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Tina LOWREY

Professor

Marketing

Member of Pedagogy Committee
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Biography

Tina M. Lowrey is Professor of Marketing at HEC Paris. She holds a Ph.D. in Communications and an M.S. in Advertising from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and a B.B.A. in Finance from the University of Houston. She was previously a faculty member at the University of Texas at San Antonio and at Rider University. She has also taught at the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and has held visiting professor positions at the NYU Stern School of Business, Tulane University, ESCP and University of Sydney.

Tina Lowrey’s research interests include children's understanding of brand symbolism, gift giving and ritual, and the application of psycholinguistic theory to marketing communications. Her research has appeared in leading journals in marketing, psychology, and communication, including Journal of Consumer Research, Journal of Consumer Psychology, and Journal of Advertising, as well as numerous edited volumes. She has edited three scholarly books, including the 2008 Brick & Mortar Shopping in the 21st Century (Erlbaum) and the 2007 Psycholinguistic Phenomena in Marketing Communications (Erlbaum).

Tina M. Lowrey serves on the editorial review boards of the Journal of Consumer Psychology, Journal of Advertising, and Media Psychology. She also currently serves on the Policy Board of Journal of Consumer Research. 

Scientific articles

The Effects of Social Media Consumption on Adolescent Psychological Well-Being

The Journal of the Association for Consumer Research, Forthcoming, vol. 9, n° 2, (in coll. with E. FUMAGALLI, L. J. SHRUM)

An integrative review of gift-giving research in consumer behavior and marketing

Journal of Consumer Psychology, July 2023, vol. 33, n° 3, pp 529-545, (in coll. with J. GIVI, L. BIRG, J. GALAK)

Coping with loneliness through consumption

Journal of Consumer Psychology, April 2023, vol. 33, n° 2, pp 441-465, (in coll. with L. J. SHRUM, E. Fumagalli)

Consuming In Response to Loneliness: Bright Side and Dark Side Effects

Current Opinion in Psychology, August 2022, vol. 46, n° 101329, (in coll. with E. FUMAGALLI, L. J. SHRUM)

Psychological causes, correlates, and consequences of materialism

Consumer Psychology Review, January 2022, vol. 5, n° 1, pp 69-86, (in coll. with L. J. SHRUM, L. NGUYEN CHAPLIN)

COVID-19 is Feminine: Grammatical Gender Influences Danger Perceptions and Precautionary Behavioral Intentions by Activating Gender Stereotypes

Journal of Consumer Psychology, April 2022, vol. 32, n° 2, pp 316-325, (in coll. with A. MECIT, L. J. SHRUM)

The Effect of Altruistic Gift Giving on Self-Indulgence in Affordable Luxury

Journal of Business Research, July 2022, vol. 146, pp 84-94, (in coll. with N. CHEN, F. E. PETERSEN)

Grammatical Gender and Anthropomorphism: “It” Depends on the Language

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, September 2022, vol. 123, n° 3, pp 503-517, (in coll. with A. MECIT, L. J. SHRUM)

Real Men Don't Buy "Mrs. Clean": Gender Bias in Gendered Brands

The Journal of the Association for Consumer Research, April 2021, vol. 6, n° 2, (in coll. with N. Spielmann, S. Dobscha)

Can the youth materialism scale be used across different countries and cultures?

International Journal of Market Research, 5 May 2021, vol. 63, n° 3, pp 317-334, (in coll. with A. M. Zawadzka, A. Nairn, L. Hudders, A. Bakir, A. Rogers, V. Cauberghe, E. Gentina, H. LI, F. Spotswood)

Books

APA Handbook of Consumer Psychology

American Psychological Association_APA (in coll. with L. R. KAHLE, J. HUBER)

The Routledge Companion to Consumer Behavior

Routledge, London (in coll. with Michael R. SOLOMON)

Latin American Advances in Consumer Research

Association for Consumer Research (in coll. with E. GONZALEZ)

Brick & Mortar Shopping in the 21st Century

Psychology Press

Psycholinguistic Phenomena in Marketing Communications

Psychology Press

Contemporary Consumption Rituals

Psychology Press (in coll. with C. C. Otnes)

Chapters in edited books

Language and consumer psychology.

Apa Handbook Of Consumer Psychology, L. R. Kahle, T. M. Lowrey, J. Huber, American Psychological Association_APA, IV, 451-470

Sounds Convey Meaning, The Implications of Phonetic Symbolism for Brand Name Construction

Psycholinguistic Phenomena In Marketing Communications, T. M. Lowrey (Eds), Francis & Taylor Publishing

Children’s materialism and identity development

Handbook Of Research On Identity Theory In Marketing, A. Reed and M. Forehand, Edward Elgar Publishing, 434-447

Conducting International Consumer Research with Children: Challenges and Potential Solutions

The Routledge Companion To Consumer Behavior, Michael R. Solomon, Tina M. Lowrey, Routledge, London

The Influence of Marketing Language On Brand Attitudes and Choice

The Routledge Companion To Consumer Behavior, Michael R. Solomon, Tina M. Lowrey, Routledge, London

The Aesthetics of Brand Name Design: Form, Fit, Fluency, and Phonetics

The Psychology Of Design : Creating Consumer Appeal, R. Batra, C. Seifert, D. Brei (Eds), Routledge, London, 180-196

Preface

Latin American Advances In Consumer Research, E. Gonzalez, T. M. Lowrey, Association for Consumer Research, 3

Proceedings

Alternative Worldviews on Human – Nonhuman Relations: The Turkish Case

2018 Association for Consumer Research conference , 2018 , Dallas, Texas (A. MECIT)

Linguistic Antecedents of Anthropomorphism

2018 Association for Consumer Research conference , 2018 , Dallas, Texas (A. MECIT, L. SHRUM)

Linguistic antecedents of anthropomorphism: Cultural differences in attributing humanlike states to non-human agents

Society for Consumer Psychology , 2018 , Dallas, TX (A. MECIT, L. SHRUM)

You run when time flies: Time metaphors affect inferences from the speed of time

SIM Doctoral & Research Colloquium , 2018 , Florence (A. MECIT, L.J. SHRUM)

Working papers

Scientific articles

An integrative review of gift-giving research in consumer behavior and marketing

Journal of Consumer Psychology, July 2023, vol. 33, n° 3, pp 529-545, (in coll. with J. GIVI, L. BIRG, J. GALAK)

Coping with loneliness through consumption

Journal of Consumer Psychology, April 2023, vol. 33, n° 2, pp 441-465, (in coll. with L. J. SHRUM, E. Fumagalli)

Consuming In Response to Loneliness: Bright Side and Dark Side Effects

Current Opinion in Psychology, August 2022, vol. 46, n° 101329, (in coll. with E. FUMAGALLI, L. J. SHRUM)

COVID-19 is Feminine: Grammatical Gender Influences Danger Perceptions and Precautionary Behavioral Intentions by Activating Gender Stereotypes

Journal of Consumer Psychology, April 2022, vol. 32, n° 2, pp 316-325, (in coll. with A. MECIT, L. J. SHRUM)

Books

APA Handbook of Consumer Psychology

American Psychological Association_APA (in coll. with L. R. KAHLE, J. HUBER)

The Routledge Companion to Consumer Behavior

Routledge, London (in coll. with Michael R. SOLOMON)

Latin American Advances in Consumer Research

Association for Consumer Research (in coll. with E. GONZALEZ)

Brick & Mortar Shopping in the 21st Century

Psychology Press

Chapters in edited books

Language and consumer psychology.

Apa Handbook Of Consumer Psychology, L. R. Kahle, T. M. Lowrey, J. Huber, American Psychological Association_APA, IV, 451-470

Sounds Convey Meaning, The Implications of Phonetic Symbolism for Brand Name Construction

Psycholinguistic Phenomena In Marketing Communications, T. M. Lowrey (Eds), Francis & Taylor Publishing

Children’s materialism and identity development

Handbook Of Research On Identity Theory In Marketing, A. Reed and M. Forehand, Edward Elgar Publishing, 434-447

Conducting International Consumer Research with Children: Challenges and Potential Solutions

The Routledge Companion To Consumer Behavior, Michael R. Solomon, Tina M. Lowrey, Routledge, London

Proceedings

Alternative Worldviews on Human – Nonhuman Relations: The Turkish Case

2018 Association for Consumer Research conference , 2018 , Dallas, Texas (A. MECIT)

Linguistic Antecedents of Anthropomorphism

2018 Association for Consumer Research conference , 2018 , Dallas, Texas (A. MECIT, L. SHRUM)

Linguistic antecedents of anthropomorphism: Cultural differences in attributing humanlike states to non-human agents

Society for Consumer Psychology , 2018 , Dallas, TX (A. MECIT, L. SHRUM)

You run when time flies: Time metaphors affect inferences from the speed of time

SIM Doctoral & Research Colloquium , 2018 , Florence (A. MECIT, L.J. SHRUM)

Working papers

Education

  • Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - USA
  • M. S., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - USA
  • B.B.A., University of Houston - USA

Academic appointments

Academic Responsibilities at HEC

  • 2014- Member of Pedagogy Committee HEC Paris
  • 2013- Member of GREGHEC, the joint research laboratory CNRS-HEC Paris HEC Paris
  • 2013- Professor HEC Paris

External Academic Responsibilities

  • 2007-2013 Visiting Professor Tulane University
  • 2005-2013 Professor of Marketing University of Texas at San Antonio

Scientific Activities

Membership in Academic or Professional Organisation

  • Member, American Academy of Advertising
  • Member, Association for Consumer Research
  • Member, Society for Consumer Psychology (APA - Division 23)

Editorial activities

  • March 2023- President of the Association for Consumer Research (ACR)
  • 2013- Guest Associate Editor, Sage Open
  • 2002- Guest Editor, Special Issue "Psychology, Marketing Psycholinguistics", Psychology Marketing, 19 (7-8)
  • FWO-Expert Panel GM2: Economics, Business Economics, and Management
  • Member, Editorial Review Board, Journal of Advertising (Outstanding Review Awards, 2006 2010)
  • Member, Editorial Review Board, Journal of Consumer Psychology
  • Member, Editorial Review Board, Media Psychology
  • Member, Editorial Review Board, Psychology Marketing

  • Conference organisation

  • 2015- Co-Chair, European Marketing Academy conference, Consumer Behavior track, Leuven
  • 2014- Co-Chair, 2014 Latin American Association for Consumer Research conference, Guadalajara
  • 2013- Co-Chair, 2013 Transformative Consumer Research conference (Materialism Track), Lille