George Belch

George E. Belch is professor emeritus of marketing in the Fowler College of Business at San Diego State University, where he teaches integrated marketing communications and strategic marketing. He received his PhD in marketing from the University of California, Los Angeles. Before entering academia, Dr. Belch was a marketing representative for the DuPont Company. He also worked as a research analyst for the DDB Worldwide advertising agency. Dr. Belch's research interests are in the area of...See more

George E. Belch is professor emeritus of marketing in the Fowler College of Business at San Diego State University, where he teaches integrated marketing communications and strategic marketing. He received his PhD in marketing from the University of California, Los Angeles. Before entering academia, Dr. Belch was a marketing representative for the DuPont Company. He also worked as a research analyst for the DDB Worldwide advertising agency. Dr. Belch's research interests are in the area of consumer processing of advertising information as well as managerial aspects of integrated marketing communications. He has authored or coauthored more than 40 articles in leading academic journals and proceedings, including the Journal of Marketing Research, Journal of Consumer Research, International Journal of Advertising, Journal of Promotion Management, Journal of Advertising , and Journal of Business Research . He also serves on the editorial review boards of the Journal of Advertising Research and the Journal of Marketing Education . In 2000, he was selected as Marketing Educator of the Year by the Marketing Educators' Association for his career achievements in teaching and research. He also received the Distinguished Faculty Member Award for the College of Business Administration at San Diego State University in 1994 and 2003. Dr. Belch has taught in executive education and development programs for various universities around the world. He has also conducted seminars on integrated marketing communications as well as marketing planning and strategy for a number of multinational companies, including Sprint, Microsoft, Qualcomm, Arbitron, Square D Corporation, Armstrong World Industries, and Texas Industries. See less