Katie Mehr, PhD
Pronouns: she, her, hers
Personal Website: https://www.katie-mehr.com
Contact
Assistant Professor, Alberta School of Business - Marketing, Business Economics and Law
- kmehr@ualberta.ca
- Phone
- (780) 492-0181
- Address
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4-30E Business Building
11203 Saskatchewan Drive NWEdmonton ABT6G 2R6
Overview
Area of Study / Keywords
consumer behavior word of mouth online reviews motivation online ratings judgment and decision making e-commerce
About
Katie Mehr is an assistant professor in the Department of Marketing, Business Economics and Law at the Alberta School of Business (ASB). Her research focuses on understanding consumer behaviour. Thus far, she has pursued two streams of interest. First, she explores how consumers rate products and experiences, and how they take existing ratings into account. Second, she explores goals, motivation, and prosocial behaviour. Dr. Mehr’s research has been published in the Journal of Consumer Research and featured in The Wall Street Journal, CBC Radio, and other outlets.
Before starting at the ASB in 2023, she earned a PhD from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. Before that, she earned her Bachelor of Arts degree from Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey.
To learn more about Dr. Mehr’s work, please see her website: katie-mehr.com.
Courses
MARK 432 - Digital Marketing
This course introduces the student to the management of the marketing communication mix with an emphasis on the evolving nature of digital marketing communication tools. It focuses on the techniques used for marketing communications in an environment where consumer and cultural influences strongly interact with strategic marketing decisions to impact outcomes. The role of measurement analytics in the implementation of communications strategy is also examined. Prerequisite: MARK 301.
Featured Publications
Katie S. Mehr, Joseph P. Simmons
Journal of Consumer Research. 2024 January; 10.1093/jcr/ucae005
Katie S. Mehr, Amanda Geiser, Katherine L. Milkman, Angela L. Duckworth
Journal of the Association for Consumer Research. 2020 May; 5 (3):329-334
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