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The Society for Consumer Psychology 2019-2020 Dissertation Proposal Competition
SCP announces its Annual Dissertation Proposal Competition. Winning this competition is the highest honor that a doctoral student can receive from SCP, the premier society for researchers in consumer psychology. The names of the winner and the runner-up will be announced at the Awards Luncheon of the 2020 Society for Consumer Psychology Conference in Huntington Beach, CA (March 5-March 7, 2020). The winner will also receive a cash award of $1,000. Submission guidelines are available on SCP’s website’s landing page. Please submit your proposal, no later than July 10, 2019, to spjain@uw.edu. Please make sure to enter “SCP Dissertation Proposal Competition” in the subject line. More Information
The Society for Consumer Psychology (SCP) will be holding its Annual Winter Conference from February 28 - March 2, 2019 at the Hyatt Regency Hotel located on the waterfront in the beautiful historic district of Savannah, Georgia. The Society for Consumer Psychology conference provides opportunities for a high level of interaction among participants interested in consumer research and in advancing the discipline of consumer psychology in a global society. We are seeking proposals for individual papers, symposia, and working papers for presentation at the conference. We encourage a diverse set of ideas and approaches to consumer psychology. We also welcome diverse methodologies, including experimental research, survey research, conceptual and/or theoretical developments, or other methods relevant to the study of consumer psychology.
SCP 2018-2019 Dissertation Proposal Competition
SCP announces its Annual Dissertation Proposal Competition. Please submit your proposal via Qualtrics, no later than June 18, 2018. More Information
Obituary for NYU Emeritus Professor Jacob (Jack) Jacoby
NYU Emeritus Professor Jacob (Jack) Jacoby passed away on March 19, 2018. Jack was the Merchant’s Council Professor of Consumer Behavior and Retail Management at NYU Stern. Until retiring in November 2017, Jack held an Endowed Chair and was the Merchant's Council Professor of Consumer Behavior and Retail Management at New York University's Stem Graduate School of Business and served on the NYU faculty for over 35 years. He earned his Ph.D. in Social Psychology from Michigan State University in 1966. Jack then served as Lieutenant in the United States Air Force until 1965, after which he directed the Consumer Psychology program at Purdue University before joining NYU in 1981. Jack was a world renowned scholar and pioneer in the field of consumer behavior. He published more than 160 articles and book chapters and ten books. He served as the President of the American Psychological Association’s Society of Consumer Psychology (in 1974) and President of the Association for Consumer Research (in 1975). Jack also received numerous awards for his scholarship, including the American Marketing Association's Harold H. Maynard Award, the American Academy of Advertising's "Outstanding Contribution to Advertising" award, the Society of Consumer Psychology's bi-annual "Distinguished Scientist Award," and was a Fellow of both the Association for Consumer Research and the Society for Consumer Psychology. Additional Information | Obituary
JCP Special Issue: Consumer Psychology for the Greater GoodCo-Editors: Kelly Goldsmith & Aparna A. Labroo Every day, consumers make a myriad of decisions that have the ability to affect the greater good, which we define as the collective well-being of the broader social group. Such decisions range from deciding whether or not to speak up in the face of unfair practices to accurately reporting one’s financial information on their taxes to understanding and empowering vulnerable consumers. Given their broad communal consequences, such decisions are of great interest to a variety of constituencies, including policy makers, non-profits, communities, and marketers, as well as individuals. Accordingly, theory-driven inquiry into the antecedents and consequences of consumer behaviors that serve the greater good offers great theoretical and practical value. Consumer psychology over the past decades has made substantive contributions to the understanding of consumer behavior; however, research truly motivated by impacting greater good has remained limited. To be clear, there is a difference between research motivated by the greater good versus research that is relevant to the greater good. In the former, the genesis of the research is a problem motivated by greater good; in the latter, greater good is referenced as possible loosely-related implication drawn from a broader inquiry. This Special Issue in JCP seeks research that fits the former category. The research could propose novel theories of how to promote greater good, question whether outcomes stereotypically thought of as generating greater good indeed serve the greater good, or even propose downstream problems that a quest for greater good might create. Applications of existing consumer decision making theories to promote the greater good are welcome, but only as long as a greater good problem is central to the paper and the application is consequential. Some potential (not binding) areas of investigation include: - Contributing to the Greater Good by Helping the Self:
- Promoting personal saving behavior, which reduces the cost of social support
- Promoting personal health and mental well-being, which reduces the cost of social isolation and lonelinessPromoting personal empowerment, which benefits the larger collective (e.g., standing up to unethical mistreatment from authority)
- Overcoming Personal Costs to Promote Contributions to the Greater Good:
- Increasing compliance with contributions to shared resources (e.g., paying taxes)
- Promoting pro-social actions, by individuals and/or by firms, including actions that promote charitable giving, CSR, fair trade, organ donation, and/or sustainability
- Promoting personal empowerment, which benefits the larger collective (e.g., standing up to unethical mistreatment from authority)
- Contributing to the Greater Good by Fostering Collaboration:
- Promoting personal saving behavior, which reduces the cost of social support
- Promoting personal health and mental well-being, which reduces the cost of social isolation and loneliness
- Promoting personal empowerment, which benefits the larger collective (e.g., standing up to unethical mistreatment from authority)
Submitted manuscripts could either be Research Reports or Research Articles in standard JCP format. All submissions are encouraged to provide complete methodological and other details in accompanying web appendices. If you have specific questions or would like the editors’ reaction to a proposed submission, please contact either of the editors ( Kelly Goldsmith or Aparna Labroo). Timeline:Deadline for initial manuscript submission: August 1, 2019 Authors are encouraged to submit manuscripts early and anytime before the submission deadline as papers will be evaluated on a rolling basis.
Effective January 1, 2018, the Journal of Consumer Psychology will have a new publisher, Wiley. As part of this transition, the journal will be moving from the current submission and peer review management system, Elsevier Editorial System (EES), to ScholarOne Manuscripts (S1). This means that starting on October 2, 2017, manuscripts will be submitted using the new platform. Changes to the submission and peer review processes as a result of this transition should be minimal. If you need any ScholarOne assistance, please contact ScholarOne tech support at (888) 503-1050. The review process for manuscripts currently in the Elsevier (EES) system will remain with EES until December 15, 2017. Please continue to use the EES system to review your current review assignments.
Nominations for President
SCP is now soliciting nominations for the office of President. The office of SCP President is a three-year term (President-Elect, President, and Past-President). Please submit all nominations or questions to President-Elect, Andrea Morales. Self-nominations are welcome. Nominations will be reviewed by the SCP Board and 2-3 candidates will be chosen to run for election by the SCP membership in October. The deadline for nominations is Friday, September 29, 2017
TWO SCP AWARDS (EARLY CAREER, DISTINGUISHED SCIENTIFIC CONTRIBUTION): CALL FOR NOMINATIONS
The Early Career Award recognizes distinguished scientific contribution to consumer psychology by a researcher who received her/his PhD after June 1, 2009. Nominees must also show evidence of current or past engagement with SCP and/or JCP. The Distinguished Scientific Contribution Award recognizes outstanding and lasting research contributions to consumer psychology. Nominees must also show evidence of current or past engagement with SCP and/or JCP. Please send a letter of nomination for either award, including the Candidate's curriculum vitae if possible and two additional letters of reference, to Joel Huber, Chair of the SCP Scientific Affairs Committee by September 15, 2017. Previous award winners are shown here.
SCP Dissertation Competition Awards
The Society for Consumer Psychology is pleased to announce the following Dissertation Competition Award Winners
Jane Jeongin Park University of Florida (Advisor: Aner Sela), honorable mention, "Thinking versus Feeling: The Effect of Metacognitive Beliefs on Financial Decision Avoidance"
Francesca Valsesia University of Southern California (Advisor: Joseph Nunes), winner, "The Bystander Effect: Strategically Addressing Others in Online Communications as a Self-Enhancement Strategy"
SCP 2017-2018 Dissertation Proposal Competition
SCP announces its Annual Dissertation Proposal Competition. Please send your submission as a Word document to Ashwani Monga at Rutgers Business School no later than June 18, 2017. In the subject line, please mention "2017-2018 SCP Dissertation Proposal." More Information
Editor Team Selections for JCP
 |  |  | | Anirban Mukhopadhyay | Priya Raghubir | Christian Wheeler | | | Anirban Mukhopadhyay (Editor-in-Chief) is Professor of Marketing and Associate Dean of Undergraduate Studies at the School of Business and Management, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. His research examines the interplay between consumers’ lay beliefs, emotions, and self-regulatory decisions, and has been published in leading journals in Marketing, Psychology, Corporate Strategy, and Economics. He is currently Co-Editor of the Journal of Consumer Psychology, and has served as Associate Editor at the Journal of Marketing Research, Area Editor at the Journal of Consumer Psychology, and on the editorial review boards of the Journal of Consumer Research and the International Journal of Research in Marketing. He holds a PhD in Marketing from Columbia University, an MBA from the Indian Institute of Management Bangalore, and a B.Sc. (Hons.) from St. Stephen’s College, Delhi, and was previously on the faculty of the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. Priya Raghubir (Co-Editor) joined New York University Stern School of Business as a Professor of Marketing in July 2008. Prior to joining NYU Stern, Priya was on faculty at the Haas School of Business, University of California at Berkeley and at Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. Priya's research interests are in the areas of consumer psychology, including cognitive aspects of survey methodology, psychological aspects of prices and money; health risk perceptions; and visual information processing. She has published over 50 articles and book chapters in journals such as the Journal of Marketing Research, Journal of Consumer Research, Journal of Consumer Psychology and Marketing Science. She is an Associate Editor for Journal of Consumer Psychology and is on the editorial boards of Journal of Marketing Research, Journal of Consumer Research, and Marketing Letters. She received her undergraduate degree in Economics from St. Stephen's College, Delhi University; her M.B.A from the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad; and her Ph.D. in Marketing from New York University. Christian Wheeler (Co-Editor) is StrataCom Professor of Management and Professor of Marketing at Stanford University where he teaches courses on Marketing Management and Research Methodology. He received his BA from the University of Northern Iowa before moving to Ohio State, where he completed his MA and PhD. His research has been published in top marketing, organizational behavior, and psychology journals and focuses on attitudes and persuasion and the self-concept. |
Announcement – Annual Review of Consumer Psychology
The Society for Consumer Psychology is pleased to announce the founding of a new scientific journal, the Annual Review of Consumer Psychology. More Information
A Tribute to Herbert E. Krugman
Herbert E. Krugman, the 6th President of APA Division 23 (1967), died at his home in Stamford, CT on July 30, 2016. He was 95.
Considered by many to be the leading theorist of his generation on the ways in which consumers respond to advertising, Herb combined physiological and cognitive psychology with survey methodology to create an interdisciplinary approach to understanding how consumers learn that was uniquely his own. He was a student of perception and the human brain; in three seminal articles, bookended by his AAPOR presidential address in 1965 and the Division 23 counterpart in 1967, he changed forever the way academics and the industry understood the nature of consumer response to television advertising. It was all about involvement: unlike consumers’ interactions with print media, their interactions with television occurred with much less cognitive involvement, so much so as to be an essentially different process. At AAPOR he said that consumers do not so much learn from television advertising as absorb it; at Division 23 he laid out a program for measuring the processes he had described.
Herb was 44 when he delivered his AAPOR address and 46 at Division 23. He continued to think and write about consumers’ responses to television for the next two decades, contributing significantly to the understanding of the physiological and cognitive processes underly-ing those responses. He was a key figure in creating the link between psychology and its applications in marketing and public relations, and for many years conducted studies that guided the marketing and public relations practices of some of America's largest corporations. He was both intellectually inquisitive and practical. He cared passionately about new ideas and often used his droll sense of humor to point out follies of conventional wisdom.
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Edward P. Krugman
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CALL FOR SCP OFFICER NOMINATIONS
SCP is now soliciting nominations for the offices of President and Secretary-Treasurer. The office of SCP President is a three-year term (President-Elect, President, then Past-President), while the office of Secretary-Treasurer is a two-year term. Please submit all nominations or questions to President-Elect Jeff Inman. Self-nominations are welcome. Nominations will be reviewed by the SCP Board and 2-3 candidates for each position will be chosen to run for election by the SCP membership in October. The deadline for nominations is Friday, September 30, 2016.
TWO SCP AWARDS (EARLY CAREER, DISTINGUISHED SCIENTIFIC CONTRIBUTION):
CALL FOR NOMINATIONS
The Society for Consumer Psychology announces a Call for Nominations for an Early Career Award. The award recognizes distinguished scientific contribution to consumer psychology by a researcher who received her/his PhD after June 1, 2008. Nominees must also show evidence of current or past engagement with SCP and/or JCP. The Society for Consumer Psychology also announces a Call for Nominations for the Society's Distinguished Scientific Contribution Award. The award recognizes outstanding and lasting research contributions to consumer psychology. Nominees must also show evidence of current or past engagement with SCP and/or JCP. Please send a letter of nomination for either award, including the Candidate's curriculum vitae to Bob Wyer, Chair, Scientific Affairs Committee by Aug 21, 2016. Nominations of previously nominated candidates who remain eligible for these awards need not include additional letters of reference; an updated vita is sufficient. Past Recipients
SCP Fellow Call for Nominations
The Society for Consumer Psychology is seeking nominations of qualified individuals for SCP Fellow status. Nominations are due May 1, 2016. Further Information
Call for Papers: JCP Special Issue on Marketplace Morality
Morality has received increasing attention from economists, psychologists, anthropologists, sociologists, and consumer researchers. Consumers’ morally questionable behaviors (such as wardrobing and overclaiming on insurance) have big impacts on companies and consumers respond strongly to organizations’ morally suspect behaviors. On the other side, consumers’ and organizations’ moral behaviors can lead to positive marketplace effects. However, many questions about how consumers define morality and evaluate their own moral behaviors as well as those of other consumers and of marketers remain. This JCP special issue seeks to move beyond an explanation of self-interest to advance our understanding of morality in the marketplace. Articles for this special issue should be submitted by November 30, 2016. Manuscripts should be submitted using the regular JCP online system, but specify that the submission is for this special issue. Further Information and Submission Guidelines
Call for Papers: Society for Consumer Psychology
Boutique Conference on Identity and Consumption
OVERVIEW This boutique conference will bring together researchers working on identity-related consumption to share their most exciting and recent research, to foster new research ideas and collaborations, and to help develop and strengthen research on identity-related consumption. This conference is also designed to help galvanize a shared research identity among researchers interested in identity and consumption. BASIC INFORMATION Location: Chicago, Illinois Date: July 21, 2016 (reception the evening of July 20, 2016) Submission Deadline: January 20, 2016Notification date: February 20, 2016 Submission websiteCONFERENCE FORMAT In keeping with the nature of SCP’s boutique conference series, this event will have a limit of 60 attendees all of whom are engaged in research in the area of identity-related consumption. Presenters are expected to register for the conference, and co-authors of presenters will be given an early registration opportunity. Subsequently, the conference will open up registration on a first-come first-serve basis until the attendance cap is reached. The conference will begin with an evening reception followed the next day by a single-track of research presentations during the day and a second evening reception. Sessions will include presentations of individual papers and a roundtable discussion. A poster session will also take place prior to the evening event. Given the single-track nature of the proposed conference, in order to maintain quality, presentations will be restricted to those who have already obtained a doctoral degree. Conference attendance and a poster session will be open to doctoral students. SUBMISSIONS Paper submission: please submit a 250-500 word abstract through the submission website. In your submission, please indicate which author will present the paper and whether you are submitting for a paper presentation or poster. Note that presenters must have a completed doctoral degree at the time of submission and are expected to register for the conference. The registration fee is expected to be $200 and will include both evening receptions. Poster submission: please submit an abstract of up to 250 words through the submission website. Please indicate that this is a poster submission. Submission Deadline: January 20, 2016ORGANIZERS David Gal, University of Illinois at Chicago Derek Rucker, Northwestern University Blake McShane, Northwestern University
Please join us for the summer Society for Consumer Psychology Conference at APA, from August 4-7, 2016 in Denver! While all topics are welcome, we're particularly hoping to get a critical mass of work on consumer welfare and well-being, including decision making related to well-being, particularly in the food and financial domains, policy-relevant research, responses to and uses of technology, and underserved populations. The submission deadline for your 250-500 word summary is Tuesday, December 1, and recognition will be provided for the Best Paper in the Division. We'd love to see you there!
Call for Conference-Hosting Proposals
The Society for Consumer Psychology is soliciting proposals from individuals or institutions interested in organizing and hosting the SCP Boutique conference in 2017. The SCP Boutique conference is a small, premium quality conference with a limited number of participants. The Boutique conferences will rotate between taking place in the US one year and internationally the following, although this strict rotation is not mandatory. The 2017 SCP Boutique conference is scheduled for Chicago, IL and thus SCP is particularly interested in proposals that would involve hosting the boutique conference internationally. Proposals can, but do not have to, revolve around a theme or research area. There is no prescribed format and there is no requirement to publish proceedings. The conference can take place any time in 2017. While there is no page limit, proposals would typically be approximately 3-pages and specify the following: - Goals of the conference and intended contributions to consumer psychology;
- Expected audience size, profile, and selection mechanism;
- Format of the conference;
- Location and date/time of year;
- How you plan to assure the quality of the conference; and
- Available resources for hosting the conference.
The Society for Consumer Psychology is now accepting proposals for the 2017 Society for Consumer Psychology Boutique Conference. Proposals should be submitted electronically to SCP President-Elect Jennifer Argo by December 15, 2015, as an attached Word file.
International Travel Scholarship
The Society for Consumer Psychology is pleased to announce an International Travel Scholarship for travel to the 2016 SCP Conference in St. Petersburg Beach, Florida, USA. The International Travel Scholarship is intended to support PhD students traveling to SCP Conferences outside their home country. More Information
Diversity Travel Scholarship
The Society for Consumer Psychology is pleased to announce a Diversity Travel Scholarship for travel to the 2016 SCP Conference. This travel scholarship is intended to support the goal of increasing ethnic minority doctoral students’ participation in the society and supporting the professional development of ethnic minority doctoral students interested in consumer psychology. Applicants must be from one of the following underrepresented populations: African American, Hispanic American, or Native American, or from a population outside the US that is underrepresented in their country and in consumer psychology. More Information
Call for Conference-Hosting Proposals
The Society for Consumer Psychology is soliciting proposals from individuals or institutions interested in organizing and hosting an "SCP Boutique" conference in 2016. Building on the SCP conferences in Florence (2012) and Vienna (2015), SCP will merge these international SCP conferences with the Advertising and Consumer Psychology conference to create a single conference series under the working title "SCP Boutique." This conference will take place annually. Our goal is to make this a small, premium quality conference with a limited number of participants. We expect that about half of the SCP Boutique conferences will take place outside the US but there will not be a strict rotation. Proposals can, but do not have to, revolve around a theme or research area. There is no prescribed format and there is no requirement to publish proceedings. The conference can take place any time in 2016. More Information
TWO SCP AWARDS (EARLY CAREER, DISTINGUISHED SCIENTIFIC CONTRIBUTION): CALL FOR NOMINATIONS
The Society for Consumer Psychology announces a Call for Nominations for an Early Career Award. The award recognizes distinguished scientific contribution to consumer psychology by a researcher who received her/his PhD after June 1, 2007. Nominees must also show evidence of current or past engagement with SCP and/or JCP. The Society for Consumer Psychology also announces a Call for Nominations for the Society's Distinguished Scientific Contribution Award. The award recognizes outstanding and lasting research contributions to consumer psychology. Nominees must also show evidence of current or past engagement with SCP and/or JCP. Please send a letter of nomination for either award, including the Candidate's curriculum vitae if possible and two additional letters of reference, to Bob Wyer, Chair, Scientific Affairs Committee by Aug 21, 2015.
SCP Fellow Call for Nominations
The Society for Consumer Psychology is seeking nominations of qualified individuals for SCP Fellow status. The criteria, as established by the SCP Board of Directors, are: Minimum standards for SCP Fellowship:- Current and prior SCP membership of at least one year;
- Active engagement at the time of nomination in the advancement of consumer psychology in any of its aspects;
- Five years of acceptable professional experience subsequent to the granting of the doctoral degree; and
- Evidence of unusual and outstanding contribution or performance in the field of consumer psychology
Additional CriteriaTHE MOST DIFFICULT JUDGMENT THAT MUST BE MADE IN CONNECTION WITH NOMINEES FOR FELLOW STATUS IS TO DETERMINE WHETHER THERE HAS BEEN "UNUSUAL AND OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION OR PERFORMANCE IN THE FIELD OF CONSUMER PSYCHOLOGY." - The existence of relevant publications is not enough. Publications must report impressive work, have an impact upon others, and have been refereed appropriately;
- Citation of the nominee’s work by others is an important indicator of the impact of a contribution;
- Long-term SCP membership and activity (e.g., conference participation and leadership roles) are highly desirable;
- Accumulation of impact and performance over time must be demonstrated;
- Evidence of steady and continuing competence does not in itself meet the criterion of "outstanding and unusual."
Nomination procedure:The nominating member must be a member in good standing of the Society for Consumer Psychology. The nominator is responsible for preparing a letter of nomination, not to exceed three typewritten pages, that addresses the nominee’s qualifications vis-à-vis the SCP Fellow criteria listed above. The letter must be accompanied by the nominee's current curriculum vitae. Both the letter and the CV must be submitted via email to the chair of the Fellows Committee. Nominations should be submitted in confidence, without informing the prospective Fellow. This avoids embarrassment should the nominee not be accepted. Unsuccessful nominations will automatically be re-considered for up to two additional years. Nominations are due May 1, 2015. The current Fellows Committee is Valerie Folkes (chair), John Lynch, and Joan Meyers-Levy. Nominations should be sent to folkes@marshall.usc.edu. Valerie FolkesRobert E. Brooker Chair in Marketing USC Marshall School of Business Los Angeles, CA 90089-0808
SCP DISSERTATION PROPOSAL COMPETITION
 The SCP Dissertation Proposal Award recognizes the best dissertation proposal on a topic related to Consumer Psychology by a doctoral student member of SCP. Winner: Alixandra Barasch of the University of Pennsylvania for her dissertation titled: "How Photo-Taking Goals Impact Enjoyment of Experience" with co-advisors Deborah Small & Gal Zauberman. Honorable Mention: Charlene Chen for her dissertation at Columbia titled: "The Need to Feel Better" with advisor Michel Pham. Thanks to Joann Peck who did an outstanding job coordinating the competition and all the reviewers.
Michel Pham Named SCP Fellow
 Michel Tuan Pham is the Kravis Professor of Business at Columbia University. He received his PhD in Marketing from the University of Florida and a Licence in Applied Economics from the Catholic University of Mons in Belgium. Michel held visiting professorships at the University of Chicago, the Catholic University of Leuven, the China Europe International Business School, the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Singapore Management University, and the Sorbonne. The SCP Fellows Committee, comprised of current SCP Fellows Valerie Folkes (Chair), John Lynch, and Joan Meyers-Levy commends Michel's research on affect and decision making for "help[ing] our field focus on feelings and how they influence consumers' thought processes, an important counterbalance to the domination of purely cognitive factors in the consumer decision making literature". The committee also recognizes Michel's contributions on regulatory focus theory. It refers to his work as path-breaking, innovative, and integrative. In addition to his scientific contributions, the committee lauds Michel's active engagement in the advancement of the field of Consumer Psychology. Among many other contributions, Michel has helped to shape our field as Research Dialogues Area Editor for SCP's flagship journal, the Journal of Consumer Psychology and as SCP President. His article based on his presidential address entitled "The Seven Sins of Consumer Psychology" (Journal of Consumer Psychology, 2013) critically evaluates the state of our field and provides clear guidance for the future. The Society for Consumer Psychology is pleased to recognize Michel's outstanding scholarship and leadership by naming him as an SCP Fellow, which is our Society's highest honor.
In Memoriam: Clark Leavitt
 Ohio State University Professor Emeritus Clark Leavitt passed away on, Sept. 14th, 2014. He was 91. A pioneer in the area of Consumer Psychology, Professor Leavitt served as the 2nd President (1963) of the American Psychological Association Division of Consumer Psychology (Division 23). A native of Galesburg Illinois, Clark Leavitt received his Ph.D. in Social Psychology at the University of California Berkeley in 1951. After teaching at various schools in California and Illinois, Professor Leavitt began his career as a Consumer Psychologist, working and consulting with well-known advertising agencies and research firms in California, Illinois, and New York. He joined the Marketing Faculty at Ohio State University in 1972. He retired in 1992. He resided in a unique home in the Rush Creek neighborhood of Worthington, Ohio and was a avid traveler, reader, swimmer, skier, tennis player, gardener, music and art lover and an excellent cook (knowledgeable, entertaining, and passionate!). Professor Leavitt was the proud father of two daughters and a son, a grandfather and a great grandfather. He is survived by his children, grandchildren, and the love of his life, Vera Maletic.
SCP is pleased to announce the implementation of a Small Grants Program that will provide funding for initiatives that further the goals and vision of SCP. The Grants Program is competitive, and will provide a maximum of $5000.00 for each funded initiative. Examples of possible initiatives are: - Support for pre-conference consortia for doctoral students,
- Funding for the organization of workshops, seminars, and other events that advance consumer psychology, particularly those that involve students and junior faculty.
Although the funds are limited, we seek proposals that will provide the greatest return on the dollar. Thus, well established and well funded programs would not be a high priority. Seminars and workshops focusing on new topics with an emphasis on funding participation by doctoral students and/or junior faculty would be much closer to our vision. All requests will be considered within an annual fiscal cycle (calendar year) and thus, should be submitted no later than Nov. 1 for consideration for the upcoming year. No more than one grant will be funded each year. All proposals should contain the following: - Cover letter that states the purpose of the initiative and summarizes the request
- Statement of objectives of the initiative, who is likely to benefit, how the initiative furthers the mission of SCP, and expected outcomes
- Any supportive documentation or rationale for why the initiative is needed
- A detailed budget for all projected expenses
- Method for distributing funds
- Contact person information responsible for the administration of the funds
Please note that only current SCP members are eligible for consideration. These awards will not pay administrative or overhead costs. Any funded initiative will be required to submit a post-report. Please send applications via e-mail to Larry Compeau, SCP Executive Officer, Clarkson University School of Business, 8 Clarkson Avenue-Box 5795, Potsdam, NY 13699 or via email to scp@clarkson.edu. All applications will be reviewed by the SCP Board of Directors and funded proposals will be announced when awarded.
The Society for Consumer Psychology (SCP) is pleased to announce the selection of Jennifer Argo as President-Elect and Joey Hoegg as Secretary-Treasurer.  Jennifer Argo is the Carthy Professor of Marketing at the University of Alberta School of Business. She received her PhD from the University of Manitoba in 2003 and has been a visiting scholar at both Duke University and the University of Colorado at Boulder. Her research primarily focuses on the impact of social influences on consumers' thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. She has published in leading journals including Journal of Consumer Psychology, Journal of Consumer Research, Journal of Marketing, Journal of Marketing Research, and Psychological Science. She has received grants for her research from the Social Science and Humanities Research Council and has received several awards for her research including the AMA Erin Anderson Award for an emerging female marketing scholar and mentor and the co-winner of the inaugural ACR Early Career Award. She currently serves as an Associate Editor at both the Journal of Consumer Psychology and the Journal of Consumer Research. She loves interacting with doctoral students and has had the opportunity to serve as the Marketing PhD advisor at the Alberta School of Business and participating in (SCP, ACR, ANZMAC) and organizing (ACR) doctoral consortiums. If elected her priorities would be to 1) continue to enhance JCP's reputation as a premier publication outlet for consumer psychology, 2) to increase mentoring and professional development opportunities for doctoral students and faculty, 3) preserve the collegial and supportive atmosphere of SCP, 4) and to enhance the visibility of SCP members' work amongst academics, policy-makers, practitioners and the general public.  JoAndrea (Joey) Hoegg Joey Hoegg is an Associate Professor, Canada Research Chair, and Alumni Professor in Marketing at the Sauder School of Business, University of British Columbia. She earned a Ph.D. from the University of Florida in 2006. Joey has two broad research areas: sensory marketing and consumer-brand relationships. Her research on sensory marketing has primarily investigated how visual aspects of products and advertisements influence consumer perception and judgment. Her work on consumer-brand relationships has examined factors that can enhance consumers' connections to brands, such as emotional experiences, consumer-salesperson similarity, and advertising format. Joey was named an MSI Young Scholar in 2013, and in 2014 was awarded the Canada Research Chair in Consumer Behaviour by the government of Canada. She has published in journals such as the Journal of Consumer Research, Journal of Consumer Psychology, Journal of Marketing Research, Journal of Retailing, and Journal of Product Innovation Management. She has been an active member of SCP, and regularly presents her work at the winter conference. Recently she was asked to be an associate editor at the Journal of Consumer Psychology, and she is on the Editorial Review Board at the Journal of Consumer Research. If elected, Joey pledges to represent the values of SCP and to work hard to support the goals of the organization and its members.
 The Society for Consumer Psychology (SCP) has awarded the 2015 Early Career Award to Rebecca Walker Reczek. The SCP Early Career Award recognizes distinguished scientific contribution to consumer psychology by a researcher within eight years of receiving the PhD. Rebecca Walker Reczek is Associate Professor of Marketing and Dean's Faculty Fellow at the Fischer College of Business, Ohio State University. She earned her PhD from the University of Texas at Austin in 2006. Rebecca has published in the Journal of Consumer Psychology, Journal of Consumer Research, Journal of Marketing Research, Marketing Science, among other journals. In the recommendation letters received by the award committee, her work is described as high quality, well-cited, timely, and important. In addition to her research, Rebecca has also distinguished herself in terms of service to the Society for Consumer Psychology, for example by chairing the Summer SCP conference in 2013. SCP thanks this year's award committee, which consisted of Bob Wyer (chair), Ravi Dhar, and Frank Kardes.
MSI Academic Trustees "Must Read" Articles
The Marketing Science Institute (MSI) is featuring three Journal of Consumer Psychology articles on its MSI's Academic Trustees list of "must read" articles of interest to their marketing practitioner audience for 2014. - "Tablets, Touchscreens and Touchpads: How Varying Touch Interfaces Trigger Psychological Ownership and Endowment" by Stevan Adam Brasel and James Gips, Journal of Consumer Psychology, April 2014
- "Slim by Design: Redirecting the Accidental Drivers of Mindless Overeating" by Brian Wansink and Pierre Chandon, Journal of Consumer Psychology, July 2014
- "A Meaningful Embrace: Contingent Effects of Embodied Cues of Affection" by Rhonda Hadi and Ana Valenzuela, Journal of Consumer Psychology, October 2014
CALL FOR BOOK SERIES PROPOSALS
The Society for Consumer Psychology is now accepting proposals for a SCP book series. Proposals should be submitted electronically to SCP President Susan Broniarczyk by April 1, 2015 as an attached Word file. There is no page limit, but a typical submission would be approximately 2-pages in length and specify the following: - Goals of the book series and intended contribution to consumer psychology;
- Potential topics;
- Expected audience profile;
- Length of term and frequency of publication (annually for 3 years, biennially for 6 years, etc.).
As you plan your PhD courses, be sure to check out the SCP/JCP syllabus. The comprehensive syllabus recommends JCP articles for twenty-three important consumer psychology topics. A big thanks to Joe Goodman (Washington University) and Cait Lamberton (University of Pittsburgh) for compiling the syllabus!
Summer SCP at APA 2015 Call for Papers
The Society for Consumer Psychology (SCP) will hold its summer conference as part of the 123rd Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association (APA) from August 6th to 9th, 2015 in Toronto, Canada. SCP (Division 23 of APA) represents consumer researchers and psychologists interested in a broad range of consumer research issues united by psychological theories. This year's conference will provide attendees opportunities for direct contact with practitioners and policy makers as well as the benefits of the vast knowledge base of APA. We are seeking competitive papers, special session symposia, and skill building sessions. Diverse themes and methodological approaches are welcome. Co-chairs: Ayelet Gneezy & Daniel Mochon Call for Papers
SCP Advisory Panel 2014-2015
The Society for Consumer Psychology is pleased to announce the members of its 2014-15 Advisory Panel. The Advisory Panel was launched in 2012 with a mission to represent the collective voice of the SCP membership and advise the executive leadership of the Society on matters such as conferences, research themes, and organizational priorities. We would like to thank our inaugural panel representatives for their ongoing service through June 30, 2015 and welcome the new members of the panel appointed from July 1, 2014 - June 30, 2016. | Original Members | School |
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| Shelly Jain (Chair) | University of Washington | | Onur Bodur | Concordia University | | Amy Dalton | HKUST | | David Gal | University of Illinois at Chicago | | Joe Goodman | Washington University, St. Louis | | Paul Herr | Virginia Tech University | | Donna Hoffman | George Washington University | | Anand Kumar | University of South Florida | | Rebecca Walker Reczek | Ohio State University | | Martin Reimann | University of Arizona | | Karen Winterich | Penn State University |
| New Members | School |
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| Selin Atalay | Frankfurt School of Finance & Management | | Johannes Bogershausen | University of British Columbia | | Rosellina Ferraro | University of Maryland | | Kelly Goldsmith | Northwestern University | | Jerry Han | University of Texas at Austin | | Saerom Lee | University of Texas San Antonio | | Christine Page | Skidmore College | | Hilke Plassman | INSEAD | | Remi Trudel | Boston University | | Joachim Vosgerau | Tilberg University | | Morgan Ward | Southern Methodist University | | Catherine Yeung | NUS, Singapore |
We invite all our members to reach out to any panel representative to share interests, views, or concerns that they may have with respect to SCP. We look forward to working with the panel in support of SCP's mission. Susan Broniarczyk, SCP President
JCP New Editor Announcement
 The publications committee of the Society for Consumer Psychology is pleased to announce that Amna Kirmani will be the new editor of the Journal of Consumer Psychology. Amna will start processing new manuscripts on January 1, 2015. Connie (Cornelia) Pechmann, who has served as editor since January 1, 2012, will continue processing revisions through June 30, 2015. After that date Amna will process all manuscripts. Amna Kirmani is Director of Doctoral Programs and Professor of Marketing at the Robert H. Smith School of Business at the University of Maryland. Her research interests include persuasion knowledge, behavioral signaling, social influence, and branding. Her work has been published in several journals, including the Journal of Consumer Research, Journal of Marketing Research, Journal of Marketing, and Journal of Consumer Psychology. Her papers have won the Paul Green Award in the Journal of Marketing Research, the Maynard Award in the Journal of Marketing, the Best Paper Award in the Journal of Advertising and Article of the Year at AMA TechSIG. She is an Associate Editor at the Journal of Marketing and the Journal of Consumer Psychology and serves on the Editorial Board of the Journal of Marketing Research, the Journal of Consumer Research, and the Journal of Interactive Marketing. She is President-Elect of the Association for Consumer Research. Amna is known for her keen research mind, bringing a blend of intellectualism, eclecticism, and methodological and analytical rigor to address important consumer and market issues. SCP gratefully thanks Connie for her outstanding dedication and excellent service to JCP. Susan Broniarczyk (Chair) Larry Compeau Darren Dahl Tina Lowrey Stijn van Osselaer C.W. Park
TWO SCP AWARDS (EARLY CAREER, DISTINGUISHED SCIENTIFIC ACHIEVEMENT): CALL FOR NOMINATIONS
The Society for Consumer Psychology announces a Call for Nominations for an Early Career Award. The award recognizes distinguished scientific contribution to consumer psychology by a researcher within 8 years of receiving their PhD. Nominees must be members of SCP showing evidence of engagement with SCP and JCP. The Society for Consumer Psychology also announces a Call for Nominations for the Society's Distinguished Scientific Achievement Award. The award recognizes outstanding and lasting research contributions to consumer psychology. Nominees must be members of SCP showing evidence of engagement with SCP and JCP. Please send a letter of nomination for either award, including the Candidate's curriculum vitae if possible and two additional letters of reference, to Bob Wyer, Chair, Scientific Affairs Committee by September 5, 2014.
The Society for Consumer Psychology will be holding its Annual Winter Conference from February 26-28, 2015 at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Phoenix, Arizona. The SCP conference provides
opportunities for a high level of interaction among participants interested in consumer research and in advancing the discipline of consumer psychology in a global society.
Co-Chairs: Andrea Morales & Patti Williams
Call for Papers
The Society for Consumer Psychology is seeking nominations of qualified individuals for SCP Fellow status. Please
consult the announcement document
for the nomination procedure, criteria, and further information.
Annual Dissertation Proposal Competition
SCP announces its Annual Dissertation Proposal Competition. The winner will receive $1,000. In addition to the monetary award, the recipient will present
their research at the 2015 Society for Consumer Psychology Conference in Phoenix, Arizona, and will be recognized at the conference.
More information
Vicki Morwitz and Sharon Shavitt Named SCP 2014 Fellows
The Society for Consumer Psychology is pleased to name Vicki Morwitz and Sharon Shavitt as SCP Fellows, our organization's highest honor. Fellowship
recognizes and rewards research excellence and outstanding contributions to the field of Consumer Psychology.
Vicki G. Morwitz is the Harvey Golub Professor of Business Leadership and Professor of Marketing at New York University Stern School of Business.
For over 20 years, Professor Morwitz has been a leading thinker in our field on behavioral pricing and the measurement and prediction of behavioral
intentions, as reflected in her many influential publications. She has frequently been considered for—and won—prestigious awards from our most
respected journals. Her research is cited frequently, and it has stimulated many others to follow her trail. Professor Morwitz's leadership also
extends to our professional organizations. Among other activities, she is past president of the Society for Consumer Psychology, associate editor
and editorial board member of our major journals, and conference chair for multiple organizations' national conferences.
Sharon Shavitt is the Walter H. Stellner Professor of Marketing at the University of Illinois. Professor Shavitt has published approximately 80
articles, including journal articles, book chapters and proceedings in leading outlets in a variety of disciplines, covering social psychology,
personality, advertising, consumer psychology, and public opinion research. Her work has had sustained impact in areas such as cross-cultural
research and attitudes. Her cross-cultural research has been at the forefront of this subfield in consumer psychology, reflecting her unique
leadership in this area for two decades. She served as the associate editor of JCP at a critical time in its development, as well as being a
long-time member of the JCP editorial review board.
Jennifer Aaker Receives SCP Distinguished Scientific Contribution Award 2014
The Distinguished Scientific Contribution Award recognizes and rewards outstanding lifelong research contributions to the field of Consumer Psychology.
A social psychologist and marketer, Jennifer Aaker is the General Atlantic Professor of Marketing and Ormond Family Faculty at Stanford University's
Graduate School of Business. Her research has made major contributions in the areas of branding, culture, time/money tradeoffs, happiness, and
well-being. She is widely published in the leading scholarly journals in psychology and marketing, such as the Journal of Consumer Psychology and
the Journal of Consumer Research, and her work has been featured in a variety of media including The Economist, The New York Times, Wall Street
Journal, Washington Post, BusinessWeek, Forbes, CBS Money Watch, NPR, Science, Inc, and Cosmopolitan.
Call for Small Grants Proposals
The Society for Consumer Psychology welcomes proposals for the 2014 SCP Small Grants Program. This program provides funding for initiatives that further the goals
and vision of SCP. The Grants Program is competitive, and will provide a maximum of $5000.00 for each funded initiative.
More information
Stijn van Osselaer is Professor of Marketing at Cornell's Johnson School of Management. Since receiving his PhD from the University of Florida in 1998, he served as Assistant
and Associate Professor at the University of Chicago (1998-2003) and as Professor of Marketing (2003-2013) and Department Chair at the Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus
University. Stijn was also a Visiting Professor at the University of Chicago (2005, 2007) and London Business School (2008), as well as a Visiting Research Scholar at the University
of Colorado (2012-2013). Stijn's main research focus is on the learning and memory processes underlying consumer decision making, but he also enjoys assisting PhD students and
junior faculty with their work on many other topics. He has published in the Journal of Consumer Psychology (JCP), Journal of Consumer Research (JCR), Journal of
Marketing Research, Journal of Marketing (JM), Organizational Behavior & Human Decision Processes, and Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning,
Memory, and Cognition. Stijn co-chaired the 2010 Association for Consumer Research (ACR) conference in Jacksonville, the 2009 La Londe conference, and the Consumer Behavior track
at the 2005 and 2007 European Marketing Academy conferences. He also served on the ACR Board of Directors, is an Associate Editor at JCR, serves on the Editorial Review Boards of JCP,
JM, and IJRM, and was a member of several award committees at JCP and ACR.
SCP mourns the loss of co-founder and past president (1971) of Division 23, Dr. Joseph M Kamen, Professor Emeritus of Business Administration, Indiana University, where he as an
award-winning researcher, teacher, and colleague. He passed away on January 30th, 2014 at the age of 84.
His daughter, Paula, tells us that one of Dr. Kamen's proudest lifetime achievements was spearheading the formation of Division 23 in the 1960s, and signing up the required number
of members to make the new APA division. Many members of Division 23, including Dr. Kamen, came out of the Quartermaster Food & Container Institute, which was located in Chicago and established during WWII,
where they worked as psychologists trying to make the K-rations nutritious and palatable for the men in service. After the war, Dr. Kamen worked for many years with Amoco, building
the marketing research department there. As a consumer psychologist with a doctorate in industrial and applied experimental psychology from the University of Illinois, he helped
transform the field of contemporary marketing.
We are thankful for Dr. Joe Kamen's efforts to create SCP those many years ago.
SCP Voting Now Closed
Voting for SCP president is now closed. The winner will be announced at the SCP conference in Miami.
JCP Special Issue Call for Papers
We seek papers for a Special Issue in Journal of Consumer Psychology: "Emotion, Self, and Identity: Implications for and Consequences of Consumer Behavior". Articles for this special issue
should be submitted by January 1, 2014. Manuscripts should be submitted using the regular JCP online system, but specify the submission is for this special issue.
Additional Information and Submission Instructions
SCP ACP 2014 Conference Call for Papers
We seek papers in relevant areas such as embodied cognition, experiential marketing, sensory marketing, visual aesthetics, and other research streams related to the impact of
design on consumers. Conceptual frameworks and empirical studies are sought, along with contributions that integrate and synthesize findings-to-date. Importantly, we seek papers
that draw explicit conclusions about the implications of the presented research for the creation of “effective” or “good” design. To facilitate close interaction, attendance will
be limited to a group of 80 scholars and practitioners.
Additional Information and Submission Instructions
Nominations for SCP President Elect
The Society for Consumer Psychology is currently seeking nominations for the position of President Elect for 2014. The President
Elect serves a three year term on the SCP Board, assuming the duties of President-Elect the first year, President the second year,
and Past President the third year—positions presently held by Susan Broniarczyk as President-Elect, Darren Dahl as President, and
Michel Pham as Past President. The full list of current and past SCP
Presidents can be found on this site. Nominees must be current SCP members.
Please email your suggestions to current SCP President-Elect,
Susan Broniarczyk by Tuesday,
October 1, 2013. In your nomination email please provide the person's name, place of employment, and a brief description of why
you recommend this person for SCP President-Elect. Self-nominations are welcome.
SCP 2014 CALL FOR PAPERS
Please note: the date for the Winter SCP Conference has changed!
The Society for Consumer Psychology (SCP) will be holding its Annual Winter Conference from March 6-8, 2014 at the
Intercontinental Miami Hotel, in Miami, Florida.
We are seeking proposals for symposia, original competitive papers, and working papers for
presentation at the conference. Submissions are due by Friday, August 30, 2013.
Call for Papers
APA CONFERENCE ROOM CORRECTIONS
Please use the room numbers on the APA website or mobile app, NOT the ones in the program posted on the SCP website.
The login and password for the mobile app are both "apah13".
CALL FOR NOMINATIONS FOR TWO SCP AWARDS:
EARLY CAREER AWARD & DISTINGUISHED SCIENTIFIC
CONTRIBUTION AWARD
The Society for Consumer Psychology announces a Call for Nominations for an Early Career Award for Scientific Contribution
to Consumer Psychology. Nominees should be no more than 8 years post-Ph.D. and must be members of SCP showing evidence of
engagement with SCP and JCP. Please send candidate's curriculum vitae and two letters of reference, in addition to a nomination
letter, to Wes Hutchinson, Chair, Scientific Affairs Committee,
by September 1, 2013.
The Society for Consumer Psychology also announces a Call for Nominations for the Society's Distinguished Scientific Contribution
Award. Nominees must be members of SCP showing evidence of engagement with SCP and JCP. Please send a letter of nomination, the
Candidate's curriculum vitae if possible, and two additional letters of reference, to
Wes Hutchinson, Chair, Scientific Affairs
Committee, by September 1, 2013.
Michel Pham's SCP 2013 Address
In his 2013 presidential address to the Society, Michel Pham candidly discusses how the field of consumer psychology can increase
its impact on business practices, policy making, and the social sciences in general. He argues that this requires addressing seven
major shortcomings of typical psychology-based consumer research, which he collectively refers to as “The Seven Sins of Consumer
Psychology.”
32nd Advertising and Consumer Psychology Conference Registration Open
Registration is now open for the 32nd annual Advertising and Consumer Psychology
conference to be held June 13-15 in San Diego, CA. Note that early, reduced rate registration ends on May 31. The event will provide
academic researchers and practitioners an exciting venue to discuss current topics related to the role played by social media in
consumer behavior. Looking forward to hosting you in beautiful San Diego soon!
Claudiu Dimofte
Curt Haugtvedt
Richard Yalch
Conference Website | Registration
Urgent Help Needed for Nalini Ambady
 Dear SCP Friends and Colleagues,
We have an unusual but very important request: Former SCP Keynote Speaker, Nalini Ambady, has leukemia and urgently needs a bone marrow transplant.
Because Nalini is of Indian descent and Indian donors are very unrepresented in existing donor pools, finding a match for her is very difficult. She
has only 8 weeks left to find a matching donor, who most likely has to be Indian as well. Nalini is a mother of two, a beloved professor and mentor,
and a wonderful person. You can find out more about her at www.nalinineedsyou.com,
and by watching
this video that explains her current situation.
You can help save her life by joining the bone marrow registry. This is very simple and takes almost no time. Search for a nearby drive that you can join
in person here or complete the online registration below.
- Complete the online registration
(if you're in the US) or via datriworld.org (if you're in India).
This takes less than 10 minutes.
- You will receive a kit in the mail. You swab your cheek with the provided cotton swab and mail it back in the pre-stamped envelope.
That's it!
Finally, please forward this email or share these links with your South Asian friends, relatives, and colleagues, even if you do not sign up yourself.
Visit www.nalinineedsyou.com for more information and ways to spread the
word, or if you have any questions, please shoot an email to helpnalininow@gmail.com.
Thank you,
The SCP Executive Board on behalf of “Team Ambady”
P.S. Does donating bone marrow sound painful or high-risk to you? It's not! Donating marrow is similar to donating blood. If you have questions about
the processes, you can find an answer here.
Best regards,
Michel Pham
SCP at APA Conference Registration and Hotel Reservations
New SCP President Elect: Susan Broniarczyk
 Susan M. Broniarczyk is the
Sam Barshop Centennial Professor in Marketing Administration. Her research examines consumer behavior and decision-making with
a focus on brand and product management, product recommendations and advice, and gift-giving. She has won awards for her research
from the Society for Consumer Psychology and the American Marketing Association (Howard and O'Dell awards). She serves as
associate editor at the Journal of Marketing Research and on the editorial boards of the Journal of Consumer Research,
Journal of Consumer Psychology, and Journal of Marketing. She has been active in the Association for Consumer
Research serving on its advisory board, as Treasurer, and 2001 ACR conference co-chair. Professor Broniarczyk received a B.S. in
Marketing from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and a Ph.D. in Marketing from the University of Florida.
New SCP Secretary Treasurer: Tina Lowrey
 Tina M. Lowrey is Professor of
Marketing at the University of Texas at San Antonio. She holds a Ph.D. in Communications (University of Illinois), an M.S. in
Advertising (University of Illinois), and a B.B.A. in Finance (University of Houston). She was previously a faculty member at Rider
University, and has held visiting positions at Ecole Superieur de Commerce de Paris, the Stern School of Business at New York
University, Tulane University, the University of Sydney, and the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. She currently
serves on the editorial review boards of the Journal of Consumer Psychology, Journal of Advertising, Media
Psychology, and Psychology & Marketing. Her research interests include the application of psycholinguistic theory
to marketing communications, children's understanding of brand symbolism, and gift-giving and ritual. Her research has appeared
in the Journal of Consumer Psychology, Journal of Consumer Research, Journal of Advertising, and
other journals. Her two most recent edited books are Brick & Mortar Shopping in the 21st Century (2008, Lawrence
Erlbaum Associates) and Psycholinguistic Phenomena in Marketing Communications (2007, Lawrence Erlbaum Associates).
She has chaired an ACP conference (2006) and the APA Div. 23 summer conference (1999) and co-chaired ACR's Latin American
conference (2008) and their European conference (1999). She served as Treasurer of ACR for a two-year term (2008-2009), as the
co-chair of SCP's Branding & Design Committee (2011-2012; charged with the JCP cover design among other things), and is
currently a member of SCP's Advisory Panel and SCP's subcommittee on web design.
Aradhna Krishna Named SCP Fellow
Aradhna Krishna is the Dwight F. Benton Professor of Marketing at the Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan. She
received her Ph.D. from New York University in 1989, her M.B.A. from the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad in 1984
and her B.A. in Economics from Delhi University in 1979. Besides the Ross school, she has also spent time at Columbia
University, New York University and the National University of Singapore. Aradhna's scientific contributions are broad,
programmatic, and interdisciplinary. One signature aspect of her work is that she has repeatedly initiated new lines of inquiry
that grew into large and active domains of research, bringing together researchers from different fields and traditions. An
excellent recent example is her work on sensory marketing, which brought together disparate work on the senses (conducted by
researchers in psychology, physiology, biology, arts, and advertising) and channeled it into a rigorous field of consumer
research. Aradhna is an outstanding consumer psychologist who has made novel and important contributions to consumer
psychology as a science. The Society of Consumer Psychology is pleased to name her as an SCP Fellow, our organization's highest
honor.
2013 ACP Conference Call for Papers
The deadline for abstract submission to the 2013 Advertising and Consumer Psychology Conference (June 13-15, San Diego) has been extended to
February 11, 2013. This year's conference features the topic of Consumer Psychology in a Social Media World. Please submit extended
abstracts of up to 1,500 words via email to any of the conference co-chairs: Claudiu Dimofte,
Curt Haugtvedt, or Richard Yalch.
Authors will receive decisions by March 15th.
Call for Papers
2013 SCP Conference Registration is Open
SCP Voting Now Open
SCP members may now vote for president and secretary/treasurer. The deadline for voting is January 20, 2013.
2012 ACP Conference Registration is Open
The Society for Consumer Psychology (SCP) will be holding its annual Advertising and Consumer
Psychology conference on 19–21 December 2012 in Singapore. This conference, in partnership with
ACI, is the first ever ACP conference held in Asia.
The theme of the conference is "The Asian Consumer." The conference will serve as an
international forum to assess the relevance of consumer psychology models for understanding the
Asian consumer, and conversely, to explore new contributions to consumer psychology based on
Asian consumer insight.
The conference will employ a variety of presentation and discussion formats. In addition to
plenary academic sessions presenting the latest research findings, there will be two keynote
speakers (one academic and one from industry) and a round table of consumer insight practitioners.
Conference Registration
2013 Summer SCP at APA (Division 23) Call for Papers
The Society for Consumer Psychology (SCP) will hold its summer conference as part the 121st Annual
Convention of the American Psychological Association (APA) from July 31st to August 4th 2013 at the
Hawaii Convention Center. SCP (Division 23 of APA) represents consumer researchers and psychologists
interested in a broad range of consumer research issues united by psychological theories. We are
seeking competitive papers, working papers (posters), special session symposia, and skill building
sessions. Diverse themes and methodological approaches are welcome. We especially welcome submissions
that address topics related to addictive or excessive consumer behaviors (e.g., gambling, video-gaming,
over-eating, compulsive buying, excessive use of social media), as well as research that addresses
consumer welfare at the individual or societal level (e.g., materialism, sustainability, youth and
family risk, food and health decision making).
All submissions must be made through the APA website
by the November 16, 2012 deadline.
If you have any questions (or any trouble using the conference submission website), please feel free
to contact the Division 23 conference chair:
Rebecca Walker Naylor, The Ohio State
University.
More Information | Conference Website
Nominations for SCP Elections
The Society for Consumer Psychology is currently seeking nominations for a number of positions in the organization.
First, we seek nominations for the position of President Elect for 2013. The President Elect serves a three year term on the
SCP Board, assuming the duties of President Elect the first year, President the second year, and Past President the third
year—positions presently held by Darren Dahl as President Elect, Michel Pham as President, and Vicki Morwitz as Past President.
Second, we seek nominations for the position of Secretary-Treasurer. Duties for this position involve administrative support for
the organization, oversight of the financial state of the organization, and maintenance of the historical database of the society.
This position is a two year term on the SCP Board and is currently held by Tiffany White who will be retiring from the position
after this year.
Finally, we seek nominations for the Ethnic Minority Affairs Committee Chair. Duties for this position are centered in addressing
issues pertaining to minority populations in the organization, leading ad hoc committees as necessitated, and representing minority
populations in all society meetings. This position is also a three year term position and is currently held by Maura Scott who will
be retiring from the chair this year.
Full descriptions of these positions and the full list of past SCP Presidents and current officers can be found
here on the SCP website. Nominees must be current SCP members.
Please email your suggestions to current SCP President elect, Darren Dahl,
by Monday, October 15, 2012. In your nomination email please provide the person's name, place of employment, and a brief description
of why you recommend this person for SCP President-Elect. Self-nominations are welcome.
SCP International Conference 2012
Taskforce on Scientific Practices within SCP
A number of events in the past 12 months have combined to threaten the scientific credibility of our field (and the related field of social psychology).
As a professional organization whose mission is to advance the science of consumer psychology—a community of consumer scholars, we all take these threats
very seriously.
To address these issues, in March 2012 the Executive Board of SCP appointed a "Super-Committee on Scientific Practices in Consumer Psychology" (SCSP)
with the mission to develop a comprehensive set of guidelines to strengthen the science that is practiced and disseminated in our field. Chaired by
former SCP President L.J. Shrum, this "Super-Committee" has been assembled to reflect the diversity of perspectives that must be taken into account
in this broad endeavor. It includes senior associates of the Society's flagship journal, preeminent scholars in the field, representatives of the SCP
Ethics Committee, and representatives of our broad community of emerging consumer scholars.
Read the full announcement
2012 ACP Conference Call for Papers Extension
The submission deadline for the 2012 Advertising and Consumer Psychology (ACP) Conference has been
extended to July 31, 2012. Please submit all abstracts and proposals to
acp2012singapore@gmail.com.
All decisions will be made by August 31, 2012 and successful applicants will be notified by email.
Further Details
Inaugural Advisory Panel
The Society for Consumer Psychology is pleased to announce the members of its inaugural
Advisory Panel. The Advisory Panel's mission is to represent the collective "voice" of the
SCP membership and advise the executive leadership of the Society on various matters such as
preferences for conferences, research themes, and organizational priorities. The members will
serve a two year-term, starting July 1, 2012 and ending June 30, 2014. (Additional members will be
appointed next year for a term starting July 1, 2013 and ending June 30, 2015).
Shelly Jain, University of Washington (Chair)
Onur Bodur, Concordia University
Amy Dalton, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Adam Duhachek, Indiana University
David Gal, Northwestern University
Joseph Goodman, Washington University, St. Louis
Ayelet Gneezy, University of California, San Diego
Paul Herr, Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Donna Hoffman, University of California, Riverside
Amna Kirmani, University of Maryland
Anand Kumar, University of South Florida
Tina Lowrey, University of Texas, San Antonio
Rebecca Naylor, Ohio State University
Ji Kyung Park, University of Delaware
Martin Reimann, University of Southern California
Karen Winterich, Pennsylvania State University
We invite all our members to leverage this important new governance resource and reach out to any panel
representative to share interests, views, or concerns that they may have with respect to SCP. We thank
the panel representatives for agreeing to serve SCP in this important capacity, and look forward to
working with them in support of SCP's mission.
Michel Pham
SCP President
SCP Officially Endorses the Social Psychology Network
The Society for Consumer Psychology, Division 23 of the American Psychological Association, is pleased
to endorse Social Psychology Network (SPN) as an outstanding resource for consumer psychologists to share
and disseminate psychological knowledge, expertise, and research findings. SPN is a scientific and
educational portal that offers many resources of interest to
consumer psychologists, such as professional
directories, blogs, news feeds, course syllabi, teaching materials, and online studies.
One of SPN's most valuable features is an interactive online directory of more than 1,900 professional
profiles. This directory permits psychological scientists to post their research interests, publications,
laboratory information, social media links, and course pages. Because the directory includes
professionals from many different areas of psychology, it represents an excellent means for consumer psychologists
to reach out to the broader community of psychological scientists and publicize their research
interests and findings.
We encourage anyone interested in consumer psychology to take advantage of SPN's unique resources and
support its mission by becoming a member of the Network.
Michel Pham
SCP President
ACP Call for Conference-Hosting Proposals
The Society for Consumer Psychology will be sponsoring its 32nd annual Advertising and Consumer Psychology (ACP)
Conference in 2013 and is soliciting proposals from institutions interested in organizing and hosting the
conference.
Further Details
Call for Nominations
The Society for Consumer Psychology is seeking nominations of qualified individuals for SCP Fellow status. Please
consult the announcement document
for the nomination procedure, criteria, and further information.
Annual Dissertation Proposal Competition
SCP announces its Annual Dissertation Proposal Competition. The winner will receive $1,000, and two runners-up will
receive $500. In addition to the monetary award, the three recipients will present their research at the 2013 Society
for Consumer Psychology Conference in San Antonio, TX, and will be recognized at the conference. The deadline for
submission is May 21, 2012. Please consult the contest page for further information.
Sad News
SCP is deeply saddened by the news of Professor Alice M. Isen's passing on Wednesday, February 29, 2012.
Alice was a leading social and consumer psychologist whose research on positive affect has had an enormous influence on psychology
and on marketing and consumer research. A devoted friend of the Society, Alice chaired several critical SCP committees over the years,
including the Scientific Affairs Committee, and was a long-time member of the Editorial Review Board of the Journal of Consumer
Psychology. She was named an SCP Fellow for her outstanding contribution to the field of consumer psychology.
Alice received her Ph.D. in Psychology from Stanford University in 1968. She was the SC Johnson Professor of Marketing and Professor of
Psychology at Cornell University.
The Society will profoundly miss her.
New SCP President-Elect
The Society for Consumer Psychology is pleased to announce the election of Professor Darren Dahl of the University of British Columbia
as President-Elect of the Society as of February 17, 2012. In this capacity, he will serve a three-year term in the executive leadership
of the Society: one year as President-Elect, one year as standing President, and one year as Immediate Past President. Darren Dahl is
the Fred H. Siller Professor in Applied Marketing Research, and Professor and Chair, Marketing Division at the Saunder School of Business at
the University of British Columbia, where he also received his Ph.D.
Cornelia (Connie) Pechmann Named JCP Editor
 The publications committee of the Society
for Consumer Psychology is pleased to announce that Cornelia (Connie) Pechmann will be the new editor of the Journal of Consumer
Psychology. Connie will start processing new manuscripts on January 1, 2012. C.W. Park, who has served as editor since 2008, will
continue processing revisions through June 30, 2012. After that date Connie will process all manuscripts. SCP wants to thank C.W. for his
dedication and excellent service to JCP.
C.W. Park Named SCP Fellow
 The Society of Consumer
Psychology (SCP) is thrilled to announce that C. W. Park has been named an SCP Fellow, which is SCP's
highest honor. The SCP Fellowship is awarded to recognize an SCP member's unusual and outstanding contribution to or
performance in the field of consumer psychology. We will make a public announcement of this award at the upcoming SCP
conference in Las Vegas, February 16-18, 2012, where C.W. will make a Fellow's address.
C.W. Park is the Joseph A. DeBell Professor of Marketing at the Marshall School of Business at the University of Southern
California. Prior to joining USC, Professor Park was the Albert Wesley Frey Distinguished Professor of Marketing at the Katz
School of Business at the University of Pittsburgh (1979-1997). He holds a B.A. degree in German language and literature from
Seoul National University in Korea, and an M.S. and Ph.D. in Business Administration from the University of Illinois.
C.W. has been awarded this honor both for his active service to SCP and for his contributions as a scholar to the field of
consumer psychology. C.W. Park has been an active member of SCP for many years, and has served as the Editor of our leading
journal, the Journal of Consumer Psychology since 2008. He has published numerous articles in our field's leading journals
and has made important contributions to our understanding of individual and dyadic decision-making and choice, information
processing, marketing communications, social influence, branding, and attachment.
Please join me in congratulating C.W. for this well-deserved honor. Please also join me in thanking SCP's fellow committee;
Richard Lutz (chair), Joe Alba, and Frank Kardes.
Vicki Morwitz
President, SCP
Deadline Approaching for Small Grants Applications
SCP is pleased to announce the implementation of a Small Grants Program that will provide funding for initiatives that
further the goals and vision of SCP.
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New SCP President-Elect Announced
The Society for Consumer Psychology is pleased to announce the election of Professor Michel Tuan Pham of Columbia University as President-Elect of the Society as of February 24, 2011. In this capacity, he will serve a three-year term in the executive leadership of the Society: one year as President-Elect, one year as standing President, and one year as Immediate Past President. Michel Tuan Pham is the Kravis Professor of Business in Marketing at the Graduate School of Business of Columbia University. He received his PhD in Marketing from the University of Florida, Gainesville.
New ACP Book Series Release
ANNOUNCEMENT
The Society for Consumer Psychology is pleased to announce a SCP Diversity Travel Scholarship. This travel scholarship is intended to support the goal of increasing ethnic minority doctoral students' participation in the society and supporting the professional development of ethnic minority doctoral students interested in consumer psychology. Applicants must be from one of the following underrepresented populations: African American, Hispanic American, or Native American. Deadline: September 1, 2010.
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SCP Voting Now Open
SCP members may now vote for president and on ratification of SCP's by-laws. The deadline for voting is midnight, January 20, 2011. Voting for 2011 SCP president and bylaws are now closed and results will be announced shortly.
JCP Named Top Research Journal
JCP has been added to the list of top research journals recognized by the Financial Times!
Uncanny Resemblance?
In his presidential address at SCP, Hans Baumgartner suggested that Meg Meloy and Adam Duhachek might actually start to look like one another after working together on our recent SCP conference. You decide!
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