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Tina LOWREY

Emeritus 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

Recycling as a Marketing Problem: A Coherent Framework for Strategy Development

Psychology and Marketing, 1994, vol. 11, n° 4, pp 393-416, (in coll. with L. J. SHRUM, J. MCCARTY)

The Interaction of Endorser Attractiveness and Involvement in Persuasion Depends on the Goal That Guides Message Processing

Journal of Consumer Psychology, 1994, vol. 3, n° 2, pp 137-162, (in coll. with S. SHAVITT, M. WANKE, S. SWAN)

Gift Selection for Easy and Difficult Recipients: A Social Roles Interpretation

Journal of Consumer Research, 1993, vol. 20, n° 2, pp 229-244, (in coll. with C. OTNES, Y. CHAN KIM)

Attitude Functions in Advertising: The Interactive Role of Products and Self-Monitoring

Journal of Consumer Psychology, 1992, vol. 1, n° 4, pp 337-364, (in coll. with S. SHAVITT, S.-P. HAN)

Books

Chapters in edited books

Proceedings

Working papers

Scientific articles

Tastlé-Nestlé, Toogle-Google: The effects of similarity to familiar brand names in brand name innovation

Journal of Business Research, July 2016, vol. 69, n° 3, pp 1182–1189, (in coll. with A. KRONROD)

Teen attitudes toward luxury fashion brands from a social identity perspective: A cross-cultural study of French and U.S. teenagers

Journal of Business Research, 3 February 2016, vol. 69, n° 12, pp 5785-5792, (in coll. with E. GENTINA, L. SHRUM)

Communicating product size using sound and shape symbolism

Journal of Product and Brand Management, 2015, vol. 24, n° 5, pp 472-480, (in coll. with S. BAXTER, J. ILICIC, A. KULCZYNSKI)

Identity-Based Motivations and Anticipated Reckoning: Contributions to Gift-Giving Theory from an Identity-Stripping Context

Journal of Consumer Psychology, July 2015, vol. 25, n° 3, pp 431-448, (in coll. with J. G. KLEIN, C. C. OTNES)

Books

Chapters in edited books

Proceedings

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

  • 2025- Emeritus Professor HEC Paris

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)

  • 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