honors & distinctions
Recipient of the Fellows Award for Consumer Behavior from the Association for Consumer Research (the 37th awardee in the 50-year history of ACR); Fellows Address was intended to be given in Paris, October 2020, at the 2020 ACR Conference, but the COVID-19 pandemic led the conference to be held virtually. My address ("Callings") was pre-recorded and can be viewed here: https://vimeo.com/user14239828/review/465469965/daa6f2b00c
Co-recipient of the 2019 Thomas C. Kinnear award for outstanding article in the Journal of Public Policy & Marketing, “Mindfulness: The Transformative Potential for Consumer, Societal, and Environmental Well-Being” Volume 35, Number 2, pp. 198-210.
Co-author on article in which the first author received from the Society for Consumer Psychology the JCP Best 2016 Paper by an Early Career Contributor (Mathras, Daniele, Adam B. Cohen, Naomi Mandel, and David Glen Mick [2016], “The Effects of Religion on Consumer Behavior: A Conceptual Framework and Research Agenda,” Journal of Consumer Psychology, 26(2), 298-311)
Named inaugural Special Editor, Journal of Consumer Research, 3-year term, 2016-2019, for submissions involving current JCR editors and/or their students.
Keynote Speaker, 44th Annual Albert Haring Symposium, Indiana University, April, 2014 and Recipient of the Indiana University Kelly School of Business Alumni Award
Ranked as one of the three most prolific scholars (out of 2,257) in the leading marketing journals from 1982-2006; source: Seggie and Griffith (2009), “What Does It Take to Get Promoted in Marketing Academia? Understanding Exceptional Publication Productivity in the Leading Marketing Journals,” Journal of Marketing, 72 (January), 122-132.
Ranked as one of the top 10 most published consumer researchers in the Journal of Consumer Research for the 25-year period of 1977-2002; source: West, Ford, Magnini, LaTour, and Polonsky (2008), “A Backward Glance of Who and What Marketing Scholars Have Been Researching, 1977-2002,” Proceedings of the Academy of Marketing Science Annual Conference, 334-338.
Invited Consortium Faculty Member, 43rd Annual American Marketing Association Doctoral Consortium, University of Missouri, 2008
Invited Participant, Aspen Institute, Stakeholder Marketing Consortium: Beyond the 4 P’s and the Customer, September, 2007
Outstanding Reviewer Award, Journal of Consumer Research (2005)
President, Association for Consumer Research, 2005, www.acrwebsite.org
Recipient of the S. Watson and Elizabeth Dunn Award for Excellence in Advertising Research, University of Illinois, 2004
Received the Recognition of Fellow in the Society for Consumer Psychology, 2004
Winner, 1999 Harold H. Maynard Award, for "Rediscovering Satisfaction," co-authored with Susan Fournier, as "the most significant contribution to marketing theory and thought" published in the Journal of Marketing in 1999 (editor, David Stewart)
Keynote Speaker, 30th Annual Albert Haring Symposium, Indiana University, April, 2000
Consortium Faculty Member, 24th, 34th, 37th, and 43rd Annual American Marketing Association Doctoral Consortiums: University of Florida (1990), University of Southern California (1999), Emory University (2002), and University of Missouri (2008)
Keynote Speaker, Conference: Marketing Illuminations Spectacular, Belfast, Northern Ireland, September, 1997
Winner, Best Paper Award in the Buyer/Consumer Behavior Track of the 1996 American Marketing Association Summer Educators' Conference, "Person-Situation Benefit Segmentation and Selective Attention," (co-authored with S. Ratneshwar, Luk Warlop, and Gail Seeger)
Nominated, Best Article Award for 1992 in the Journal of Retailing: "A Projective Study of Motivations and Meanings of Self-Gifts: Implications for Retail Management," 68 (2), 122-144 (co-authored with Michelle DeMoss and Ronald J. Faber)
Finalist, Best Article Award for 1991-1993 in the Journal of Consumer Research: "A Meaning-Based Model of Advertising Experiences," 19 (3), 317-338 (co-authored with Claus Buhl)
Honorable Mention (placing second out of nine), 15th Annual Robert Ferber Award Competition, involving dissertation-based articles in the Journal of Consumer Research: "Levels of Subjective Comprehension in Advertising Processing and Their Relations to Ad Perceptions, Attitudes, and Memory," 18 (4), 411-424, 1992
Outstanding Undergraduate Teacher Award, University of Florida College of Business Administration, 1991
Outstanding Achievement and Performance Award, University of Florida, 1991
Winner, Best Article Award for 1986-1988 in the Journal of Consumer Research: "Consumer Research and Semiotics: Exploring the Morphology of Signs, Symbols, and Significance," 13 (2), 196-213; among the 32 most cited articles from the JCR since its inception in 1974 (according to Cote et al. 1991, JCR, 18 (3), 402-410)
Consortium Fellow from Indiana University, 21st Annual American Marketing Association Doctoral Consortium, Notre Dame University, 1986
Research Fellowship, Indiana University, 1986
Schuyler F. Otteson Undergraduate Teaching Excellence Award, Indiana University School of Business, 1985
Co-recipient of the 2019 Thomas C. Kinnear award for outstanding article in the Journal of Public Policy & Marketing, “Mindfulness: The Transformative Potential for Consumer, Societal, and Environmental Well-Being” Volume 35, Number 2, pp. 198-210.
Co-author on article in which the first author received from the Society for Consumer Psychology the JCP Best 2016 Paper by an Early Career Contributor (Mathras, Daniele, Adam B. Cohen, Naomi Mandel, and David Glen Mick [2016], “The Effects of Religion on Consumer Behavior: A Conceptual Framework and Research Agenda,” Journal of Consumer Psychology, 26(2), 298-311)
Named inaugural Special Editor, Journal of Consumer Research, 3-year term, 2016-2019, for submissions involving current JCR editors and/or their students.
Keynote Speaker, 44th Annual Albert Haring Symposium, Indiana University, April, 2014 and Recipient of the Indiana University Kelly School of Business Alumni Award
Ranked as one of the three most prolific scholars (out of 2,257) in the leading marketing journals from 1982-2006; source: Seggie and Griffith (2009), “What Does It Take to Get Promoted in Marketing Academia? Understanding Exceptional Publication Productivity in the Leading Marketing Journals,” Journal of Marketing, 72 (January), 122-132.
Ranked as one of the top 10 most published consumer researchers in the Journal of Consumer Research for the 25-year period of 1977-2002; source: West, Ford, Magnini, LaTour, and Polonsky (2008), “A Backward Glance of Who and What Marketing Scholars Have Been Researching, 1977-2002,” Proceedings of the Academy of Marketing Science Annual Conference, 334-338.
Invited Consortium Faculty Member, 43rd Annual American Marketing Association Doctoral Consortium, University of Missouri, 2008
Invited Participant, Aspen Institute, Stakeholder Marketing Consortium: Beyond the 4 P’s and the Customer, September, 2007
Outstanding Reviewer Award, Journal of Consumer Research (2005)
President, Association for Consumer Research, 2005, www.acrwebsite.org
Recipient of the S. Watson and Elizabeth Dunn Award for Excellence in Advertising Research, University of Illinois, 2004
Received the Recognition of Fellow in the Society for Consumer Psychology, 2004
Winner, 1999 Harold H. Maynard Award, for "Rediscovering Satisfaction," co-authored with Susan Fournier, as "the most significant contribution to marketing theory and thought" published in the Journal of Marketing in 1999 (editor, David Stewart)
Keynote Speaker, 30th Annual Albert Haring Symposium, Indiana University, April, 2000
Consortium Faculty Member, 24th, 34th, 37th, and 43rd Annual American Marketing Association Doctoral Consortiums: University of Florida (1990), University of Southern California (1999), Emory University (2002), and University of Missouri (2008)
Keynote Speaker, Conference: Marketing Illuminations Spectacular, Belfast, Northern Ireland, September, 1997
Winner, Best Paper Award in the Buyer/Consumer Behavior Track of the 1996 American Marketing Association Summer Educators' Conference, "Person-Situation Benefit Segmentation and Selective Attention," (co-authored with S. Ratneshwar, Luk Warlop, and Gail Seeger)
Nominated, Best Article Award for 1992 in the Journal of Retailing: "A Projective Study of Motivations and Meanings of Self-Gifts: Implications for Retail Management," 68 (2), 122-144 (co-authored with Michelle DeMoss and Ronald J. Faber)
Finalist, Best Article Award for 1991-1993 in the Journal of Consumer Research: "A Meaning-Based Model of Advertising Experiences," 19 (3), 317-338 (co-authored with Claus Buhl)
Honorable Mention (placing second out of nine), 15th Annual Robert Ferber Award Competition, involving dissertation-based articles in the Journal of Consumer Research: "Levels of Subjective Comprehension in Advertising Processing and Their Relations to Ad Perceptions, Attitudes, and Memory," 18 (4), 411-424, 1992
Outstanding Undergraduate Teacher Award, University of Florida College of Business Administration, 1991
Outstanding Achievement and Performance Award, University of Florida, 1991
Winner, Best Article Award for 1986-1988 in the Journal of Consumer Research: "Consumer Research and Semiotics: Exploring the Morphology of Signs, Symbols, and Significance," 13 (2), 196-213; among the 32 most cited articles from the JCR since its inception in 1974 (according to Cote et al. 1991, JCR, 18 (3), 402-410)
Consortium Fellow from Indiana University, 21st Annual American Marketing Association Doctoral Consortium, Notre Dame University, 1986
Research Fellowship, Indiana University, 1986
Schuyler F. Otteson Undergraduate Teaching Excellence Award, Indiana University School of Business, 1985