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Faculty Profile

Education

2017

Ph.D. in Marketing
State University of New York at Buffalo

2010

M.S. in  Marketing
Yonsei University

2007B.S. in Business Administration
Hongik University

Current Position(s) Held

2017 - Now

Assistant Professor of Marketing
Lee Kong Chian School of Business, Singapore Management University

Awards, Recognition and Honors

  • Singapore Ministry of Education (MOE) Academic Research Fund (AcRF) Tier 1 Grant, 2021-23
  • Dean's Teaching Honor List Top Faculty Members, Singapore Management University, 2018-19
  • Dean's Teaching Honor List Top Faculty Members, Singapore Management University, 2017-18
  • Ph.D. Student Achievement Award, School of Management, SUNY-Buffalo, 2017
  • Dean’s Award for Research Excellence, School of Management, SUNY-Buffalo. 2016
  • Paul E. Green Award in Marketing, School of Management, SUNY-Buffalo, 2016
  • AMA Sheth Doctoral Consortium Fellow, London Business School, 2015
  • National Science Foundation Research Project Assistantship, 2015–2017
  • New York State/GSEU Professional Development Award, 2015
  • Graduate School Assistantship, SUNY-Buffalo, 2011–2017
  • Teaching Assistantship, Yonsei University, Spring 2008–Fall 2009
  • Fund Scholarship, Yonsei University, Spring 2009
  • Honor Scholarship, Hongik University, Spring 2006–Fall 2006

Research Interests

  • Visual Perception
  • Visualization
  • Inference-Making
  • Product Design, Usage, and Valuation

Selected Journal Articles (Refereed)

  • Kang, Seo Yoon*, Junghan Kim*, and Arun Lakshmanan (2025), “Anatomical Depiction: How Showing a Product’s Inner Structure Shapes Product Valuations,” Journal of Marketing, 89 (1), 56–76.
    * The first two authors contributed equally.
  • Kim, Junghan and Arun Lakshmanan (2021), “Do Animated Line Graphs Increase Risk Inferences?” Journal of Marketing Research, 58 (3), 595–613.
  • Ghosh, Dipanjan, Andrew Olewnik, Kemper Lewis, Junghan Kim, and Arun Lakshaman (2017), “Cyber-Empathic Design: A Data-Driven Framework for Product Design,” Journal of Mechanical Design, 139 (9), 1–12. 
    * Honorable Mention of the 2017 JMD Editors' Choice Award.
  • Kim, Junghan and Arun Lakshmanan (2015), “How Kinetic Property Shapes Novelty Perceptions,” Journal of Marketing, 79 (6), 94–111.