Award and 2004 "Bright Idea Award in Marketing Sponsorship," awarded by Stillman School of Business at Seton Hall and NJPRO.

Linking Thoughts to Feelings:  Investigating Cognitive Appraisals and Consumption Emotions in a Mixed Emotions Context (with Frédéric F. Brunel and Cele Otnes), (2002), Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science, 2002, 30(1), 44-58. 

Promoting a Brand’s Emotional Benefits:  The Influence of Emotion Categorization Processes on Consumer Evaluations, Journal of Consumer Psychology, 2001, 11 (2), 99-113.

Gift Receipt and the Reformulation of Interpersonal Relationships (with Cele C. Otnes and Frederic F. Brunel), Journal of Consumer Research, 1999, 25 (4), 385-402.

Is a Company Known by the Company It Keeps?  Assessing the Spillover Effects of Brand Alliances on Consumer Brand Attitudes (with Bernard L. Simonin), Journal of Marketing Research, 1998, February (1), 32-42.

Research work in progress:

How Products Transform Consumers' Lives

The Meaning of Product Consumption in Apartheid and Post-Apartheid South Africa

Family Dynamics and Consumption among Resource-Poor Consumers in South Africa

Relationship Management among Resource-Poor Consumer-Merchants

The Social Roots of Consumptions Emotions

 

Media Guide

Dr. Julie Ruth, associate professor of marketing at the Rutgers School of Business—Camden; editorial review board member, Journal of Advertising. She can discuss:
 

+ Advertising:

  • General advertising issues

  • Brand marketing strategy

  • Advertising and integrated marketing communications

  • Multi-brand strategies

+ Communications:
  • Crisis control and corporate reputation
  • Advertising
  • The impact of gifts on consumers
+ International Business Issues (South Africa):
  • South Africa and Namibia as emerging global trade markets
  • South Africa business development
  • Subsistence consumers in South Africa

+ Brand Management:

  • General advertising issues

  • Brand marketing strategy 

  • Advertising and integrated marketing communications

  • Multi-brand strategies

+ Consumer Behavior and Research:
  • Advertising
  • The impact of gifts on consumers

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