Familiar Face

Chris Groening

Associate Professor, Marketing
Marketing and Entrepreneurship
Kent Campus

JOB DESCRIPTION:

Teach undergrads, MBA, and PhD students. Publish top-level research.

WORKED AT KENT STATE SINCE:

August 2013

EMPLOYMENT PRIOR TO KENT STATE UNIVERSITY:

University of Missouri

likes most about kent state university:

Environment to create entrepreneurial opportunities/initiatives. I have created and launched a website that gathers consumer perception of corporate social responsibility for 51 companies - CSRPPQ (http://www.csrppq.com). I have also co-created The State of Ohio Marketing Research Colloquium, which will have its inaugural gathering in Spring 2019.

ATTRACTION TO KENT STATE UNIVERSITY AS AN EMPLOYER:

The chance to work as a tenured professor at a research university, working with all levels of students (undergrad through doctoral students), while in regional proximity to family and other interests - travel to nearby cities and nature, and believe it or not – distance from in-laws.

rESIDES IN:

Akron, OH

Hometown:

Born in Syracuse, NY, but left at 3. Longest place I have lived was in San Francisco, CA. I have lived abroad (England, Poland, and Costa Rica), and the east coast, west coast, and middle of the USA!

EDUCATION:

Ph.D., Marketing, Katz Graduate School of Business, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
Master of Business Administration, Katz Graduate School of Business, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
Master of Computer Science, State University of New York, Stony Brook, NY
Dual Degree: Bachelor of Science – Computer Engineering & Cognitive Science, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA

HOBBIES:

Printmaking, snowboarding, visiting art galleries, napping with my dogs, cats, and wife.