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Nitin Mehta

Professor

Joseph L. Rotman School of Management

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  • Professor
    Joseph L. Rotman School of Management
  • (416) 978 4961 (Work)
  • (416) 978 5433 (Fax)
  • University of Toronto, Rotman School of Management, 105 St George Street, Toronto, ON, M5S3E6, Canada

BIO

Nitin Mehta is the Ellison Professor of Marketing and PhD Coordinator at the University of Toronto. He is currently serving as a Department Editor for Marketing at Management Science and as the Vice President of Education at the Informs Society of Marketing Science (ISMS). His research focuses on structural models of consumer search, multi-category choices, imperfect recall and learning, consumers' healthcare decisions, the economics of binge consumption, adoption of AI by firms and consumers, and the socio-economic impact of AI. Four of his papers have been finalists for the ISMS Long Term Impact Award, and one was a finalist for the ISMS Lohn D.C. Little’s Best Paper Award. He has (co-) mentored several PhD students from the University of Toronto, CMU, and Washington University at St. Louis, who are now teaching at top business schools. He received the 2024 Excellence in Doctoral Mentorship Award at the University of Toronto. 

ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Ellison Professor of Marketing
    University of Toronto, Rotman School of Management, Toronto, Canada1 Jul 2022 - present
  • PhD Coordinator
    University of Toronto Innovations Foundation, Rotman School of Management, Toronto, CanadaJul 2024 - Jun 2027
  • Area Coordinator and Professor of Marketing
    University of Toronto, CanadaJul 2018 - Jun 2024
  • Professor of Marketing, Co-Director of Masters in Management Analytics Program
    University of Toronto, Canada2017 - 2018
  • Associate Professor of Marketing
    University of Toronto, Canada2010 - 2017
  • Visiting Associate Professor
    Carnegie Mellon University, United States2009 - 2010
  • Associate Professor of Marketing
    University of Toronto, Canada2007 - present
  • Assistant Professor in Marketing
    University of Toronto, Canada2000 - present

NON-ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Department Editor of Marketing
    Management Science, United States1 Oct 2025 - present
  • Vice President of Education
    Informs Society of Marketing Science, United States1 Jan 2025 - present
  • Associate Editor
    Marketing Science, Canada1 Jan 2019 - 31 Dec 2024
  • Associate Editor
    Journal of Marketing Research1 Jul 2023 - present
  • Associate Editor
    International Journal of Research in Marketing1 Jul 2019 - 30 Jun 2023

DEGREES

  • PhD in Marketing
    Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, United States
  • Masters in Industrial Administration
    Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, United States
  • MS in Chemical Engineering
    Yale University, New Haven, United States
  • B. Tech. in Chemical Engineering
    Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, India

AVAILABILITY

  • Industry Projects
  • Masters Research or PhD student supervision

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