Cory Haltman

Cory Haltman is a Marketing Ph.D. Candidate specializing in consumer behavior at The Ohio State University’s Fisher College of Business. Cory’s research interests include psychological response to marketing communications, how marketplace actions shape individual and societal well-being, and political ideology as a driver of consumer behavior. Cory’s research has been recognized with the Best Paper award at the Indiana University Haring Doctoral Symposium and the Brenda M. Derby Memorial Research Award for Best Student Paper at the Marketing and Public Policy Conference. He also won first place presenting his work at Ohio State’s University Hayes Graduate Research Forum.

Cory holds a B.S. in Marketing and a B.A. in Psychology from Stony Brook University. Prior to starting the doctoral program at Ohio State, Cory worked as a research scientist for the marketing research firm NPD Group (now Circana) and in research and development at the advertising agency McGarryBowen (now denstuMB). At Ohio State, Cory has taught two semesters of undergraduate marketing research and received the 2024 Fisher College of Business Ph.D. Student Excellence in teaching award.