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Gary J. Russell

Cedar Rapids Area Business Professor in Marketing

Current Positions

  • Professor, Marketing

Education

  • PhD in Marketing, University of Chicago
  • BA in Psychology and Mathematics, University of Virginia

Research Interests

  • Spatial Models, Network Analysis, Social Influence
  • Multiple Category Choice, Market Basket Analysis
  • Scanner Data Choice Modeling
  • Bundling, Assortment Choice, Retailing
  • Brand Price Competition, Market Structure Analysis

Selected Awards & Honors

  • Davidson Best Paper Award - Journal of Retailing, 2008
  • Davidson Best Paper Award - Journal of Retailing, 1999
  • Finalist, Paul E. Green Award - Journal of Marketing Research, 1999
  • Runner-up, William F. O'Dell Award - Journal of Marketing Research, 1994
  • Finalist, William F. O'Dell Award - Journal of Marketing Research, 1993
  • First Prize, MSI Research Competition on Brand Equity, Behavioral Category - Marketing Science Institute, 1989
  • Semester Assignment (Sabbatical) Award - University of Iowa, 2004
  • Honorable Mention - American Marketing Doctoral Dissertation Competition, 1981

Selected Publications

  • Kwak, K., Duvvuri, S., & Russell, G. J. (2015). An Analysis of Assortment Choice in Grocery Retailing. Journal of Retailing. 91 (1) pp. 19-33.
  • Russell, G. J. (2014). History of Brand Choice Project: Brand Choice Models In History of Marketing Science, Foundations and Trends in Marketing. pp. 19-46.
  • Russell, G. J. (2011). Itemized Rating Scales In Wiley International Encyclopedia of Marketing, Volume 2: Marketing Research. pp. 138-146. Wagner A. Kamakura (Eds.)
  • Russell, G. J. (2011). Models for Categorical Dependent Variables In Wiley International Encyclopedia of Marketing, Volume 2: Marketing Research. pp. 179-189. Wagner A. Kamakura (Eds.)
  • Rhee, S. & Russell, G. J. (2009). Measuring Household Response in Direct Marketing: A Latent Trait Approach In Advances in Business and Management Forecasting. (Vols. 6) pp. 109-131. Ronald Klimberg (Eds.) New York, New York: Elsevier Academic Publishers.
  • Moon, S. & Russell, G. J. (2008). Predicting Product Purchase from Inferred Customer Similarity: An Autologistic Model Approach. Management Science. 54 (1) pp. 71-82.
  • Moon, S., Russell, G. J., & Deepak, S. (2006). Profiling the Reference Price Consumer. Journal of Retailing. 82 (1) pp. 1-11.
  • Bradlow, E., Bronnenberg, B., & Russell, G. J. (2005). Spatial Models in Marketing. Marketing Letters. 16 (3-4) pp. 267-278.
  • Kim, Y., Street, N., Russell, G. J., & Menczer, F. (2005). Customer Targeting: A Neural Network Approach Guided by Genetic Algorithms. Management Science. 51 pp. 264-276.
  • Russell, G. J. (2002). Inferring Market Structure from Consumer Response to Competing and Complementary Products. Marketing Letters. 13 pp. 219-230.

Selected Presentations

  • "A SKU-Level Model of Multiple Item Choice," Guest/Invited Speaker at INFORMS ISMS Marketing Science Conference, Cologne, Germany, June 2010.
  • "A Brand Choice Model for the Analysis of New Product Positioning," Guest/Invited Speaker at Marketing Science Institute Conference on Practice and Impact of Marketing Science, Boston, Massachusetts, January 2010.
  • "A SKU-Level Model of Multiple Item Choice," Guest/Invited Speaker at Rice University, Houston, Texas, November 2009.
  • "Measuring Household Response in Database Marketing: A Latent Trait Approach," Guest/Invited Speaker at INFORMS ISMS Marketing Science Conference, Ann Arbor, Michigan, June 2009.
  • "Analysis of Brand Price Competition Using Measures of Brand Similarity," Guest/Invited Speaker at INFORMS ISMS Marketing Science Conference, Vancouver, Canada, July 2008.
  • "Analysis of Brand Price Competition Using Measures of Brand Similarity," Guest/Invited Speaker at UTD Marketing Models Conference, February 2008.
  • "Latent Class Multivariate Logistic Model Of Multiple Product Choice," Guest/Invited Speaker at INFORMS ISMS Marketing Science Conference, Singapore, July 2007.

Working Papers

  • Bae, Y., Rego, L. L., & Russell, G. J. (2013). Investigating the Customer Satisfaction-Customer Loyalty Relationship.
  • Sinha, J., Russell, G. J., & Nayakankuppam, D. (2013). You May Have Influenced My Next Purchase: Neighbor's Influence on Food Purchase Behavior.
  • Chiu, I. S., Russell, G., & Gruca, T. (2023). Designing Retail Bundles: Should You BYOB?
  • Pan, Y., Russell, G., & Gruca, T. (2023). Multicategory Purchase Behavior and Promotional Analysis for Convenience Stores.
  • Jung, S., Zhang, Q., & Russell, G. (2023). Identifying High Value Consumers in a Network: Social Influence Versus Individual Characteristics.
  • Bell, J., Lee, S., & Russell, G. (2021). Choosing How to Choose: Attribute Selection for Consideration Set Formation.
  • Kwak, K., Deepak, S., & Russell, G. (2019). Measuring Loss Aversion in the Consumer Purchase Hierarchy: A Multiple Category Perspective.
  • Pyo, T., Gruca, T., & Russell, G. (2019). A New Bass Model Utilizing Social Network Data.
  • Kwak, K., Russell, G. J., & Gruca, T. S. (2010). A Brand Choice Model for the Analysis of New Product Positioning.

Employment History

  • Henry B. Tippie Professor of Marketing, Marketing, University of Iowa, 2006 - 2022

Editorial & Review Activities

  • Editorial Board Member, Journal of Marketing Research, January 1995.
  • Associate Editor, Marketing Science, January 2007 - January 2012.
  • Editorial Board Member, Journal of Marketing, January 2003 - January 2005.
  • Associate Editor, Management Science, January 1999 - January 2008.