Canan Corus

Assistant Professor

Canan  Corus is currently an Assistant Professor of Marketing at The Tobin College of Business. She recently received her Ph.D. in marketing from the Pamplin School of Business at Virginia Tech, holds an MBA from SUNY at Binghamton and a B.S. in engineering from METU in Ankara, Turkey. Prior to starting her academic career, Canan worked in the marketing division of the KOC Group in Turkey.

Dr. Corus’ research interests are related to social marketing and her main area of research is health marketing with a focus on the effect of emotions on health behaviors.  She has also worked on individual differences regarding self-control and targeted health messages. Canan focuses her research on the consumption needs of vulnerable consumers.  Her teaching interests include advertising, sales promotion and consumer behavior.