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Academic Background

B.A., economics and psychology, University of Rochester
M.S., marketing, Baruch College/City University of New York
Ph.D., business administration (marketing concentration), University of Minnesota

Research Specialties

• Branding
• Cultural stereotypes and consumer behavior
• Nonprofit marketing
• Luxury consumption

Current Research

• Consumers’ reactions to accented speech in marketing contexts
• Impact of corporate sponsorship on nonprofits’ fundraising efforts
• Luck, fate and consumer decision making
• Concealing luxury consumption

Significant Scholarly Honors

• AMA-Sheth Doctoral Consortium Fellow, University of Missouri-Columbia, 2008
• Carlson School of Management McNamara Fellowship, 2007
• Roland A. Vaile Graduate Fellowship in Marketing, 2007
• American Marketing Association Foundation Valuing Diversity Award, 2006
• 3M / National Black MBA Association Twin Cities Chapter Ph.D. Scholarship, 2006
• CIBER Doctoral Internationalization Consortium in Marketing Fellow, UT Austin, 2006
• Beta Gamma Sigma, 2002