Areas of Expertise
Consumer Behavior, Interpersonal Relationships, Time, and Consumer Well-Being
Academic Degrees
- Ph.D. Business Administration, Duke University
- B.S. Economics, Arizona State University
- B.S. Marketing, Arizona State University
Awards, Honors & Certificates
- Sauvain Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching 2024 (winner)
- Trustees Teaching Award: 2022 (finalist), 2023 (winner)
- AMA-Sheth Foundation Doctoral Consortium Fellow, 2019
Selected Publications
- Wight, K. G., Liu, P. J., Zhou, L., and Fitzsimons, G. J. (2024). Sharing Food Can Backfire: When Healthy Choices for Children Lead Parents to Make Unhealthy Choices for Themselves. Journal of Marketing Research, 61(3), 451-471.
- Brick*, D. J., Wight*, K. G., and Fitzsimons, G. J. (2023). Secret Consumer Behavior in Close Relationships. Journal of Consumer Psychology, 33(2), 403-411 (*denotes equal contribution).
- Brick, D. J., Wight, K. G., Bettman, J. R., Chartrand, T. L., and Fitzsimons, G. J. (2023). Celebrate Good Times: How Celebrations Increase Perceived Social Support. Journal of Public Policy & Marketing, 42(2), 115–132.
- Rifkin, J. R., Wight, K. G., and Cutright, K. M. (2023). No Bandwidth to Self-Gift: How Feeling Constrained Discourages Self-Gifting. Journal of Consumer Research, 50(2), 343–362.
- Bollinger, B., Gillingham, K., and Wight, K. G. (2023). Making Pro-Social Social: The Effectiveness of Social Proof for Energy Conservation using Social Media. Journal of the Association for Consumer Research (Special Issue: Climate Change), 8(3), 290-300..
- Wight, K. G., Liu, P. J., Bettman, J. R., and Fitzsimons, G. J. (2022). Social Relationships and Consumer Behavior. In Huber, J., Kahle, L., and Lowery, T. (Eds.) The APA Handbook of Consumer Psychology (351–372), American Psychological Association.
- Gullo, K., Berger, J., Etkin, J., and Bollinger, B. (2019). Does Time of Day Affect Variety-Seeking? Journal of Consumer Research, 46(1), 20-35.
Edited on July 1, 2024