Jin Ho Yun

Assistant Professor of Marketing, Mining Consumer Mind

United States

About

Risk-averse, patient, with a gravity for following the herd. That's what I am not.

Experience

  • Assistant Professor of Marketing at New Mexico State University
    Aug 2025 - Present · 1 yr

  • Postdoctoral Research Fellow at The Wharton School
    May 2022 - Jul 2025 · 3 yrs 3 mos

    Worked at Wharton Neuroscience Initiative (Platt Lab) to expand the area of 1) consumer neuroscience by unraveling mental associations of consumer minds and brand equity. 2) building AI models based on multi-modal data features to test advertising effectiveness across different contexts. I also collaborated with Mars Inc. and Fox Media to provide marketing implications for building strong brand equity and advertising implications for fostering greater commercial effectiveness.

  • Sungkyunkwan University (4 yrs)
    • Lecturer
      Mar 2020 - Feb 2022 · 2 yrs

      - Taught and lectured the course of Marketing Management & Marketing Strategy in English (Undergraduate)

    • Doctoral Student
      Mar 2018 - Aug 2021 · 3 yrs 6 mos

      - Ph.D. research aimed at understanding the mechanisms underlying moral decision-making and dilemmas, as well as consumer decision-making by using behavioral experiments and neuroscientific tools (e.g., EEG and fMRI)

  • President of the Society of Global Ph.D. Fellows (SGPF) at National Research Foundation of Korea
    Jan 2019 - Dec 2019 · 1 yr

    - Led the organization of Society of Global Ph.D. fellows, whereby selective doctoral students receive research funding from the National Research Foundation of Korea - Organized the annual SGPF conference, which was held at the Grand Ambassador Pullman, Seoul.

  • Staff Sergeant (Military Interpreter) at United Nations Command
    Jun 2016 - Feb 2018 · 1 yr 9 mos

    - Served 20 months in Panmunjom Joint Security Area (JSA) - Guided and escorted VIPs including Former VP Michael Pence, Former CEO Eric Schmidt, Former Chief of Staff Kim Yong-woo, and numerous Congressmen