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Mary Conran, Dean’s Teaching Fellow/Dept of Marketing

Name, Title: Mary Conran, Dean’s Teaching Fellow/Dept of Marketing

Degrees: BBA-Temple University, MBA-Temple University
Courses I teach: Intro to Marketing, Integrated Marketing Communications, and Marketing Research

• Jobs I have had in my lifetime…
• Clerk, Woolworth’s (back in the 70’s)
• Assistant Manager, Chestnut Hill Cheese Shop (I know the difference between Stilton and Gorgonzola!).
• International Trade Consultant
• Marketing Research Consultant
• President and CEO
• Operations and Strategic Management Consultant
• Movie I can watch over and over…
• Almost anything with Mel Gibson or Daniel Day Lewis
• Year of Living Dangerously, Last of the Mohicans
• But if I could only choose one movie…The Great Escape
• Places I have lived…
• Philadelphia, born and raised but spent time in Rome and Rio De Janerio
• Favorite sports teams…
• Um, is gardening considered a team sport?
• Favorite TV show…
• My guilty pleasure – Survivor!
• Foreign place I have traveled to…
• ITALY!  India, Ireland, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Brazil
• Favorite spot on the Jersey Shoreline…
• These days, Ventnor (free housing with family).
• Websites I visit daily…
• Pandora, TU, USAIR
• Favorite foods…
• Anything fresh, vegetarian, or potato chips!
• Favorite Philly restaurant…
• Jack’s Firehouse in Fairmount
• Favorite things to do outside of work…
• Read, walk, garden, and listen to music
• Coolest thing I’ve ever done…
• A toss up – Become certified to Scuba Dive v Spend two months in Rome
• If I could eat dinner with one person, it would be…
• My grandfather; he passed away about 20 years ago at the age of 100 and there are still have many things I would like to learn from him!
• Favorite flavor of ice cream…
• Chocolate; can I have gelato instead of Ice Cream?
• Favorite toy as a child…
• A Fisher Price Cash Register
• Book (not textbook!) I am currently reading…
• A Splendid Exchange: How Trade Shaped the World by William J Bernstein

 

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