Umair Usman

College of Business
Florida International University

Modesto A. Maidique Campus
11200 S.W. 8th St, RB 344A
Miami, FL 33199

Phone: (305) 348-1067
Email: uusman@fiu.edu

Curriculum Vitae

Umair Usman

Assistant Professor, Department of Marketing & Logistics

College of Business
Florida International University

Modesto A. Maidique Campus
11200 S.W. 8th St, RB 344A
Miami, FL 33199

Phone: (305) 348-1067
Email: uusman@fiu.edu

Curriculum Vitae


Education

Ph.D. in Business Administration
University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky

Areas of Expertise

  • Consumer Interactions with New Technologies
  • Consumer Psychology
  • Negatively Valanced Emotions

Professional Activities

Dr. Usman's research mainly focuses on consumer psychology and behavior in the domain of consumer-tech interactions (e.g., Artificial Intelligence, Blockchain and Metaverse), and he is also interested in studying the effect of negatively valanced emotions on consumers' decision-making. Dr. Usman serves as a reviewer for leading marketing conferences and also serves as a reviewer for academic journals in marketing and social psychology. 

Outside of work, Dr. Usman is interested in playing and watching Football (read: soccer) and playing video games.

Courses Taught

  • Digital Marketing
  • Marketing Research I

Publications

  • Usman, U., Kim, T., Garvey, A., & Duhachek, A.

    (2024).

    <span style="font-size:11pt;">The Persuasive Power of AI Ingratiation: A Persuasion Knowledge Theory Perspective</span>.

    Journal of the Association for Consumer Research

    , 9(3)

    .