Mary Celsi (formerly Wolfinbarger)
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EDUCATION
Ph.D. Business Administration (Marketing emphasis), University of California, Irvine,  1990.
M.B.P.A. Business & Public Administration, University of California, Irvine, 1985.
B.S. English, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, 1983.

ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE
August 2006-Present: Associate Dean for Accreditation, CSULB. Duties include development of all policies related to accreditation; managing and collecting information about faculty professional and academic qualifications; overseeing the Assurance of Learning (AoL) process; management of the CSU-BAT, a CSU-wide test used for assessment of student learning; strategic planning.  The College of Business Administration was re-accredited in spring 2009.
September 2001-Present: Professor, CSULB.
October 2000-June 2001: Visiting Associate Professor, University of California, Irvine.
July 1999-Present: Faculty Research Associate, Center for Research on Information Technology in Organizations (CRITO).

September 1996 to August 2001: Associate Professor, CSULB.
September 1990 to August 1996
: Assistant Professor, CSULB.
September 1989 to August 1990: Assistant Professor, Chapman College, Orange, California.
January 1989 to May 1989: Lecturer, California State University Fullerton.  

SUBMISSION
Wolfinbarger, Mary, Hope Schau and Mary Gilly, “It Don’t Come Easy:  Overcoming Obstacles to Technology Use within a Resistant Consumer Group,” revision submitted to  Journal of Public Policy & Marketing (September 2009).

PUBLICATIONS
Textbook

Hair, Joseph H., Mary F. Wolfinbarger, David J. Ortinau and Robert P. Bush (forthcoming 2010), Essentials of Marketing Research, 2nd Edition, McGraw-Hill Irwin.


Hair, Joseph H., Mary F. Wolfinbarger, David J. Ortinau and Robert P. Bush (July 2007), Essentials of Marketing Research, 1st Edition, McGraw-Hill Irwin.

Refereed Journal Articles
Celsi, Mary Wolfinbarger and Mary Gilly, "Employees as Internal Audience: How Exposure to Advertising Affects Employees' Customer Focus" (forthcoming),  Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science (accepted September 2009).


Schau, Hope, Mary Gilly and Mary Wolfinbarger, (2009) "Consumer Identity Renaissance: The Resurgence of Identity-Inspired Consumption in Retirement," Journal of Consumer Research, 36 (August), 255-276.

Celsi, Richard, Mary Wolfinbarger and David Wald (2005), "The Effects of Earthquake Measurement Concepts and Magnitude Anchoring on Individuals’ Perceptions of Earthquake Risk," Earthquake Spectra, 21, 987-1008.

Min, Sam and Mary Wolfinbarger, (2005) "Do Early Movers, Clicks and Mortars, and Generalists Prevail in e-Commerce?," Journal of Business Research, 58, 1030-1039.

Wolfinbarger, Mary and Mary C. Gilly (2003), "eTailQ: Dimensionalizing, Measuring and Predicting eTail Quality," Journal of Retailing, 79, 183-198.

Witkowski, Terry and Mary Wolfinbarger (2002), "Comparative Service Quality: German and American Ratings Across Service Settings," Journal of Business Research, 55 (November) 875-881.

Celsi, Richard and Mary Wolfinbarger (2002), "Discontinuous Classroom Innovation:  Waves of Change for Marketing Education," Journal of Marketing Education, 24 (1),  April, 64-72.

Celsi, Richard and Mary Wolfinbarger (2001), "Creating Renaissance Workers in an Era of Convergence between Information Systems, Marketing and Business Strategy: A Proposal ," Journal of Education for Business, 76 (6), July/August, 308-312.

Wolfinbarger Mary and Mary Gilly (2001), "Shopping Online for Freedom, Control and Fun," California Management Review, Winter, 43 (2), 34-55.

Gilly, Mary C., John Graham, Mary Wolfinbarger and Laura Yale (1998), "A Dyadic Study of Interpersonal Information Search," Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science, 26 (2), 83-100.

Gilly, Mary C. and Mary Wolfinbarger (1998), "Advertising's Internal Audience," Journal of Marketing, 62 (January), 69-88.


Gilly, Mary C., Mary Wolfinbarger and Laura J. Yale (1997), "Topical and Methodological Diversity in Consumer Behavior Research," Research in Consumer Behavior, 8, 93-134.

Gilly, Mary C. and Mary  Wolfinbarger (1992), "Does Advertising Affect Your Nurses?" Journal of Health Care Marketing, 12 (September), 24-31.

Wolfinbarger, Mary and Mary C. Gilly (1991), "A Conceptual Model of the Impact of Advertising on Service Employees: Influences on Organizational Commitment and Service Quality," Psychology and Marketing, 8 (Fall), 215-237.


Marketing Science Institute's Working Paper Series

Wolfinbarger, Mary and Mary C. Gilly ( 2005), "How Firm Advertising Affects Trust, Organizational Identification and Customer Focus," Working Paper, Report #05-106
, Boston, MA: Marketing Science Institute.

Wolfinbarger, Mary and Mary C. Gilly (2002), ".comQ: Conceptualizing, Measuring and Predicting e-Tail Quality,"  Working Paper, Report #02-100, Boston, MA: Marketing Science Institute.

Gilly, Mary C. and Mary Wolfinbarger (1996), "Advertising's Second Audience: Employee Reactions to Organizational Communications," Working Paper, Report #96-116, Boston, MA: Marketing Science Institute.

Invited Reviewed Journal Article and Book Chapter
Wolfinbarger, Mary and Mary C.Gilly (2003), "Consumer Behavior," in The Internet Encyclopedia, ed. Hossein Bigdoli, John Wiley.

Gilly, Mary C. and Mary Wolfinbarger, (2000), "A Comparison of Consumer Experiences with Online and Offline Shopping," Consumption, Markets and Culture, Vol. 4 (2), pp. 187-205.

Refereed Conference Presentations (with published full papers)

Gilly, Mary, Hope Schau and Mary Wolfinbarger (2003), "Seniors and the Internet: Consuming Technology to Enhance Life and Family Involvement," Proceedings from the Home Oriented Informatics and Telematics (HOIT) Conference, Irvine, CA, April 6-8, 2003, Section 6:  Demographics and the Internet, pp. 1-15. (Presented at HOIT, Irvine, CA, April 7, 2003).

Witkowski, Terry and Mary Wolfinbarger (2001), "The Formality Dimension of Service Quality in Thailand and Japan,"  Advances in Consumer Research,  Eds.  Mary C. Gilly and Joan Myers- Levy, Vol. 28, pp. 152-160.  (Presented in October 2000, Salt Lake City).

Witkowski, Terrence, Mary Wolfinbarger and Joachim Kellner (1997), "Comparative Service Quality: German and American Ratings of Five Different Service Settings," Proceedings of the Sixth Symposium on Cross-Cultural Consumer and Business Studies, Scott M. Smith, ed., Provo, UT: Brigham Young University, pp. 290-296. 

Wolfinbarger, Mary and Mary C. Gilly (1996), "An Experimental Investigation of Self-Symbolism in Gifts," in Advances in Consumer Research, Kim P. Korfman and John G. Lynch, Jr., eds., Vol. 23 (Provo, UT: Association for Consumer Research) pp. 458-462.

Wolfinbarger, Mary and Laura Yale (1993), "Three Motivations for Giving: Experiential, Obligated and Practical Motivations," in Advances in Consumer Research, Leigh McAlister and Michael L. Rothschild, eds., Vol. 20 (Provo, UT: Association for Consumer Research), 520-526.

Wolfinbarger, Mary and Mary C. Gilly (1991), "The Influence of Gender on Gift Giving Attitudes (or, Are Men Insensitive Clods?)," in Proceedings of the Gender and Consumer Behavior Conference, Janeen Arnold Costa, ed. (Provo, UT: Association for Consumer Research), 223-231.

Wolfinbarger, Mary (1990) "Motivations and Symbolism in Gift-giving Behavior," in Advances in Consumer Research, Marvin E. Goldberg, Gerald Gorn and Richard W. Pollay, eds., Vol. 17 (Provo, UT: Association for Consumer Research), 699-706.


Refereed Conference Presentations

Wolfinbarger, Mary F. , Gilly, Mary C. , Schau, Hope. "Language Usage and Socioemotional Content in Online vs. Offline Focus Groups," American Marketing Association, Austin, TX. (February 17, 2008).

Celsi, Richard and Mary Wolfinbarger (2007), "An Exploration of Risk Dimensionality Inclusive of Natural Hazards," 59th Annual Meeting of Earthquake Engineering Research INstitue, Seismic Challenges in a Changing Urban Environment, Feb 7-12, 2007, Los Angeles, CA (Poster Session and Abstract in Proceedings).

Wolfinbarger, Mary (2007),"Marketing Research 2.0," Academy of Marketing Science, Coral Gables, Florida, May 24, 2007 (Special Session).

Gilly, Mary , Hope Jensen Schau, Mary  Wolfinbarger (2006), Independence and Connectedness: Designing Internet Access to Meet the Needs of Seniors,  Aging by Design Conference, Bentley College, Boston, MA, October 23-24.

Celsi, Richard, Mary Wolfinbarger and David Wald, (2004), "The Effects of Magnitude Anchoring, Earthquake Attenuation Estimation, Measure Complexity, Hubris, and Experience Inflation on Individuals’ Perceptions of Felt Earthquake Experience and Perceptions of Earthquake Risk," Marketing and Public Policy Conference, May 20-22, Salt Lake City, Utah (also published as a long abstract).
 

Wolfinbarger, Mary and Hope Jensen Schau (2003), "
Bonding through Cultural Subversion: Consumers’ Connectedness with the The Simpsons”  Association for Consumer Research's 2003 conference (as part of a special session with Cristel Russell, Andrew Norman and Al Muniz entitled "Consuming Television: Connectedness and Community in Broadcast Media"), October 2003 (also published as a long abstract).

Wolfinbarger, Mary and Mary Gilly (2002),  "Exploring the Influence of a Firm's Marketing  Efforts on an Internal Audience:  A Multidiscipline Approach to Understanding Research Issues and Direction in the Area of Corporate Brand Equity," (Special Session with Chris Pullig, Mark Speece, Mary Jo Hatch, Majken Schultz and James G. Maxham III), 2002 American Marketing Association Conference, August 3-6, San Diego California.

Wolfinbarger, Mary and Mary Gilly (2001), "Nibbling on the Net: Are We Having Fun Yet?,"  in  Special Session:  Qualitative Research Perspectives in Computer Mediated Environments  (with Hope Schau, Al Muniz and Thomas O'Guinn), Advances in Consumer Research, Association for Consumer Research Conference, Eds. Mary Gilly and Joans Meyer-Levy, p. 326 (presented in October 2000, Salt Lake City, Utah) (also published as a long abstract).


Celsi, Richard and Mary Wolfinbarger
(2000), "The Evolving IT-Marketing-Strategy Relationship: Will Business Schools Meet the Need?" 2000 Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS 2000), August 10-13, Long Beach, CA (named best paper, e-commerce curriculum mini-track, published as a long abstract).

Wolfinbarger, Mary and Mary Gilly (2000), "Motivations for Online Shopping," 2000 Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS 2000), August 10-13, Long Beach, CA (published long abstract).

Celsi, Richard and Mary Wolfinbarger (2000), "A Conceptual Taxonomy of Technology Adoption and Diffusion  in the Classroom," 2000 Americas Conference On Information Systems (AMCIS 2000), August 10-13, Long Beach, CA (published long abstract).


Wolfinbarger, Mary (1999), "e-QUAL: A Proposal for the Development of the Measurement of Customers' Perceived Quality of e-Commerce Experiences,"  COTIM Third International Conference,  hosted by The Research Institute for Telecommunication and Information Marketing (RITIM), September 26-29, Providence, Rhode Island (published long abstract on CD-ROM).

Wolfinbarger, Mary and Mary Gilly (1999), "Advertising Decision Makers" Beliefs About How Service Employees Respond to Organizational Advertising," American Marketing Association's Annual Frontiers in Services Marketing Conference, October 21-22, 1999, Vanderbilt University, Nashville,Tennessee.

Other Publications and Presentations
(delivered to scholarly organizations, but not refereed)

Wolfinbarger, M. F., CSU Assessment Coordinators' Meeting, "The CSU Business Assessment Test (BAT)," Cailfornia State University, Fullerton, Fullerton, CA. (March 19, 2008). 

Wolfinbarger, M. F., Annual CSU-ABD (Association of Business Deans), "CSU Business Assessment Test (CSU-BAT)," CSUABD, Sacramento, CA. (February 22, 2008). 

Wolfinbarger, Mary, Hope Schau and Mary Gilly (2005), "Keeping up with the Times: Innovation and Usage in Later Adopting Segments," Progress Report and presentation to CRITO, at University of California, Irvine, (June 16).

Wolfinbarger, Mary, Mary Gilly and Hope Schau (2004), "Household Decision Making at a Distance: Enhancing Relationships via Technology," Presentation to Center for Research on Information Technology in Organizations," University of California Graduate School of Management (January).

Wolfinbarger, Mary, Hope Schau and Mary Gilly (2002), "Seniors and the Internet:  Consuming Technology to Enhance Life Involvement," Progress Report (CRITO), Center for Research on Information Technology in Organizations,  University of California Graduate School of Management (May).

Wolfinbarger, Mary and Mary Gilly (2002), ".comQ:  Conceptualizing, Measuring and Predicting e-Tail Quality," invited talk at California State University, Northridge, (April 5).

Wolfinbarger, Mary and Mary Gilly (2002), ".comQ:  Conceptualizing, Measuring and Predicting e-Tail Quality," (CRITO), Center for Research on Information Technology in Organizations, (February 5), University of California Graduate School of Management.

Wolfinbarger, Mary and Mary Gilly (2001), ".comQ:  Conceptualizing, Measuring and Predicting e-Tail Quality," Ph.D. Student Research Colloquium,  University of California Graduate School of Management (May 18).

Wolfinbarger, Mary and Mary Gilly (2000), Corporate Roundtable Discussion, "Consumer's Perceived Quality of E-Commerce Experiences," CRITO (Center for Research on Information Technology in Organizations), (January 21).

Wolfinbarger, Mary and Mary Gilly (2000), "e-Qual:  A Measure of Consumer's Perceptions of e-Commerce Quality," CRITO (Center for Research on Information Technology in Organizations), (June 16).

Wolfinbarger, Mary and Mary C. Gilly (2000), "Progress Report: Consumer's Perceived Quality of E-Commerce Experiences," CRITO (Center for Research on Information Technology in Organizations), January.

Wolfinbarger, Mary and Mary C. Gilly (2000), "Progress Report:  eQual:  A Measure of Consumer's Perceptions of eCommerce Quality," June.

Wolfinbarger, Mary and Richard Celsi (1999), "Everything You Wanted to Know About Your Department Self-Study, But Were Afraid to Ask," presented at CBA Teaching Symposium.  


Other Presentations:
Gilly, Mary C. and Mary Wolfinbarger, "How Do UCIMC Employees Respond to UCIMC Advertising?," Presentation to UCIMC employees, Orange, CA, September 24, 2003.

GRANTS
June 2003: Wolfinbarger, Mary, Hope Jensen Schau and Mary Gilly. "Senior Adoption of the Internet." Awarded $15,000 by Center for Research on Information Technology and Organizations (CRITO).

June 2003: Gilly, Mary, Hope Jensen Schau and Mary Wolfinbarger. "Household Decision Making at a Distance," Awarded 15,000 by Center for Research on Information Technology and Organizations (CRITO)

June 2001: Gilly, Mary, Hope Jensen Schau and Mary Wolfinbarger, "Increasing Seniors' Independence and Connectedness via the Internet: Opportunities for Business," Awarded
.$10,000 by Center for Research on Information Technology and Organizations (CRITO). 

June 1999: Gilly, Mary and Mary Wolfinbarger, "e-QUAL: Developing a Measure of e-Commerce Quality." Awarded $50,000 by Center for Research on Information Technology and
.Organizations (CRITO).

June 1999: Wolfinbarger, Mary and Mary Gilly, "An Empirical Assessment of the Impact of Advertising on Employees." Awarded $11,500 by Marketing Science Institute. 

January 1993: Mary Gilly and Mary Wolfinbarger, "The Impact of Advertising on Employees." Awarded $7000 by the Marketing Science Institute to investigate the impact of advertising on employees.

CSULB AND CBA REPORTS, RESEARCH, and CONSULTANCY
Chair of Campus Ad Hoc committee that designed research and wrote "Faculty Attitudes Toward Merit Pay," Report for CSULB Academic Senate and Presentation to CSULB's FPPC (Fall-Spring 1998).

Member AACSB Re-Accreditation Team,  primarily responsible for writing the Intellectual Contributions section of  the AACSB Report (Spring 1998).

Marketing Department Self-Study and Alumni Survey,  Responsible for questionnaire design, data collection and analysis; primarily wrote chapters on Outcomes Assessment, Curriculum and Diversity; edited entire report; presented findings to AACSB team; composed e-mail list of alumni and posted selected report findings on an alumni web site (Fall 1998-Spring 1999).

Consultancy with Newt Margulies, Mo Moustafa, and Richard Celsi (Summer 1999), Developed Assessment Plan for College of Business Administration.

AREAS OF TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Internet Marketing
Marketing Research
Principles of Marketing
Promotions
Advertising
Services Marketing
Consumer Behavior