Hayden Noel

Hayden Noel is a Clinical Associate Professor of Business Administration at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign's Gies College of Business. He has served in various academic roles since 2007, including Director of Residential MBA Programs and Academic Director of iDegrees. His research focuses on consumer information processing, memory, and advertising effectiveness. He has received multiple teaching awards, including Professor of the Year titles for Executive MBA, Professional MBA, and iMBA programs. Noel holds a PhD in Marketing from the University of Florida (2002). His current roles include overseeing online and residential MBA programs and coordinating case development.

**Education**: PhD in Marketing, University of Florida (2002); Lecturer, University of Florida (2000-2002).

**Research Interests**:

• Consumer memory retention and reconstruction mechanisms
• Impact of advertising arousal and spacing on consumer recall
• Online learning dynamics and engagement strategies

**Recent Scholarly Trends**: His work emphasizes empirical studies on advertising scheduling optimization, emotional arousal's role in memory, and spaced repetition effects in marketing communications. Recent contributions explore online education effectiveness and pandemic-era pedagogy.

**Awards**:

• List of Professors Ranked as Excellent (2007-2024)
• Outstanding Article of the Year (2021)
• Multiple teaching excellence recognitions

**Grants & Leadership**: Secured grants from the Department of Business Administration and Israel Science Foundation. He leads initiatives in case method education, online program development, and DEI facilitation.

**Labs/Teams**: Oversees Gies Case Development and iDegrees programs, integrating academic rigor with practical business education.