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Purpose of Cookies:
Session Management:
Keeping you logged in
Remembering items in a shopping cart
Saving language or theme preferences
Personalization:
Tailoring content or ads based on your previous activity
Tracking & Analytics:
Monitoring browsing behavior for analytics or marketing purposes
Types of Cookies:
Session Cookies:
Temporary; deleted when you close your browser
Used for things like keeping you logged in during a single session
Persistent Cookies:
Stored on your device until they expire or are manually deleted
Used for remembering login credentials, settings, etc.
First-Party Cookies:
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Third-Party Cookies:
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Commonly used for tracking across multiple sites
Authentication cookies are a special type of web cookie used to identify and verify a user after they log in to a website or web application.
What They Do:
Once you log in to a site, the server creates an authentication cookie and sends it to your browser. This cookie:
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Prevents you from having to log in again on every page you visit
Can persist across sessions if you select "Remember me"
What's Inside an Authentication Cookie?
Typically, it contains:
A unique session ID (not your actual password)
Optional metadata (e.g., expiration time, security flags)
Analytics cookies are cookies used to collect data about how visitors interact with a website. Their primary purpose is to help website owners understand and improve user experience by analyzing things like:
How users navigate the site
Which pages are most/least visited
How long users stay on each page
What device, browser, or location the user is from
What They Track:
Some examples of data analytics cookies may collect:
Page views and time spent on pages
Click paths (how users move from page to page)
Bounce rate (users who leave without interacting)
User demographics (location, language, device)
Referring websites (how users arrived at the site)
Here’s how you can disable cookies in common browsers:
1. Google Chrome
Open Chrome and click the three vertical dots in the top-right corner.
Go to Settings > Privacy and security > Cookies and other site data.
Choose your preferred option:
Block all cookies (not recommended, can break most websites).
Block third-party cookies (can block ads and tracking cookies).
2. Mozilla Firefox
Open Firefox and click the three horizontal lines in the top-right corner.
Go to Settings > Privacy & Security.
Under the Enhanced Tracking Protection section, choose Strict to block most cookies or Custom to manually choose which cookies to block.
3. Safari
Open Safari and click Safari in the top-left corner of the screen.
Go to Preferences > Privacy.
Check Block all cookies to stop all cookies, or select options to block third-party cookies.
4. Microsoft Edge
Open Edge and click the three horizontal dots in the top-right corner.
Go to Settings > Privacy, search, and services > Cookies and site permissions.
Select your cookie settings from there, including blocking all cookies or blocking third-party cookies.
5. On Mobile (iOS/Android)
For Safari on iOS: Go to Settings > Safari > Privacy & Security > Block All Cookies.
For Chrome on Android: Open the app, tap the three dots, go to Settings > Privacy and security > Cookies.
Be Aware:
Disabling cookies can make your online experience more difficult. Some websites may not load properly, or you may be logged out frequently. Also, certain features may not work as expected.
Jeff Carlson defended his dissertation, “Exploring the Importance and Value of Studying Subjective Time in Marketing Management.”
Wei Chen defended his dissertation proposal, “The Effect of Regulatory Resource Depletion on Consumer Decision Making.”
Ann Jansson Vredeveld defended her dissertation proposal, “Consumer-Brand Engagement: Cultural and Moral Manifestations” and received the following awards: Ph.D. Program Summer Fellowship, AMA Sheth Foundation Doctoral Consortium Fellowship, ING Global Ph.D. Fellow, University of Connecticut School of Business Dean’s Pre-doctoral Fellowship, and University of Connecticut Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship.
Selcan Kara received the Marketing Department Ph.D. Student Teaching Award and Ph.D. Program Summer Fellowship.
Bin Li, Zahra Tohidinia, and Nian Wang received the Ph.D. Program Summer Fellowship.
Shuai Yang defended her dissertation, “Two Essays on Matching Strategy in Paid Search Advertising” and has accepted a position as Assistant Professor of Business Administration at Donghua University (Shanghai) beginning in Fall 2014.
Selcan Kara, Co-authors: Kunter Gunasti, Rod Duclos, and Bill Ross
Language structure is an influential factor on numerical cognition. We explore whether consumers’ number processing in ANBs (Alphanumeric brand names) can be related to differences in the language structure of the numeral system they use. For example, some languages, such as Chinese, have very systematized numeral systems; once you know the numbers 1 through 10 you can easily process any other number. Other languages, such as Turkish, require the knowledge of a new word for each tens digit. Some languages, such as English have unstructured wording for numbers below twenty. Certain languages, such as German, use backward wording for a verbal representation. Finally, on the extreme side, some languages have even more complex systems; for example, French has a partial vigesimal (20) system and other irregularities; and they process the number 91 as four twenties and eleven. Thus, the aim of this research is to understand variations in consumer perceptions of ANBs resulting from linguistic differences in numeral systems for five different languages, English, German, French, Turkish, and Chinese. As the results of an international experiment revealed, comparative evaluations of superiority and price expectations between the parent and extended brands were significantly different across languages. These results support the notion that language effects how consumers make brand related judgments based on numbers in ABNs.
Selcan Kara, Co-authors: Kunter Gunasti and Bill Ross
Alphanumeric brand names (ANBs) consist of combinations of letters and numbers either in digit or word form (Pavia and Costa 1993), such as Coke Zero and Audi A4. We examine the effects of alpha and numeric components of ANBs on consumer evaluations of product line extensions. In five experiments, we illustrate the influence of disparities between number and letter cognitions in consumer assessments of line extensions introduced by changing alpha or numeric components of existing brands. Findings suggest ascending letters in ANBs lead to more favorable evaluations of line extensions than descending letters in ANBs. Line extensions are evaluated more favorably when a line extension ANB is formed with a change in number (versus letter) for an existing ANB. We also examine dimensions of this superiority perception, and find that increasing numbers in ANBs anchors consumers, who evaluate line extensions as having improved numeric attributes. This numeric anchoring mediates consumers’ favorable evaluations of ANBs with increased numeric components in comparison to ANBs with increased alpha components.
This research explores how consumers purposefully and intentionally interact with brands in pursuit of moral identity and consumption legitimacy. In particular, we examine how genuine-item consumers, as differentiated from consumers who purchase or use counterfeits, cope with the identity threat posed by counterfeits. We find that genuine-item consumers actively seek support from other genuine-item consumers of similar brands when counterfeits are perceived as a threat to their identities and/or their brand relationships. In particular, we find that genuine-item consumers collectively frame counterfeit consumption as immoral and prescribe activities for moral brand use to institute moral legitimacy of their luxury brand relationships. Thus, we contribute to extant research on brand relationships by showcasing how brand users collectively imbue their brand practices with moral meanings.
Michael Masso, recipient of the Fodor Family Scholarship with Mr. and Mrs. John Fodor.
Scholarship Recipients
John Luke Bogue & Michael Masso, recipients of the Fodor Family Scholarship. Generously given by John and Sally Fodor to provide financial support to varsity student-athletes pursuing a Minor or Certificate in Professional Sales.
Caitlin Taylor, recipient of the Lander Family Scholarship. Generously given by Mr. and Mrs. Steward Lander to a business student pursuing a Certificate in Professional Sales.
Joshua Lagan, recipient of the Louis J. Barle Memorial Scholarship. Generously given by Mr. Stephen Wood and Ms. Gail Barle to a business student with an excellent academic record and great potential for success.
Katherine Tibedo, recipient of the Jacob M. Duker Award. Generously given by the Duker family to a marketing student for scholarly achievement in the area of advertising and promotion.
Caitlin Taylor, recipient of the Lander Family Scholarship with Mr. and Mrs. Steward Lander
Dayana Peykova, recipient of the Maynard F. Lydiard Jr. Marketing Scholarship. Generously given by Mrs. Barbara Lydiard to a business student with an excellent academic record and great potential for success.
Tina Kulangara, recipient of the Samuel L. Schrager Business Law Scholarship. Generously given by Attorney Samuel L. Schrager to a student with an excellent academic record and great potential for success as a business law professional.
Honors Scholars
Jaclyn Getonga
Nicole Green
Kimberly Halpin
Jaclyn Williams
Outstanding Marketing Scholars
Logan Bement
Erica Chrisis
Paige Gregory
Kimberly Halpin
Joshua Lagan
Benjamin Phillips
Ryan Probst
Morgan Schwenn
Kate Seserman
Stacia Smart
Melissa Smith
Victoria South
Tracey Tassinari
Aileen Tobin
Emily Vasington
Certificate in Professional Sales
Miles Anderson
Danielle Bachar
Robert Bunda
Nicole Crimmins
Nicole Elias
Daniel Feijoo
Mary Kelleher
Katherine Lemus
Brenda Nguyen
Brittani Phillips
Jonathan Sadlon
Junlong Sheng
Christopher Teri
Julia Zaslavsky
Marketing Society Officers
Lauren Samoska, President
Christain Pelliccio, Vice President
Zach Renihan, Chief Financial Officer
Phillip Guay, Secretary
Pi Sigma Epsilon Officers
Scott Margol, Co-President
Brittany Seyfried, Co-President
Rebecca Frutos, Co-Vice President of Administration
Hilary Sunderland, Co-Vice President of Administration
Erica Chrisis, Vice President of Charity
Gabriella Lilienthal, Vice President of Human Resources