Gary J. Gaeth
Emeritus Professor in Marketing
Current Positions
- Emeritus Professor, Marketing
Education
- PhD in Experimental Psychology, Kansas State University
- MS in Psychology, Kansas State University
- MS in Mathematics, University of Wyoming
- BS in Mathematics, Northern Michigan University
Research Interests
- Methods for analysis of consumer decision making
- Impact of marketing information on consumer decisions
Selected Awards & Honors
- Faculty Career Achievement Research Award - Tippie College of Business, 2023
- Iowa MBA Instructor of the Year - Core, 2011
- Iowa MBA Instructor of the Year - Core, 2010
- Collegiate Teaching Award - Tippie College of Business, 2010
- Iowa MBA Instructor of the Year - Core, 1998
- Outstanding PhD Director - Tippie College of Business Department of Marketing, 1993
- Executive MBA GREAT Instructor of the Year - Tippie College of Business, 1988
Selected Publications
- Levin, I. P., Gaeth, G. J., Foley-Nicpon, M., Yegorova, V., Cederberg, C., & Yan, H. (2015). Extending the study of decision making competence to special populations: A case study of persons on the autism spectrum. Frontiers in Psychology: Cognition. 6 (April) pp. 539.
- Levin, I. P., Bossard, E., Gaeth, G. J., & Yan, H. (2014). The combined role of task, child’s age and individual differences in understanding decision processes. Judgment and Decision Making.
- Levin, I. P., McElroy, T., Gaeth, G. J., Hedgcock, W. M., & Denburg, N. (2014). Behavioral and Neuroscience Methods for Studying Neuroeconomic Processes: What We Can Learn from Framing Effects In American Psychological Association Volume on the Neuroscience of Risky Decision Making. V. Reyna & V. Zayes (Eds.)
- Levin, I. P., McElroy, T., Gaeth, G. J., Hedgcock, W. M., Denburg, N., & Tranel, D. (2014). Studying Decision Processes through Behavioral and Neuroscience Analyses of Framing Effects In Neuroeconomics, Judgment and Decision Making. Frontiers of Cognitive Psychology series. Psychology Press.
- Gaeth, G. J., Kateeb, E., Kannellis, M., Damiano, P., Weber-Gasparnoi, K., & Ansley, T. The use of ART among pediatric dentists: A conjoint analysis. In Proceedings of AADR Fall Focused Symposium: Oral Health Disparities Research and the Future Face of America 2013.
- Meeran Mohideen, M., Liu, J., Chakraborty, G., Gaeth, G. J., & Van Deale, D. (In Press). Using Text Analysis to Gain Insight into Organizational Change. In Proceedings of SAS Global Forum 2013.
- Katz, D., Aufderheide, T., Gaeth, G. J., Rahko, P., Hillis, S., & Selker, H. (2013). Patient satisfaction and ED revisits in patients with possible acute coronary syndrome (ACS). Journal of Emergency Medicine. 45 (6) pp. 947-957.
- Kateeb, E., Warren, J., Gaeth, G. J., Kanellis, M., Weber-Gasparoni, K., Momany, E., & Ansley, T. (In Press). Use of ART in posterior primary teeth: a conjoint analysis. In Proceedings of AADR Annual Meeting 2012.
- Garla, S., Chakraborty, G., & Gaeth, G. J. Comparison of k-Means, Normal Mixtures and Probabilistic-D Clustering for B2B Segmentation using Customers’ Perceptions. In Proceedings of SAS Global Forum 2012. 2012.
- Sathish, G., Chakraborty, G., & Gaeth, G. J. Comparison of K-means, Normal Mixtures and Probabilistic-D Clustering for B2B Segmentation using Customers’ Perceptions. In Proceedings of Western Users of SAS Software Conference 2011.
Selected Presentations
- "Pride and Licensing Effects: When Being Good Gives Us Permission to be a Little Bad," Guest/Invited Speaker at University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Licnoln, Nebraska, April 2015.
- "Pride and Licensing Effects in Indulgence and Morality," Guest/Invited Speaker at Society for Consumer Psychology Annual Winter Conference, Phoenix, Arizona, February 2015.
- "Effects of Numerical Specificity and Intervals on Framing Effects," Poster at Society for Judgment and Decision Making Annual Meeting, Long Beach, California, November 2014.
- "Framing Effects in Economic Games," Poster at Society for Judgment and Decision Making Annual Meeting, Long Beach, California, November 2014.
- "(The Lack Of) Processing Fluency and Attitude Enhancement," Guest/Invited Speaker at Advances in Consumer Research, Duluth, Minnesota, October 2014.
- "Pride and Licensing Effects: When Being Good Gives Us Permission to be a Little Bad," Guest/Invited Speaker at Association of Consumer Research North American Conference, Baltimore, Maryland, October 2014.
- "Factors Related to Dentists’ Decision to Participate in Medicaid: A Conjoint Analysis," Guest/Invited Speaker at National Oral Health Association, Fort Worth, Texas, April 2014.
- "BALANCING STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES: ASSESSING DECISION MAKING COMPETENCE IN COLLEGE STUDENTS ON THE AUTISM SPECTRUM," Poster at Society for Judgment and Decision Making Annual Meeting, Toronto, Canada, November 2013.
- "Developmental Trajectory of Cognitive and Affective Processes in Decision Making: Examining Ages 8-17," Poster at Society for Judgment and Decision Making Annual Meeting, Toronto, Canada, November 2013.
- "Management Intervention in a Hospital using ®SAS Text Miner," Poster at SAS Analytics Conference, Las Vegas, Nevada, October 2012.
Selected Grants & Contracts
- Gaeth, G. (Co-Principal), Principal Investigator(s): Levin, I. Decision-Making Competence of High-Functioning Autistic Children. National Institutes of Health (NIH). Not Funded/Declined. December 2016.
- Gaeth, G. (Co-Principal), Principal Investigator(s): Levin, I. BALANCING STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES IN DECISION MAKING: WHAT WE CAN LEARN FROM HIGH-FUNCTIONING AUTISTIC CHILDREN. National Science Foundation (NSF). Currently Under Review. December 2016 - October 2021.
- Gaeth, G. (Co-Principal), Principal Investigator(s): Foley Nicpon, M. & Irwin, L. Letter of Intent: Decision-Making Paradigms to Inform Treatment for Young Adults with ASD. Simmons Foundation. Currently Under Review. December 2016 - October 2021.
- Gaeth, G. (Principal Investigator), Principal Investigator(s): Levin, I. Social Functioning and Consumer Decision Making: Serving Persons on the Autism Spectrum. Marketing Science Institute. Funded. January 2016 - December 2016.
Working Papers
- Gaeth, G. J. & Chakraborty, G. (2013). The Value of Mining Open-ended Feedback in Predicting Patient Satisfaction.
Employment History
- Cedar Rapids Area Business Chair, Marketing, University of Iowa, 2006 - 2022
Editorial & Review Activities
- Editorial Board Member, Journal of Marketing Research, April 1995 - April 2003.
- Editorial Board Member, Journal of Retailing, September 1990 - September 1997.