Ph.D., Communications, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1997
Positions Held
Professor of Marketing, Business Administration, University of Illinois, 2018 to present
Professor of Advertising, Advertising, University of Illinois, 2017 to present
Associate Professor of Advertising, Advertising, University of Illinois, 2006-2017
Recent Publications
Shen, J., Wang, Y., Chen, B., Nelson, M., & Yao, M. (2020). Using virtual reality to promote the university brand: When do telepresence and system immersion matter? Journal of Marketing Communications, Taylor & Francis, 26 (4), 362--393.
Nelson, M., & Mitchell, T. (2018). Brand Placement in Emotional Scenes: Excitation Transfer or Direct Affect Transfer? Journal of Current Issues and Research in Advertising, 1-14.
Nelson, M. (2018). Research on Children and Advertising Then and Now: Challenges and Opportunities for Future Research. Journal of Advertising, 47 (4), 301-308.
Other Publications
Articles
Nelson, M., & Vilela, A. (2017). Exploring the interactive effects of brand use and gender on cause-related marketing over time. International Journal of Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Marketing, 22 (3).
Nelson, M., Atkinson, L., Rademacher, M., & Ahn, R. (2017). How Media and Family Build Children's Persuasion Knowledge. Journal of Current Issues and Research in Advertising, 38 (2), 165-183.
Nelson, M., Ahn, R., & Ham, C. (2017). Knowledge Flows Between Advertising and Other Disciplines: A Social Exchange Perspective. Journal of Advertising, 45 (2), 309-332.
Nelson, M., & Kehr, D. (2016). Food-Focused Advertising Literacy Can Increase Nutrition Knowledge in Elementary School Students. Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior, 48 (10), 749-751.
Nelson, M., & Ham, C. (2016). The role of persuasion knowledge, assessment of benefit and harm, and third-person perception in coping with online behavioral advertising. Computers in Human Behavior, 62 689-702.
Nelson, M., & Zhang, J. (2016). The Effects of Vertical Individualism on Status Consumer Orientations and Behaviors. Psychology & Marketing, 33 (5), 318-330.
Nelson, M., Ham, C., & Yoon, G. (2016). The interplay of persuasion inference and flow experience in an entertaining food advergame. Journal of Consumer Behaviour, 15 (3), 239-250.
Nelson, M. (2016). Developing Persuasion Knowledge by Teaching Advertising Literacy in Primary School. Journal of Advertising, 45 (2), 169-182.
Nelson, M., & Vilela, A. (2016). Testing the Selectivity Hypothesis in cause-related marketing among Generation Y: [When] Does gender matter for short-and long-term persuasion? Journal of Marketing Communications, 22 (1), 18-35.
Nelson, M., & Park, J. (2015). Publicity as Covert Marketing? The Role of Persuasion Knowledge and Ethical Perceptions on Beliefs and Credibility in a Video News Release Story. Journal of Business Ethics, 130 (2), 327-341.
Nelson, M., Vilela, A., & Deshpande, S. (2015). Exploring first-versus third-person perceptions of product placement influence on consumption and fashion in India. Journal of Global Fashion Marketing, 6 (2), 103-119.
Nelson, M., & Ahn, R. (2015). Observations of food consumption in a daycare setting. Young Consumers, 16 (4), 420-437.
Nelson, M., & Ham, C. (2015). How to measure persuasion knowledge. International Journal of Advertising, 34 (1), 17-53.
Nelson, M., Ahn, R., & Duff, B. (2015). Visual perceptions of snack packages among preschool children. Young Consumers, 16 (4), 385-406.
Nelson, M., Atkinson, L., & Rademacher, M. (2015). A Humanistic approach to understanding child consumer socialization in US homes. Journal of Children and Media, 9 (1), 95-112.
Nelson, M., Zhu, X., Li, Y., Fiese, B., & Koester, B. (2015). Get Real: How Current Behavior Influences Perceptions of Realism and Behavioral Intent for Public Service Announcements. Health Communication, 30 (7), 669-679.
Nelson, M., & Wang, Z. (2014). Tablet as human: How intensity and stability of the user-tablet relationship influences users' impression formation of tablet computers. Computers in Human Behavior, 37 81-93.
Nelson, M., Waiguny, M., & Terlutter, R. (2014). The Relationship of Persuasion Knowledge, Identification of Commercial Intent and Persuasion Outcomes in Advergames-the Role of Media Context and Presence. Journal of Consumer Policy, 37 (2), 257-277.
Conference Proceedings
Nelson, M., & et al., ,. (2018). American Academy of Advertising. Conference. Proceedings (Online); Lubbock. American Academy of Advertising Conference.
Wang, Y., Shen, J., Yang, R., Chen, B., Yao, M., & Nelson, M. (2018). DOES DEVICE MATTER IN VR ADVERTISING? PERCEPTION AND MEMORY OF VIRTUAL REALITY BRANDED CONTENT. American Academy of Advertising. Conference. Proceedings (Online) ( pp. 50--50).