Pronouns: she/her
Email: jiyunkang@purdue.edu
Office:
900 Mitch Daniels Blvd.
Jiyun Kang
Associate Professor, White Lodging-J.W. Marriott, Jr. School of Hospitality and Tourism Management
Areas of Expertise
- Human-Centered Design Science: Consumer Behavior, Experience, Well-Being
- Sustainable & Ethical Innovation: CSR/ESG, Responsible Decision Making
- Intelligent Systems: Human-AI Interaction, Agentic/Physical AI, Human-Machine Agency
- Technology-Mediated Environments: Blockchain/NFT, Phygital Spaces, Digital Transformation
- Fashion Management & Luxury Experience
- Advanced Research Methods: Experimental Design, Empirical Modeling, Quantitative Analytics, ML/NLP
HHS Signature Research Area(s)
- Sustainable Organizations and Thriving Communities
White Lodging-J.W. Marriott, Jr. School of Hospitality and Tourism Management Research Area(s)
- Consumer Behavior and Individual Well-Being
- Sustainability and Innovation
- Branding and Experience Design
Education
- PhD, Human Ecology (Textiles, Apparel Design, and Merchandising), 2010, Louisiana State University
- MS, Business (Marketing), 2005, Seoul National University
- BA, Liberal Arts (English Language and Literature), 2002, Korea University