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Shashi Matta

Clinical Assistant Professor of Marketing

Biography

Shashi Matta is a faculty member in the Marketing & Logistics department. His industry experience includes positions in brand management, advertising, and as head of marketing operations for an educational services firm. He has worked at Proctor & Gamble  (India), at Foote Cone and Belding (FCB) Advertising, and at IMS Learning Resources. He teaches at all levels at Fisher, including in the full-time MBA program, the Undergraduate program, and the Executive Education program, and has won multiple teaching awards.

Professor Matta’s research is in the areas of consumer behavior, branding, and services marketing. His research includes an understanding of the cognitive and affective processes that underlie consumers’ perceptions of marketing elements and product/service features, and how those perceptions influence evaluations of the brand. His research has been published in the Journal of Marketing, Journal of Consumer Research, Journal of Consumer Psychology, Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science, and Review of Marketing Research.

Dr. Matta’s article in the Journal of Consumer Research, on consumers' stereotypes of service providers, was awarded the "best article in services marketing" by the American Marketing Association's Services Special Interest Group. Other honors include being chosen as an IMS Arthur Fellow (2010-2012), the Excellence in Teaching award from the Fisher College of Business, Professor of the Year by the Ohio State’s chapter of the American Marketing Association, the Liam Glynn Scholarship for the "most promising young scholar in services" and an Excellence in Teaching award by the marketing department at the University of Southern California.

Contact Information

554 Fisher Hall
Fisher College of Business
2100 Neil Avenue
Columbus, OH 43210
(614) 292-2901
matta_6@fisher.osu.edu