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Karen Hood, Ph.D.

Dr. Karen Hood is Assistant Professor of Marketing at Eastern Kentucky University in Richmond, KY. Her primary research focus is marketing communications and health behavior. She has taught marketing and business communication at the university level since 2001, and now teaches core marketing courses and Integrated Marketing Communications in the undergraduate program at EKU.

She earned a Ph.D. from University of Tennessee in 2009 following 15 years of industry experience in public relations and sales promotion with organizations including the American Diabetes Association, Kraft Foods, and Saks Incorporated.

Positions

  • PresentAug 2013

    Assistant Professor, Assistant Professor – Department of Management, Marketing and International Business

    Eastern Kentucky University

  • May 2013August 2009

    Assistant Professor – Department of Marketing and Advertising

    University of Arkansas at Little Rock

  • August 2014May 2012

    Visiting Assistant Professor, Visiting Scholar - Dept of Marketing

    University of Tennessee, Knoxvile TN

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Education

  • Ph.D. 2009

    Business Administration

    University of Tennessee

  • MBA 1999

    Professional MBA

    University of Tennessee

  • B.S. with Honors 1990

    Communications
    Journalism & Public Relations

    University of Tennessee

Honors & Awards

  • 2012
    Class One Graduate
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    Rotary District 6150 Leadership Academy
  • 2011
    Distinguished Teaching Fellow
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    UALR Academy for Teaching and Learning Excellence
  • 2010-2011
    New Rotarian of the Year
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    West Little Rock Rotary Club
  • 2011-2012
    Rotary International Paul Harris Fellow
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    Rotary International
  • 2001
    Rotary Foundation
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    2001 Rotary Foundation Group Study Exchange Team Member
    District 6780 Tennessee to District 2440 Turkey