Dr. Woodruff is Distinguished Professor of Marketing at the University of Tennessee. He has published four books and over 40 articles on such topics as marketing management, market opportunity analyses, customer value and satisfaction, and consumer behaviour. Dr. Woodruff has worked with more than 20 organizations to help them with marketing planning, market analysis, and customer value and satisfaction measurement activities. He is also a speaker in management development programs. Dr. Gardials research interests are in the areas of customer value and satisfaction, situational influences in the buying and choice process, information processing, and consumer/salesperson interactions. She is an instructor in the executive training institutes conducted through the Management Development Center at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. She has published articles from her research in journals such as the Journal of Consumer Research, Journal of Advertising, Marketing Letters, and the Journal of Satisfaction, Dissatisfaction and Complaining Behaviour.
