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Gavan J. Fitzsimons is the Edward S. & Rose K. Donnell Distinguished Professor of Marketing and Psychology at Duke University's Fuqua School of Business, with a secondary appointment in the Department of Psychology & Neuroscience. He is a Faculty Network Member of the Duke Institute for Brain Sciences. His research bridges consumer psychology, behavioral decision-making, and social cognition, focusing on nonconscious influences on consumption patterns.
- Education: Ph.D., Columbia University (1995)
Key research themes include subconscious consumer behavior, brand relationships, health-related consumption, and social dynamics in purchasing decisions. Recent work examines financial stress effects on purchase satisfaction, secret consumer behaviors in relationships, and pandemic-related decision-making.
Notable trends in his 2023-2025 publications involve
- Marketing's subconscious influence (2025: Quality-Quantity Tradeoffs)
- Brand teasing as relationship-building (2025: Humor in Branding)
- Financial constraint effects on consumer happiness (2024: Opportunity Cost Analysis)
- Crisis behavior during pandemics (2024: Prosociality Across 39 Countries)
- Health behavior spillovers in families (2024: Parental Food Choices)
Scientific Contributions include
- Foundational work on nonconscious consumer psychology (2008 JCP editorial)
- Methodological innovations in moderated regression analysis (2013 JMR)
- Behavioral economics of brand sincerity effects (2015 JCR)
