Kara CHAN
(BSc HKU, MPhil CUHK, MSocSc HKU, PhD CityU)

Professor

Kara CHAN

Research Interests

Cross cultural consumer studies, advertising strategy, advertising and children, gender portrayal in media, consumer socialization, materialism

Prof. Chan is currently Professor in the Department of Communication Studies, Hong Kong Baptist University. She worked in the advertising and public relations profession and as a statistician for the Hong Kong Government before she joined the academia. She actively involves in research on Hong Kong and China's consumer behavior and advertising, and environmental studies. She recently completd a research project on Advertising and children in China.

Current position: Professor

Prof. Chan joined the HKBU in 1993. She taught part time at various higher educational institutes in Hong Kong and Macau for eight years. She was a visiting Professor at Copenhagen Business School at the summer of 2006 and 2007.

Career History

  • 2008 Summer, Visiting Professor, Queensland University of Technology, Australia
  • 2006-7 Summer, Visiting Professor, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark
  • 1993- Lecturer, Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, Professor, Hong Kong Baptist University
  • 1987-93 Statistician, Census and Statistics Department, Hong Kong Government
  • 1986-87 Marketing communication specialist, Digital Equipment Corporation
  • 1986 Media planner, Ogilvy & Mather (HK) Limited
  • 1984-86 Media planner, J. Walter Thompson Company Limited
  • 1982 Translator, Mark Wong & Associates (Industrial Consultants) Ltd.

Professional Membership

  • Member, International Association of Research in Economic Psychology
  • Member, Association of Consumer Research
  • Member, American Academy of Advertising
  • Member, Chinese Communication Association

Publications

Conferences

Community or Professional Service

  • 2006 External examiner of Ph.D.'s thesis, City University of Hong Kong
  • 2006 External examiner of Master’s thesis, Chinese University of Hong Kong
  • 2006 External examiner of master's thesis, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
  • 2006 Invited journal reviewer, Journal of Advertising
  • 2006 Invited reviewer, AEJMC 2006 Annual Conference, Advertising Division
  • 2006 Invited journal reviewer, Asia Pacific Journal of Marketing and Logistics
  • 2006 Invited journal reviewer, Journal of Children and Media
  • 2006 Member, Accreditation of Program Area of Vocational Training Council                                                                                                      
  • 2006 Panel member, Vocational Training Council – Discipline Review
  • 2005 Conference co-chair, American Academy of Advertising 2005 Asia Pacific Conference, Hong Kong.
  • 2005 External Examiner of Master’s thesis, Hong Kong Polytechnic University
  • 2005 Hong Kong coordinator, Michigan State University summer study abroad program “Advertising in Asia”
  • 2005 Invited journal reviewer, Journal of Advertising: Specific issue on international advertising
  • 2005 Invited journal reviewer, Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly
  • 2004 External Assessor, HKU SPACE
  • 2000-2005, Member, International Advertising Education Committee, American Academy of Advertising
  • 1999-2002, Action Committee Against Narcotics Sub-committee member on Research, Narcotics Division, Hong Kong Government.
  • 1998-2001, External Course Assessor, The Open University of Hong Kong
  • 1998-99, Panel member, TV Appreciation Index Survey Panel, Radio Television Hong Kong
  • 1995-98, Action Committee Against Narcotics Sub-committee member on Preventive Education and Publicity, Narcotics Division, Hong Kong Government.
  • 1995-2002, Examiner, Civil Services Examine Unit, Civil Services Branch, Hong Kong Government

Visual Projects (Pictures)

Each project is a collection of pictures about a specific area of consumer and communication studies .

Visual Projects (Tapes and DVDs)

  • 2005
    • (with Jame McNeal) Children and brands in urban China, DVD, 26 minutes.
  • 2004
    • Management of a Creative agency and adverting creativity in Hong Kong. Interview with K.C. Tsang, Chan Tsang Wong Chu Mee, Advertising Firm, DV tape, 25 minutes.
    • Advertising Media Planning in Hong Kong. Interview with K.K. Tsang, MindShare Hong Kong Limited, DV tape, 23 minutes.
    • Advertising Media Planning in China. Interview with Steven Chang, Zenithoptimedia, China, DV tape, 35 minutes.
    • Management of a Full Service Advertising Agency. Interview with Royce Yuen, Ogilvy & Mather Advertising, DV tape, 25 minutes.
    • Career planning and getting a job in the advertising industry. Interview with Dennis Wong, Leo Burnett Limited China/Hong Kong, DV tape, 31 minutes.
    • Television Advertising Censorship in Hong Kong. Interview with Sandy Li, Television Broadcastings Limited, DV tape, 33 minutes.
    • Branding in China. Interview with Tom Doctoroff, J Walter Thompson Co Ltd, DV tape, 29 minutes.
    • Measuring the advertising effectiveness, Interview with Amy Lee, ACNielsen, DV tape, 33 minutes.
  • 2003
    • (with James McNeal and Fanny Chan) How children in rural China become consumers, VHS tape, 21 minutes.

Newspaper Articles

Teaching

  • Current Courses
    • COMM 4220 - Advertising Management (Storyboards by Students)
    • PRA 3140 - Special Topics in Public Relations & Advertising
    • PRA 1120 - Principles and Methods of Advertising
    • PRA 2130 - Advertising Media Planning
    • PRA 2140 - Consumer Perspectives in Advertising
  • Past Courses
    • COMM 2320 - Communication Research
    • COMM 4020 - Approaches and Methods in Communication Research
    • COMM 4170 - Communication Campaign Workshop
    • PRA 1610 - Introduction to Public Relations and Advertising
    • PRA 2110 - Advertising Copy Writing
    • PRA 3110 - Advanced Advertising Copy Writing

Contact

  Address Department of Communication Studies
Hong Kong Baptist University
224 Waterloo Road
Kowloon Tong, Kowloon
HONG KONG
  Tel +852 3411 7836
  Fax +852 3411 7890
  Homepage http://www.coms.hkbu.edu.hk/~karachan
  Email karachan@hkbu.edu.hk