JENNIFER J. ARGO Department of Marketing, Business Economics and Law 3-20J Business Building University of Alberta Edmonton, Alberta Canada, T6G 2R6 780.492.3900 Email: jennifer.argo@ualberta.ca EDUCATION Ph.D. Marketing University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, 2003 B.Comm.(Hons.) International Business University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada 1999 PROFESSIONAL AND ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE 2014-present Professor, University of Alberta Carthy Professor of Marketing 2011-2014 Professor, University of Alberta George M. Cormie Professor of Marketing 2007-2011 Associate Professor, University of Alberta 2010 Visiting Associate Professor, University of Colorado at Boulder 2009 Visiting Associate Professor, Duke University 2003-2007 Assistant Professor, University of Alberta Roger S. Smith Assistant Professor of Business 2003 Lecturer, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada 2002 Lecturer, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada 2001 Teaching Assistant, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada 2001 Consultant, National Research Council, Winnipeg, Canada 1998-2001 Research Assistant, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada.
“Physical Contact Increases Financial Risk-Taking,” with Jonathan Behavioral Decision Research in Management, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, June 2010 “Meeting the Right Person at the Right Time: The Role of Time Perspective in Interpersonal Communication,” with Anne-Laure Sellier and Edith Shalev, Society for Consumer Psychology, St. Pete’s Beach, February 2010. “Neural Mechanisms Underlying the Impact of Social Interactions on Decision Making: An fMRI Investigation,” with Keen Sung, Sanda Dolcos, Ekaterina Denkova, Takahiko Masuda and Florin Dolcos, Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Las Vegas, January 2010. "You Copied! The Negative Implications of Uniqueness Violations," with Katherine White, Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Las Vegas, January 2010. “Cultural Differences in Reactions to Social Identity Threat: When Does Identity Bolstering Occur?” with Katherine White, Cross Cultural Research Conference, Puerto Vallarta, December 2009. “Physical Contact Increases Financial Risk-Taking,” with Jonathan Levav, Society for Judgment and Decision-Making, Boston, November 2009. “Once More, With Feeling: The Effect of Touch on Risk-Taking,” with Jonathan Levav, Association for Consumer Research, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, October 2009. “How Shopping with Friends Affects Consumer Spending,” with Didem Kurt, and J. Jeffrey Inman, Association for Consumer Research, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, October 2009. “The Morphing Self: Changing Self-concept as a Response to Threats,” with Christian Schmid, Association for Consumer Research, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, October 2009. “Positive Consumer Contamination: Responses to Attractive Others in a Retail Context,” with Darren W. Dahl and Andrea C. Morales, Association for Consumer Research, Memphis Tennessee, October 2007. “Social Identity Threat and Consumer Preferences: The Role of Self-protection,” with Katherine White, Association for Consumer Research, Memphis Tennessee, October 2007. “The Morphing Self: Changing Self-concept as a Response to Threats,” with Christian Schmid, Association for Consumer Research, Memphis Tennessee, October 2007. “When Social Influences have Far Reaching Implications,” with Monica Popa, Association for Consumer Research, Memphis Tennessee, October 2007.
“Motives for Deception in Consumer Word-of-Mouth Communication,” with Katherine While and Darren W. Dahl, Association for Consumer Research, Portland, Oregon, October 7–10, 2004. “Are Metaperceptions a Viable Explanation for Low Coupon Redemption with Kelley J. Main, Association for Consumer Research, Atlanta, Georgia. “Warning! Proceed with Caution: A Meta-Analysis of the Effectiveness of Warning Labels,” with Kelley J. Main, Association for Consumer Research, Austin, Texas, October 2001. “The Red-faced Customer: Investigating Embarrassment In the Context of Consumer Purchase,” with Darren W. Dahl and Rajesh V. Manchanda, Association for Consumer Research, Salt Lake City, Utah, October 19-22, 2000. “Embarrassment in the Consumption Context,” with Darren W. Dahl and Rajesh V. Manchanda, Administrative Sciences Association of Canada, Montreal, Quebec, June 8-11, 2000. RESEARCH IN PROGRESS “The Last One on Roll Call, the Last One to Leave the Store: The Last Name Effect and Unplanned Shopping,” with Didem Kurt and J. Jeffrey Inman, revising for resubmission to the Journal of Consumer Research. “Destructive Disposal,” with Virginia and Jonah Berger, manuscript in preparation for submission to the Journal of Consumer Research. “The Impact of a Customer’s Body Shape on Product Recommendations,” with Beth Vallen, Daniel Rubin, Veronika Ilyuk, and Lauren Block, manuscript in preparation for submission to Journal of Consumer Research. “Dressing Room Nightmares,” with Tracey Danaher, manuscript in preparation for submission to Journal of Consumer Reseach. “Status by Association,” with Brent McFerran, data collection. “ Dim or Bright? The Influence of Ambient Illuminance on Consumer Creativity,” with Chen Wang, Ravi Mehta, and Rui (Juliet) Zhu, data collection. “The Effects of Social Norm Violations on Consumer-to-Consumer Punishment,” with Lily Lin and Darren Dahl, data collection. “Consumption of Public Goods,” with Ke Tu, data collection.