RESEARCH INTERESTS

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Ambivalence, Attitudes, and Persuasion in Marketing and Management

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Branding and Brand Management

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Effective Communications and Team Building

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The Interplay of Technologies and Human Behavior

Education

Degreed Education:
- Ph.D. Business Administration. Fisher College of Business, The Ohio State University, U.S.A.
                             Major Area: Marketing
                             Minor Areas: Social Psychology; Statistics.
            Advisor: H. Rao Unnava; Committee Members: Richard E. Petty, Robert E. Burnkrant.

- M.A. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, U.S.A.

- B.A. South China Normal University, China

Certificate:
- 2022.11 Executive Education Certificate for participation in Babson Studio for Entrepreneurship Educators in Asia, Babson College.

- 2020.1 Executive Education Certificate for Case Writing, Harvard Business School, Boston MA, U.S.A.

- 2019.8 Executive Education Certificate for Case Teaching, Harvard Business School, Boston MA, U.S.A.

- 2017.5 Executive Education Certificate for Price-Babson Symposium for Entrepreneurship Educators, Babson College, Babson Park MA, U.S.A.

Academic Employments

Distinguished Professor, Oriental Scholars of Shanghai Universities, China(2019/11 - 2022/11)

ShanghaiTech University

Associate Professor @ School of Entrepreneurship and Management(2017/1 - present)
- Founder and Principal Investigator of the Attitude Research Lab (arlab.sem.shanghaitech.edu.cn);
- Conduct research in behavioral science, marketing, entrepreneurship and management;
- Teach/Offer the following courses to all majors in ShanghaiTech University:
            • Consumer Psychology 《消费者心理学》(Graduate & Undergraduate)(Latest Rating by Students: 4.85/5 in 2023)
            • Science of Human Behaviors I: Fundamental Psychological Theories and Methodology 《人类行为科学基础》(Graduate & Undergraduate)(Latest Rating by Students: 5/5 in 2023; 4.92/5 in 2024)
            • Design Thinking: Innovative Solutions in Entrepreneurship and Management 《设计思维:创业管理中的创新方案》 (Undergraduate)(Latest Rating by Students: 4.64/5)
            • Effective Communications and Team Building 《高效沟通与团队建设》(Executive Education)(Latest Rating by Students: 4.93/5)

Distinguished Adjunct Professor @ School of Information Science and Technology
- Conduct research examining how the developments of modern informational science and technologies affect human psychology and human behavior;
- Teach/Offer the following courses:
            • Research Practicum 《信息学院本科科研实践》(Undergraduate)
            • Ethics in the Developments of Informational Science and Technologies 《信息科技发展伦理与道德》(Graduate & Undergraduate)(Latest Rating by Students: 4.90/5 in 2023;4.93/5 in 2024)


University of Mississippi

Assistant Professor of Marketing @ School of Business Administration(2011/7 – 2016/12)
- Conducted research in behavioral science and marketing;
- Taught/Offered the following core courses in Marketing:
            • Principles of Marketing (Undergraduate)
            • Consumer Behavior (Undergraduate)
            • Advance Directed Study (Ph.D.)


The Ohio State University

Graduate Teaching/Research Associate in Marketing @ Fisher College of Business(2006/9 – 2011/6)
- Conducted research in behavioral science and marketing;
- Taught/Offered the following core course in Marketing:
            • Consumer Behavior (Undergraduate)


University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Graduate Teaching Assistant in Psychology(2003/8 – 2006/8)
- Assisted teaching in the following courses:
            • Psychological Statistics (Undergraduate; Lab)
            • Introduction to Statistics (Undergraduate & Graduate; Lab)
            • Developmental Psychology Research Methods (Undergraduate; Lab)
Graduate Research Assistant in Applied Linguistics
- Assisted research in conversation analysis

SELECTED HONORS, AWARDS


Academic Honors
• Distinguished Professor, Oriental Scholars of Shanghai Universities, 2019/11 - 2022/11
• University of Mississippi ORSP Faculty Research Travel Awards, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016
• AMA-Sheth Foundation Doctoral Consortium Fellow, 2009
• Haring Symposium Fellow, Indiana University, 2009, 2010
• William R. Davidson Doctoral Fellowship, The Ohio State University, 2008 ~ 2011
• Robert Bartels Fellowship, Fisher College of Business, The Ohio State University, 2006 ~ 2011

Teaching Awards
• First Place Winner representing ShanghaiTech University to The Third National Teaching Innovation Contest for College Teachers, 2023
• ShanghaiTech University’s Best TEN Professors (2013- 2023) voted by Students and Alumni from ShanghaiTech University,2023
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• The demonstration team of 2023 Shanghai School Curriculum Ideological and Political Demonstration Course(Recommended by the school to participate in the municipal declaration, the result is not out)
• First Place at ShanghaiTech University, The Third National Teaching Innovation Contest for College Teachers, 2023
• ShanghaiTech University Outstanding Course Design and Teaching Award, 2023
• Member of the Outstanding Undergraduate Course Design (Team) Award by Shanghai Higher Education Bureau, 2022
• Outstanding Teaching Award, School of Entrepreneurship and Management, ShanghaiTech University, 2021
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• Outstanding Professor of the Year, ShanghaiTech University, 2017, 2020, 2021

Service Awards
• ShanghaiTech University Outstanding Mentor for Undergraduate Students Award, 2024
• ShanghaiTech University Outstanding Mentor for Undergraduate Students Award, 2023
• Outstanding Service Award, School of Entrepreneurship and Management, ShanghaiTech University, 2020 (Click here for more)
• The third prize of "Zhixing Cup" Shanghai College Students Social Practice Project Competition in 2019,faculty mentor,2019
• Outstanding Faculty Mentor for Students' Social Practice, ShanghaiTech University, 2019
(Click here for students' social practice report)
• University of Mississippi Student Alumni Council "Random Acts of Kindness" Award, 2016

BOOKS & BOOK CHAPTER(S)

Ethics in the Developments of Information Science and Technology.

(Published)

Lifeng Yang and Jingyi Yu (Eds.). China Machine Press. ISBN: 978-7-111-72706-4.

- Lifeng Yang and Jingyi Yu, Preface Chapter.
- Yuhao Lu, Haoyu Liu, Lifeng Yang, and Yi Wang, Research Methodologies in the Evaluation of Ethics in the Developments of Information Science and Technology.

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This Could Be Important: My life and Times with the Artificial Intelligentsia.

(Chinese Version; Published)

Jingyi Yu and Lifeng Yang. Shanghai Gezhi Publishing House. ISBN: 978-7-5432-3387-4.(Chinese Translation of Book Originally Written in English by Pamela McCorduck)

Media Reports

(1) ThePaper.cn (Click here for details)
(2) Wenhui Daily (Click here for details)
(3) 21st Century Business Herald:"When to read in Spring" shortlisted books for Spring 2024 (Click here for details)
(4) Shanghai Observer (Click here for details)

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GRANT

• Shanghai Municipal Government Research Grant (Role:Research Team Member. Grant # 22ZR1442200; Total amount: RMB200,000.00), 2022-2025.
Distinguished Professor & Scholarships,Oriental Scholars of Shanghai Universities, 2019-2022
Shanghai Municipal Government Research Grant for We-Media Studies:"Study on New Industries and New Models for Promoting the Integration of Technology and Culture in Shanghai (C) - Self-Media and Urban Innovation Culture" (Grant #186-9210-1800; Total amount: RMB150,000.00), 2018-2019

News and Events

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Testimonials

What the alumni say

“ The one and a half years of research with Professor Yang in the Attitude Research Laboratory helped me a lot in my research and life. Thanks to her patient supervising, I developed an overall understand of the subject (marketing) and the cutting edge research methods in this discipline. I am a Ph.D student at SMU now, majoring in marketing. The methodologies I learnt at AR Lab helped me to know how to think critically and independent; how to associate different research areas; and most importantly, how to conquer the fear of unknown.”

Qingli Zeng

PhD in Marketing, Singapore Management University 新加坡管理大学营销学博士

“ The scientific training on the course The Science of Human Behavior and research experience in Prof Yang’s ARLab made a significant influence on my career. The valuable experience gave me a new perspective of the science behind human decision-making procedures and how to extract related information from all kind of cases, which is the basic skills of my consulting career. As a consultant now, the methodology learned from ARLab has always assisted me on analyzing the business cases of various industries as well as the real demands of the clients.”

Zikun Xiao

Consultant at Business Consulting Dept., E&Y 商业咨询/安永咨询

“ The year of doing research with Professor Yang at ARLab made greatest impact on my life. Under her guidance, I began to realize the importance of people's attitude to their behavior and decision-making. This psychological and behavioral thinking makes me understand the needs of my clients more clearly. Moreover, Professor Yang's enthusiasm for research has infected me so far, thus I still have a great passion for marketing strategy and consumer behavior fields. Finally, I made a lot of friends at ARLab that we can exchange working experience.”

Xingya Zhang

Analyst, Risk Advisory Dept., Deloitte. 风险咨询/德勤企业咨询

“As a Computer Science student, the research experience with Prof. Yang in Consumer Psychology really diversified my interests and skillsets in career development, more importantly, affected my mindset and whole leadership in current consulting projects and team work. I tend to be more proactive, objective and positive, when facing clients and different challenges has been a daily work. Meanwhile, try to maximize my energy and that of others, as the way I've always been inspired when working with her.”

Jiatong Yu

Consultant, Management Consulting Dept., PwC 管理咨询/普华永道咨询

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