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Sarah C. Whitley

  • Assistant Professor, Department of Marketing
C326 Benson Hall

Education

  • PhD, Marketing, Boston University, 2018
  • BA, Economics, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2009

Research Interests

  • Retail
  • Prosocial/Sustainable Behavior
  • Judgment and Decision Making

Publications

Journal Articles

  • Whitley, Sarah C., Chakravarty, Ani, and Pengyuan Wang (2024), “Positive Emotions During Search Engine Use: How You Feel Impacts What You Search for and Click On,” Journal of Marketing, forthcoming. (https://doi.org/10.1177/00222429241263012)
  • Whitley, Sarah C., Ximena Garcia-Rada, Fleura Bardhi, Dan Ariely, and Carey K. Morewedge (2022), “Relational Spending in Funerals: Caring for Others Loved and Lost,” Journal of Consumer Psychology, 32 (2), 211-231. (https://doi.org/10.1002/jcpy.1240)
  • Whitley, Sarah C., Remi Trudel, and Didem Kurt (2018), “The Influence of Purchase Motivation on Perceived Preference Uniqueness and Assortment Size Choice,” Journal of Consumer Research, 45 (4), 710-724. (https://doi.org/10.1093/jcr/ucy031)

Prior Professional Positions

  • Assistant Professor, Oklahoma State University, Spears School of Business