Yu Hu


Professional Details

Title Associate Professor
Department Marketing and Decision Sciences
Office Classroom Building 126
Phone 978.542.6456
Email yu.hu@salemstate.edu
Photo of Yu Hu

Recent and Upcoming Courses

FYMK 100 First Year Seminar (marketing)
MKT 346 Sports Marketing
MKT 347 Guerrilla Marketing
MKT 351N Business Marketing
MKT 388 Digital Marketing Strategy and Practice
MKT 543 Marketing Research

Professional Biography

Education
   Ph.D. (Marketing), Virginia Tech (2008)
   Master of Marketing Research, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville (2003)
   Master of Financial Economics, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (2001)
   Bachelor of Economics (Accounting), Shanghai Institute of Foreign Trade (1997)

Teaching Experience
   Instructor, Virginia Tech, (2005-2008)

Work Experience
   Sumitomo Corporation, Shanghai (1997-2000)

Professional Interests

Digital Marketing, Consumer Behavior, Marketing Research, Student Mentor

Responsibilities

American Marketing Association SSU Chapter Advisor

Marketing Internship Advisor

Selected Publications

Yu Hu (2011) ,"Giving Advice to Others: the Role of Social Distance ", in NA - Advances in Consumer Research Volume 38, eds. Darren W. Dahl, Gita V. Johar, and Stijn M.J. van Osselaer, Duluth, MN : Association for Consumer Research.

Yu Hu (2009), "Selective Consumer WOM communication and Its Consequences", Advances in Consumer Research, 36.

Yu Hu (2007) ,"The Role of Prior Knowledge in Advertisement Evaluation", in NA - Advances in Consumer Research Volume 34,

Selected Presentations

Hu, Yu (2009), "Audience-Tuning Behavior in Consumer Communication and Its Effect on the Speaker", American Marketing Association Winter Conference, Tampa, FL.