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     TANG, Yangyi  | 
    
    
     Assistant Professor  | 
    
    
     Department of Marketing & Tourism Management  | 
    
    
     Email: tangyangyi@whu.edu.cn  | 
    
    
     Phone: 86-027-68753103  | 
    
    
     PhD, Marketing, Hong Kong Baptist University (2020)  | 
    
    
     M.A, Marketing, Huazhong University of Science and Technology (2015)  | 
    
    
     B.A., Financial Management, Huazhong University of Science and Technology (2012)  | 
    
    
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 TEACHING AND RESEARCH AREAS
 Ÿ Teaching Programme: Principles of Marketing
 Ÿ Research Areas: Consumer Behavior; Consumer Psychology
  
 ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE
 Ÿ Assistant Professor, Wuhan University, 2020 – present
  
 SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
 Journal Papers (International)
 Ÿ Tang, Yangyi (Eric)* and Alex S.L. Tsang (2020), “Inspire Me to Purchase: Consumers’ Personal Control and Preference for Underdog Brand Positioning”, Journal of Business Research, 115, 101-109.
 Journal Papers (Domestic)  
 Ÿ He, Yuanqiong, Yangyi (Eric) Tang*, and Junfang Zhang (2016), “Consumer Psychological Reactance: A Literature Review and Prospects,” Foreign Economics & Management, 38(2): 49-61. (in Chinese).
 Conference Papers (International)
 Ÿ Tang, Yangyi (Eric) and Alex S.L. Tsang (2019), “Inspire to Purchase: How a Lack of Control Drive Preferences for Underdog Positioning,” Poster presented at the Annual Conference of Society for Consumer Psychology, Savannah, GA.
 Ÿ Tang, Yangyi (Eric) and Alex S.L. Tsang (2019), “The Protective Self: Consumers Compensate for Low Personal Control by Pursuing Clear and Coherent Self-Views in Consumption,” Poster presented at the Association for Consumer Research Annual Conference, Atlanta, GA
  
 RESEARCH GRANTS
 Government-funded grants
 Ÿ The Effects of Scheduling Style on Consumers' Decision-Making Process, NFSC, 2022-2024
  
 MEMBERSHIPS, CERTIFICATIONS
 Ÿ Association for Consumer Research
 Ÿ Society for Consumer Psychology
 Ÿ Beta Gamma Sigma