Author: Thomas J. Quirk

Prof. Tom Quirk spent six years in educational research at The American Institutes for Research and Educational Testing Service.  He is Professor of Marketing in the Walker School of Business & Technology at Webster University in St. Louis, Missouri (USA).  He holds a B.S. in Mathematics from John Carroll University, both an M.A. in Education and a Ph.D. in Educational Psychology from Stanford University, and an MBA from The University of Missouri-St. Louis. Prof. Eric Rhiney is currently an Assistant Professor of Marketing in The Walker School of Business at Webster University in St. Louis, Missouri (US) where he teaches Research Design, Marketing Research and Marketing Strategies.  He holds a B.S.B.A. with an Emphasis in Marketing from University of Central Missouri, an M.B.A. with an Emphasis in Marketing from Webster University, and a Ph.D. in Marketing and International Business from St. Louis University.  He did marketing research professionally for overten years engaging in research for companies such as Pizza Hut, Monsanto, Chrysler and Hardee’s.  He is involved in a number of quantitative research studies focused on in-group out-group orientation on consumer attitudes, digital marketing behavior, and cross-cultural marketing and has presented is work at a number of conferences including The American Marketing Association, the International Business Association, and the Marketing Management Association and the University of Missouri-St. Louis (UMSL) Digital Marketing Conference.