Tommy E. Whittler
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Associate Professor |
| Department of Marketing |
1 E. Jackson Blvd.
DePaul Center 7521
Chicago, IL 60604 |
| (312) 362-5418 |
| twhittle@depaul.edu |
Academic Degrees
Ph.D. Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, Social-Consumer Psychology, 1985
M.S. Bradley University, Peoria, IL, Psychology, 1979
B.A. Bradley University, Peoria, IL, Psychology, 1977
Academic Experience
Associate Professor, DePaul University (2001 - Now).
Visiting Scholar Program, University of Virginia, McIntire School of Commerce (1997 - 1997).
Associate Professor, University of Kentucky (1991 - 1991).
Assistant Professor, University of Kentucky (1985 - 1991).
Selected Publications
Article
Whittler, T., Spira-Scattone , J. (2002). Model's Race: A Peripheral Cue in Advertising Stimuli?. Journal of Consumer Psychology, 12 (), 291-302.
Manolis, C., Harris, M., Whittler, T. (1998). Expectancy Effects between Exchange Partners: A Behavioral Perspective. Journal of Consumer Psychology,49-78.
Whittler, T. (1996). Smooth Operators: Reflections on Sales Representatives' Influence Expressions . Journal of Personal Selling & Sales Management, 16 (), 53-56.
Schoenbachler, D., Whittler, T. (1996). Adolescent Processing of Threat Appeals. Journal of Advertising, 25 (), 37-54.
Whittler, T. (1994). Eliciting Consumer Choice Heuristics: Sales Representatives' Persuasion Strategies. Journal of Personal Selling & Sales Management, 14 (), 41-53.
Non-Academic Experience
Participant - Visiting Professor Program , Fitzgerald & Company (McCann-Erickson Worldwide) (1998 - 1998).
Director of Graduate Studies, University of Kentucky (1994 - 1995).
Management trainee, Caterpillar Tractor Company (1978 - 1979).
Selected Consulting
2006: Member - Board of Directors, Consultant, Fessup, Inc.
Selected Professional and Community Service
Committee / Task Force Member
2003: Association for Consumer Research
2003: American Marketing Association
Other Professional Service Activities
2002: Society for Consumer Psychology, Co-Chair (with Jeff Inman and Kelly Tepper Tian)
Paid Service
2006: New York Times, Interview with writer Jeremy W. Peters investigating the portrayal of black women in advertising. (What's so funny? An image popular in films raises some eyebrows in ads.)
Reviewer: Ad Hoc Review of Article or Manuscript
2003: Journal of Advertising, Reviewer