Curriculum Vitae

Author:Joon H. Ro
7 McAlister Dr., Room 402Q, New Orleans, LA 70118
Mobile: +1 (512) 529-4596 | Email: jro@tulane.edu

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Education

Ph.D. in Marketing
2014
McCombs School of Business, University of Texas at Austin

M.S. in Economics
2009
University of Texas at Austin

M.A. in Economics
2007
Sogang University, Seoul, South Korea

B.E. in Economics and B.A. in English Language and Literature, cum laude
2005
Sogang University, Seoul, South Korea

Professional Appointments

Assistant Professor of Marketing
2014-current
A.B. Freeman School of Business
Tulane University

Publications

Namkoong, J., Ro, J. H. & Henderson, M. D. (in press). Responding to Causal Uncertainty in the Twitterverse: When Abstract Language and Social Prominence Increase Message Engagement, Journal of Interactive Marketing.

Ro, J. H. & Namkoong, J (2019). Org-Coursepack: A Modular and Reusable Teaching Materials Template in Org-mode, Journal of Open Source Education.

Honors and Awards

Invitation and sponsored attendance, Professor’s Institute,
2016
Marketing EDGE, University of Texas at Dallas, TX,

Student sponsorship, SciPy (Scientific Python) Conference
2011, 2013

Bonham Funds, Department of Marketing, University of Texas at Austin
2010, 2013

Nominated for Fred Moore Assistant Instructor Award for Teaching Excellence,
2012
McCombs School of Business, University of Texas at Austin

Funding, Workshop on Quantitative Marketing and Structural Econometrics,
2010
Duke University

Brain Korea 21 scholarship,
2006
Ministry of Education and Human Resources Development, South Korea

Graduate school department scholarship, Sogang University, South Korea
2005

Distinguished student scholarship, Sogang University, South Korea
2003, 2004

Invited Talks

University of Nevada, Reno, NV, 2016

Tulane University, New Orleans, LA, 2014

in4mation insights (Marketing analytics consulting firm), Boston, MA, 2014

Yale University, New Haven, CT, 2013

Erasmus University, Rotterdam, Netherlands, 2013

University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, 2013

University of Delaware, Newark, DE, 2013

Özyegin University, Istanbul, Turkey, 2013

Koç University, Istanbul, Turkey, 2013

University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, 2013

Conference Presentations

“Responding to Causal Uncertainty in the Twitterverse: When Abstract Language and Social Prominence Increase Message Engagement” APA, San Francisco, CA, 2018 (Presenter: Namkoong, J.)

“Fool Me Twice: Measuring Consumer Learning and Forgetting from Biases in Online Reviews” Marketing Dynamics Conference, SMU, Dallas, TX, 2018

“Fool Me Twice: Measuring Consumer Learning and Forgetting from Biases in Online Reviews” NYU-Temple conference on Digital, Mobile, and Social Media Analytics, New York University, New York, NY, 2017

“Measuring the Impact of Biases in Online Reviews on Consumers’ Usage of Online Information” 39th Annual ISMS Marketing Science Conference, USC, Los Angeles, CA, 2017

“Python + Org-mode for fluent output generation of scientific research” PyTexas, College Station, TX, 2015

“Price Skimming and Resale Market Strategies for Durable Goods: A Dynamic Equilibrium Model of the Video Game Market” Marketing Dynamics Conference, Las Vegas, NV, 2014

“Pricing and Resale Market Strategy for Durable Goods: A Dynamic Equilibrium Model of the Video Game Market” UT Dallas Frontiers of Research in Marketing Science (UTD FORMS), Dallas, TX, 2014

“Pricing and Resale Market Strategy for Durable Goods: A Dynamic Equilibrium Model of the Video Game Market” INFORMS Marketing Science Conference, Boston, MA, 2012

“A Dynamic Equilibrium Model of Durable Goods Market: Intertemporal Pricing and Durability Extension for Video Games” University of Houston Doctoral Symposium, 2012

“Quality Uncertainty and Variety Seeking Behavior: the Role of Ratings in the Movie Industry” INFORMS Marketing Science Conference, Houston, TX, 2011

Teaching Experience

Tulane University

Research and Analytics (Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2018, Fall 2018)

Research and Analytics (MBA, Spring 2017, Spring 2018)

Marketing Analytics (Spring 2015)

Marketing Analytics (MBA, Spring 2015)

University of Texas at Austin

Principles of Marketing (Fall 2012)

Departmental/University Service

MBA Curriculum Committee 2018-Present

Undergraduate Curriculum Committee 2015-2018

Software Packages Authored

Ro, J. H. & Namkoong J. (2018). Org-Coursepack: Template for developing and managing teaching materials using Org mode, a major mode in GNU Emacs. (http://github.com/joonro/Org-Coursepack)

Ro, J. H. (2017). BLP-Python: Random coefficients logit model of Berry, Levinsohn and Pakes (1995). (https://github.com/joonro/BLP-Python)

Ro, J. H. (2013). Fast Cubic Spline Python: Fast spline interpolation of Habermann and Kinderman (2007). (https://github.com/joonro/fast-cubic-spline-python)

Professional Experience

Research analyst, Samsung Economic Research Institute, South Korea 2007

Military service, Korean Augmentation To the United States Army (KATUSA), 2000-2003 2nd Infantry Division, South Korea