Maria Rodas
Assistant Professor of Business Administration
Assistant Professor of Business Administration at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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Maria Rodas is an assistant professor of marketing and Shebik Centennial Faculty Fellow at the Gies College of Business, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Her research interests focus on branding and cross-cultural and multicultural consumer behavior. In 2018, she received AMA’s Matthew Joseph Emerging Scholar Award. Prior to joining UIUC, she was an assistant professor of marketing at USC’s Marshall School of Business and received her Ph.D. from the University of Minnesota. Additionally, Maria received an MBA from Columbia University and spent a decade working in management consulting and in the consumer-packaged goods industry. Her industry experience is predominantly in brand management, having worked with brands such as Yoplait, Old El Paso, Wrigley’s Extra Gum, and Palmolive.
Job experience
- June 2021 - presentAssistant Professor of Business Administration
University of Illinois at Urbana-ChampaignChampaign, IL, USA - June 2019 - June 2021Assistant Professor of Marketing
University of Southern CaliforniaLos Angeles, CA, USA - August 2013 - May 2019Assistant Professor of Business Administration
University of MinnesotaMinneapolis, MN, USAPh.D. candidate (A.B.D.). Teaching Principles of Marketing. Research specializing in branding, cross-cultural consumer behavior, and consumer wellbeing.
- June 2007 - July 2013Multicultural Marketing Manager
General MillsMinneapolis, MN - September 2009 - August 2010Multicultural Associate Marketing Manager
Wm. Wrigley Jr. Co.Chicago, IL - 2006 - 2006Assistant Brand Manager
Colgate-PalmoliveNew York, NY
Education
- University of Minnesota, Carlson School of Management
Ph.D.2013 - 2019Research interests: branding, cross-cultural consumer behavior, consumer wellbeing. - Columbia University, Graduate School of Business
Master in Business Administration2005 - 2007 - Harvard University, Harvard College
Bachelor of Arts1998 - 2001