ZHU Rui (Juliet)

Rui (Juliet) Zhu is Professor of Marketing, Director of Center for ESG and Social Innovation and Member of the Board of Supervisors of the Cheung Kong Education Development Foundation at the Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business (CKGSB). Prior to joining CKGSB, Juliet was associate professor of marketing, and Canada Research Chair in consumer behavior at the University of British Columbia (BC, Canada) and assistant professor of marketing at Rice University (USA). She received her Ph.D. in Marketing from University of Minnesota in 2003.

Prof. Zhu’s research interests center on behavioral science, social innovation, and brand management. Her research has been published in top journals, such as Science, Journal of Consumer Research, and Journal of Marketing Research. She currently serves as associate editor for the Journal of Marketing. She has published two books, “Enterprises of the Future: A Three-step Approach for Sustainable Business” in 2020, and “Logic of Decision: Behavioral Psychology in Everyday Life” in 2022.

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• AMA Sheth Foundation Doctoral Consortium, consortium faculty, Leeds, UK, 2018
• Named as Global Council Member for the World Economic Forum 2014-2016; 2016-2018
• CKGSB Research Excellence Award, 2015,
• Outstanding Reviewer Award, Journal of Consumer Research, 2014
• AMA Sheth Foundation Doctoral Consortium, consortium faculty, Chicago, USA, 2014
• Sauder Research Excellence Award, University of British Columbia, 2010
• Canada Research Chair in Consumer Behavior, 2009
• Marketing Science Institute’s 2007 Young Scholar
• Society for Consumer Psychology (SCP) Sheth Dissertation Competition Runner-up, 2002
• Carlson School of Management Dissertation Award, University of Minnesota, 2002-2003
• AMA-Sheth Foundation Doctoral Consortium Fellow, 2002
• Robert Lieberman Memorial Award for Teaching Excellence, Carlson School of Management, University of Minnesota, 2001
• “Excellence in Teaching” Award, Carlson School of Management, University of Minnesota, 2000-2001
• Albert J, Haring Symposium Representative, Indiana University, March 2000
• Carlson School of Management Graduate Fellowship, University of Minnesota, 1998-2002

Peer-Reviewed Journal Publications

• Chae, Boyoun (Grace) , Sangsuk Yoon, Ernest Baskin, and Rui (Juliet) Zhu (2023), “The lasting smell of temptation: Counteractive effects of indulgent food scents,” Journal of Business Research, Volume 155, Part A, January, 113437.
• Wang, Chen, Ravi Mehta, Rui (Juliet) Zhu, and Jennifer Argo (2019), “Dim or Bright? The Impact of Ambient Illuminance on Consumer Response to Innovative Solutions,” forthcoming, Journal of the Association for Consumer Research, volume 4, number 3. Published online May 13, 2019.
• Su, Lei, Yuwei Jiang, and Rui (Juliet) Zhu, “The Shape of Money: The Impact of Financial Resources on Product Shape Preference,” forthcoming, Journal of the Association for Consumer Research, special issue on Transformative Consumer Aesthetics.
• Tong, Luqiong, Rui (Juliet) Zhu, Yuhuang Zheng, and Ping Zhao (2018)“Warmer or Cooler, The Influence of Ambient Temperature on Complex Choices,” forthcoming, Marketing Letters.
• Rui (Juliet) Zhu and Ravi Mehta (2018), “Sensory Experiences and Consumer Creativity,” Journal of Association for Consumer Research, 2, 472-84
• Chae, Boyoun (Grace), Darren Dahl, and Rui (Juliet) Zhu (2017), “”Our” Brand’s Failure Leads to “Their” Product Derogation,” Journal of Consumer Psychology, 27, 466-472
• Mehta, Ravi, Darren Dahl, and Rui (Juliet) Zhu (2017), “Social-Recognition versus Financial Incentives? Exploring the Effects of Creativity-Contingent External Rewards on Creative Performance,” Journal of Marketing Research (44), 536-553.
• Wang Chen, Rui (Juliet) Zhu, Todd Handy (2015) “Experiencing Haptic Roughness Enhances Empathy,” forthcoming at Journal of Consumer Psychology, 26 (3), 350-362.
• Mehta, Ravi, Rui (Juliet) Zhu, and Joan Meyers-Levy (2014), “When Does a Higher Construal Level Increase or Decrease Indulgence? Resolving the Myopia versus Hyperopia Puzzle?” Journal of Consumer Research, 41(2):475-488.
• Chae, Boyoun (Grace) and Rui (Juliet) Zhu (2014), “Environmental Disorder Leads to Self-Regulatory Failure,” Journal of Consumer Research, 40(6):1203-1218
• Zhu, Rui (Juliet), and Jennifer Argo (2013), “Exploring the Impact of Various Shaped Seating Arrangements on Persuasion,” Journal of Consumer Research, 40(2):336 – 349
• Chae, Boyoun (Grace), Xiuping Li, and Rui (Juliet) Zhu (2013), “Judging Product Effectiveness from Perceived Spatial Proximity,” Journal of Consumer Research, 40(2):317-335
• Mehta, Ravi, Rui (Juliet) Zhu, Amar Cheema (2012), “Is Noise Always Bad? Exploring the Effects of Ambient Noise on Creative Cognition,” Journal of Consumer Research, (December)
• Zhu, Rui (Juliet), Utpal Dholakia, Xinlei (Jack) Chen, and René Algesheimer (2012) “Does Online Community Participation Foster Risky Financial Behavior?” Journal of Marketing Research, 49 (June)
• Wang, Jing, Rui (Juliet) Zhu, Baba Shiv (2012), “The Lonely Consumer: Loner or Conformer?” forthcoming, Journal of Consumer Research, 38 (April), 1116-1128.
• Meyers-Levy, Joan, and Rui (Juliet) Zhu (2010), “Gender Differences in the Meanings Consumers Infer from Music and Other Aesthetic Stimuli,” Journal of Consumer Psychology, 20, 495-507.
• Meyers-Levy, Joan, Rui (Juliet) Zhu, and Jiang Lan (2010), “Context Effects from Bodily Sensations: Examining Bodily Sensations Induced by Flooring and the Moderating Role of Product Viewing Distance,” Journal of Consumer Research, 37 (June).
• Mehta, Ravi and Rui (Juliet) Zhu (2009),”Blue or Red? Exploring the Effect of Color on Cognitive Task Performances,” Science, Published Online February 5, 2009, In print, 28 February, Vol. 323, no. 5918, pp. 1226-1229.
• Levav, Jonathan and Rui (Juliet) Zhu (2009), “Seeking Freedom through Variety,” Journal of Consumer Research, 36 (December), 600-610.
• Zhu, Rui (Juliet) and Joan Meyers-Levy (2009), ” The Influence of Self-View on Context Effects: How Display Fixtures Can Affect Product Evaluations,” Journal of Marketing Research, 46 (February), 37-45.
• Zhu, Rui (Juliet), Xinlei (Jack) Chen, and Srabana Dasgupta (2008), “Trade-in or not? Exploring the effect of trade-in value on consumers’ willingness to pay for the new product,” Journal of Marketing Research, XLV (April), 159-170.
• Argo, Jennifer, Rui (Juliet) Zhu, and Darren Dahl (2008), “Fact or Fiction: An Investigation of Empathy Differences in Response to Emotional Melodramatic Entertainment,” Journal of Consumer Research, 34 (February), 614-623.
• Kirmani, Amna and Rui (Juliet) Zhu (2007), “Vigilant Against Manipulation: The Effect of Regulatory Focus on the Use of Persuasion Knowledge,” Journal of Marketing Research, XLIV (November), 688-701.
• Meyers-Levy, Joan and Rui (Juliet) Zhu (2007), “The Influence of Ceiling Height: The Effect of Priming on the Type of Processing People Use,” Journal of Consumer Research, 34 (August), 174–186.
• Zhu, Rui (Juliet) and Joan Meyers-Levy (2007), “Exploring the Cognitive Mechanism that Underlies Regulatory Focus Effects,” Journal of Consumer Research, 34 (June), 89-96.
• Zhu, Rui (Juliet) and Joan Meyers-Levy (2005), “Distinguishing Between the Meanings of Music: When Background Music Affects Product Perceptions,” Journal of Marketing Research, 43 (August), 333-345.
• Monga, Ashwani and Rui (Juliet) Zhu (2005), “Buyers versus Sellers: How They Differ in Their Responses to Framed Outcomes,” Journal of Consumer Psychology, 15 (Fall), 325-333.

Work in progress

• “Does Restricting Minors’ Video Gaming Hours Lead Them to Play Less after They Become Adults? An Empirical Evaluation of Chinese Government Regulation,” with Sky Liang, Xinlei (Jack) Chen, and Congyu Lin.
• “Does Pandemic Leads to More Exercise? An Empirical Investigation Using Online Yoga Exercise Data,” under review, with Sky Liang, Xinlei (Jack) Chen, and Yuxin Chen.
• “Technology-enabled Incentive and Prosocial Behavior—An Empirical Study of Safe Driving with Telematics Monitoring”, under review, with Sky Liang and Xinlei (Jack) Chen.
• “Exploring the effect of supportive literature environment on children’s academic performance and psychological well-being” working paper, with Erica X.N. Li, Tracy Xiao Liu, Shuhuai Zhang, Bowen Zheng.
• “How Smartphone Addiction Affects Lonely Consumers’ Psychological Well-Being,” with Luqiong Tong, Ying Zhu, and Jing Wang, Working paper.
• “Political Orientation and Environmental Friendly Behavior,” with Ravi Mehta, Dan Li.