海角社区

Rusty Stough

Associate Professor of Marketing
海角社区 Business School

Rusty A. Stough joined the University of 海角社区 in the fall of 2020. Prior to that, he was a Ph.D. student in marketing at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

His research focuses broadly on two areas: the consumption experience and the neurobiology of attention. For the consumption experience line of research, his work focuses on how people use and interact with products to have an experience, specifically focusing on products that are rented or borrowed. For the neurobiology of attention, he鈥檚 specifically looking at the role subconscious attention plays in processing of advertisement information. This research utilizes various biometric techniques to study how information is attended to and the downstream effects of subconscious processing.

Markovitch, D. G., Stough, R. A., & Huang, D. (2024). Consumer reactions to chatbot versus human service: an investigation in the role of outcome valence and perceived empathy. Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services, 79, 103847.

Obenauer, W. G., Stough, R. A., Graham, C. M., & Catto, E. M. (2025). Is 鈥渂eing white鈥 a component of the superhero prototype? Perhaps, but research participants won鈥檛 tell you that. Equality, Diversity and Inclusion: An International Journal.

Graham, C., & Stough, R. (2025). Consumer perceptions of AI chatbots on Twitter (X) and Reddit: an analysis of social media sentiment and interactive marketing strategies. Journal of Research in Interactive Marketing.

Huang, D., Markovitch, D. G., & Stough, R. A. (2024). 鈥淐an chatbot customer service match human service agents on customer satisfaction? An investigation in the role of trust.鈥 Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services, 76, 103600.

Stough, R., & Graham, C. (2023). 鈥淧hysical or digital media: the mediating role of psychological ownership.鈥 Journal of Research in Interactive Marketing, (ahead-of-print).

Keiper, M. C., Nachtigal, J., Lupinek, J. M., & Stough, R. A. (2023). 鈥淢arketing Analytics Curriculum Integration: An Exploration of Resource Availability for Faculty.鈥 Journal of Marketing Education, 02734753231195591.

Stough, R. A., & Carter, E. P. (2023). 鈥淲hat was yours is (for now) mine: Prior user knowledge reduces product satisfaction but can improve experiential satisfaction in access鈥恇ased consumption.鈥 Journal of Consumer Behaviour.

Polman, E., & Stough, R. A. (2023). 鈥淗omo indifferencus: Effects of unavailable options on preference construction.鈥 Journal of Behavioral Decision Making, e2326.

Dumas, J. E., & Stough, R. A. (2022). 鈥淲hen influencers are not very influential: The negative effects of social media verification.鈥 Journal of Consumer Behaviour, 21(3), 614-624.

Shen, J. D., Rindfleisch, A., Cakanlar, A., Ordabayeva, N., Guo, Y. J., Lamberton, C., Stough, R. & Moreau, P. (2021). 鈥淩elationship Dynamics in the Era of the Sharing Economy.鈥 ACR North American Advances.

Presenter

2025 Retailing and Consumer Sciences Conference, Zagreb, Croatia
鈥淯gliness is Only Skin Deep: The Effects of Green Consumer Value on Ugly Product Evaluation鈥

2018 Albert Haring Symposium, University of Indiana-Bloomington
Discussant for peer work on satiation

2017 Future of Ownership Research Symposium, Vienna, Austria
鈥淵ou Are What You Borrow鈥

2017 Association for Consumer Research Conference, San Diego, CA.
鈥淭he Effects of Contagion on Access-based Consumption鈥

2017 Robert D. Mittelstaedt Doctoral Symposium, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

2016 Association for Consumer Research Conference, Berlin, Germany.
鈥淐hoosing an Inferior Option: The Case of Disappearing Inherited Options鈥

2016 Society for Consumer Psychology, St. Pete Beach, FL
鈥淐hoosing an Inferior Option: The Case of Disappearing Inherited Options鈥

2015 Society for Judgement and Decision Making, Chicago, IL
鈥淟ike But Please Don鈥檛 Share This: Digital Sharing Decreases Felt Ownership鈥

Areas of Expertise

Access Based Consumption
Consumer Psychology
Experiential Satisfaction
Market Intelligence
Neurobiology of Attention
Television Advertising

Education

Ph.D., Marketing, University of Wisconsin-Madison
M.S., Marketing, University of Denver
B.S., Chemistry, Geneva College
B.S., Biology, Geneva College
Portrait of Rusty Stough
Associate Professor of Marketing