Northwest Marketing Research Symposium
Joshua T. Beck Northwest Marketing Symposium
The WWU College of Business and Economics is excited to host the Joshua T. Beck Northwest Marketing Symposium this Spring 2025. In honor of the goals originally articulated by Josh when he cofounded the symposium in 2017, the event aims to help marketing and consumer behavior scholars build community, share their research in progress, and support PhD students of the region by allowing them to present their research to a friendly audience before entering the job market.
May 2-3 2025
Western Washington University
Solarium and Viking Union
516 High Street
Bellingham, WA
On Friday, May 2, there will be a welcome reception on WWU Campus at 5pm. Saturday, May 3, will feature a day full of research presentations (tentatively 8am-4pm) with breakfast and lunch provided and plenty of opportunities to connect with fellow attendees.


Joshua T. Beck founded the Northwest Marketing Research Symposium (formerly the Oregon Marketing Research Symposium) in 2017. His goals were to build community among marketing scholars (especially those in the region), to facilitate the exchange of research in progress, and to give doctoral students an opportunity to share their research with a friendly audience before entering the academic job market. Josh passed away tragically on April 6, 2023, at the age of 37. He was well-respected and admired among his colleagues, academics, and students—and was an especially supportive mentor of PhD students. We are pleased to remember Josh by naming the symposium in his honor.
For More Information
For more information please contact Cat Armstrong Soule, Marketing Professor at Western Washington University.