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Richard Yalch
Professor Emeritus of Marketing

Education

  • PhD Northwestern University (1974)
  • MS (1970)
  • BS (1970)

Expertise

business to consumer marketing

Positions Held

At the University of Washington since 1974
Micron Foundation Visiting Professor of Marketing, Boise State University, 2001-2003
Visiting professor at Northwestern University, 1980-1981

Selected Publications

“The SMAART Scale: A Test of Individuals’ Automatic Access to Secondary Meanings in Polysemous Statements”
Dimofte, C.V., and Yalch, R.F., (forthcoming, 2007). Journal of Consumer Psychology, Vol. 17(1), pp. 49–58.

“Consumer Response to Polysemous Brand Slogans”
Dimofte, C.V., and Yalch, R.F., (forthcoming, 2007). Journal of Consumer Research.

“Applying Social Cognition to Consumer-Focused Strategy”
Kardes, F.R., Herr, P.M., and Nantel, J., (2005). In Applying Social Cognition to Consumer-Focused Strategy. Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, pp. 281–296.

“Online Consumer Psychology: Understanding How to Interact with Consumers in the Virtual World”
Haugtvedt, C., and Machleit, K., (2005). Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.

Honors and Awards

Named one of top 100 Academic Researchers in Marketing by Marketing Educator

Richard Yalch

Academic Department

Marketing & International Business

Academic Service

Director of Computer Policy (1996-2000)
Associate editor of the Journal of Consumer Research (1996-1999)
Editorial review board, Journal of Marketing, 1979-1987
Editorial review board, Journal of Consumer Research, 1982-1987, & 1994-present
Editorial review board, Current Issues & Research in Advertising, 1985-present
Editor of Association for Consumer Research Newsletter, 1983-1985
Director of Doctoral Program, 1983-1986

Current Research

Brand rumors, Infomercials, Sharp versus round number, Implicit information processing

Consulting

Various law firms and government agencies, expertise on deceptive advertising, product liability, trademark and trade dress Northwest Research Group, marketing research