Research focuses

Consumer learning and memory, Consumer motivation

Curriculum vitae

• Assistant Professor of Consumer Psychology and Behavior, University of Cologne, Germany
• PhD., Marketing (Minor: Social Psychology), State University of New York at Buffalo, USA
• MA., Marketing, Ewha Womans University, South Korea
• BS., Biology (Minor: Psychology), Ewha Womans University, South Korea

Selected publications

• Kang, Esther and Arun Lakshmanan (in press), “Narcissism and Self- versus Other-Oriented Imagery in Charitable Giving,” Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, doi: 10.1177/0146167218764658
• Kang, Esther and Arun Lakshmanan (2017), “Role of Executive Attention in Consumer Learning with Background Music,” Journal of Consumer Psychology, 27(1), 35–48, doi: 10.1016/j.jcps.2016.03.003

Selected media publications

• Der Standard May 2, 2018: Empathie: Wie Narzissten wohltätig werden (Link)