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Sushma Kambagowni

Assistant Professor of Marketing
Marketing
HLH 335 L
P.O. Box 880492
Lincoln, NE 68588-0492
402-472-2316
skambagowni2@unl.edu
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Education
Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh, 2025

MBA, Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta, 2017

Bachelor of Technology in Computer Science and Engineering, Pondicherry University, 2015
Areas of Expertise
  • Marketing Strategy
  • Text and Image Analytics
  • Digital Marketing
Research Interests
  • Digital Platforms
  • New Technologies (AR/VR)
  • Online Communities
  • User Engagement
Appointments
  • Assistant Professor, 2025
Vita
CV_June-2025.pdf
Biography

Sushma Kambagowni (Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh) is an Assistant Professor of Marketing at the College of Business, University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Sushma conducts empirical marketing strategy research on how digital technologies, platform business models, and immersive advertising (AR/VR) shape innovation, branding, and consumer behavior.

Before joining academia, she worked as a Business Strategy Consultant at Accenture Strategy.

Research Interests

Digital Platforms

New Technologies (AR/VR)

Online Communities

User Engagement

 

Undergraduate Courses

Marketing Research (MRKT 345) - Introduction to methods and principles of investigation and analysis used in making marketing decisions, from product development to channel decisions, to advertising decisions. Planning studies, proposing studies, conducting data gathering, analyzing and interpreting data, reporting results.

Marketing Analytics (MRKT 350) - Introduction to analytical methods of marketing analysis for marketing decisions using data-based cases, including choice models, mapping methods, clustering and mixture regression models, conjoint analysis, sales response models, and data visualization. Applications are in the areas of customer value assessment, segmentation, targeting, brand positioning, new product development, and resource allocation.

Teaching Interests
  • Marketing Analytics
  • Marketing Research
  • Digital Marketing
Professional Service
  • Co-author, Journal of Marketing Research Scholarly Insights Blog (2024)
  • Production Manager, JM Buzz Podcast, Journal of Marketing (Fall 2022, 2023-2024)
  • Adhoc Reviewer, Academy of Marketing Science Annual Conference (2023)
Awards
  • Finalist, AMS Mary Kay Dissertation Proposal Award (2025)
  • Arjang A. Assad Endowed Doctoral Student Award, University of Pittsburgh (2025)
  • AMA TechSIG Doctoral Student Award (2025)
  • AMA Marketing Strategy SIG Doctoral Student Research Award (2024)
  • AMA-Sheth Foundation Doctoral Consortium Fellow, BI Norwegian Business School (2023)
  • Marketing Strategy Doctoral Consortium Fellow, University of Georgia (2023)
  • Sheth PhD Fellow Award, University of Pittsburgh (2023)
  • ISMS Doctoral Consortium Fellow, University of Chicago, Virtual (2022)
  • Roger S. Albrandt Fellowship, University of Pittsburgh (2020-2025)
  • Dean Assad Excellence in Marketing Research and Education Award, University of Pittsburgh (2021)
  • Sheth Scholar Fellowship, University of Pittsburgh (2020)
  • Student Exchange via Merit List - Jonkoping International Business School, Sweden (2016)
  • Undergrad Merit Scholarship - Government of Puducherry (2015)