The University of Arizona

Retailing and Consumer Sciences Research Faculty

Anita D. Bhappu
Associate Professor, RCSC
Research Fellow, Terry J. Lundgren Center for Retailing

Anita D. Bhappu is Associate Professor in Retailing and Consumer Sciences as well as Research Fellow at the Terry J. Lundgren Center for Retailing. Her research is published in the Academy of Management Review, International Journal of E-Collaboration, Journal of Applied Psychology, Journal of Service Research, Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, and Work and Occupations. She serves as an ad-hoc reviewer for the Academy of Management Journal, Academy of Management Review, Human Relations, Information Systems Review, Journal of Management, Journal of Management Studies, Management Information Systems Quarterly, Organization Science, and Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes.

Mary Ann Eastlick
Associate Professor and Division Chair
Ph.D., Purdue University

Professor Eastlick teaches undergraduate courses in nonstore retailing and merchandising control and graduate courses focusing on research theories and retail management. Her research focuses on consumer shopping behaviors and attitudes toward store-based retail firms, shopping malls, and direct marketing firms (i.e., catalogs, Internet, etc.). Dr. Eastlick also serves as the Chair of the Division of Retailing and Consumer Sciences and is the IBM Research Fellow with the Center for Retailing and Consumer Sciences, Education and Research.
eastlick@u.arizona.edu

Ying Huang
Assistant Professor
Ph.D., Michigan State University

huang2@email.arizona.edu

Dr. Huang's research interests focus on three areas: 1) retail channel relationships, 2) international retailing, and 3) retail innovation and new product development. My overall goal is to conduct theoretically grounded and methodologically sound studies concerning the practice of retailing and retail management in the hope of ultimately advancing firms’ performance levels.

Sherry Lotz
Associate Professor and Graduate Program Coordinator
Ph.D., Kent State University

Professor Lotz teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in global retailing and consumption behavior and services retailing. Her research focuses on attitudinal models in the context of cross-cultural consumers and multi-channel (e.g., Internet, traditional store format) shopping formats. Dr. Lotz also serves as the Coordinator of the Retailing and Consumer Sciences graduate program.
slotz@ag.arizona.edu

 

Soyeon Shim
Professor and Director, School of Family and Consumer Sciences
Ph.D. The University of Tennessee, Knoxville

Professor Shim currently teaches a doctoral professional development course (RCSC 696), consisting of modules on facets of an academic career (e.g., research and scholarship, leadership and career development, and teaching and teaching scholarship). Her research focuses on consumer attitudes and purchasing behaviors in the context of a variety of settings (e.g., ecommerce, traditional shopping malls, agricultural sector). As School Director, Dr. Shim devotes most of her time to school administration; nevertheless, she tries to find the time to work with graduate students and maintain her research program.
shim@ag.arizona.edu

More Information

RCSC Undergraduate Program
RCSC Graduate Program

See Also

Terry J. Lundgren Center for Retailing
Take Charge America Institute for Consumer Financial Education and Research