Ankita Kumar

Assistant Professor of Markets, Innovation & Design

Education

  • PhD, Marketing, Sociology, University of Wisconsin, 2019.
  • MBA, Business Administration, University of Arkansas, 2011.
  • PhD, Anthropology, University of Arkansas, 2009.

Faculty Research Interests

  • Healthcare
  • Services Marketing
  • Political Consumerism

Recent and Representative Publications

Thompson, J. C., Kumar, A., (2022) Analyzing the Cultural Contradictions of Authenticity: Theoretical and Managerial Insights from the Market Logic of Conscious Capitalism. Journal of Marketing. 86(5), 21-41. https://doi.org/10.1177/00222429221087987

Kumar, A., Grant, A., (2021) A Post-Bourdieusian Examination of Taste: How Families Justify Divergent Tastes. In NA-Advances in Consumer Research 49, 49, 892--896. http://www.acrwebsite.org/volumes/3001126/volumes/v49/NA-49 Association for Consumer Research.

Thompson, J. C., Kumar, A., (2021) Beyond Consumer Responsibilization: Slow Food’s Actually Existing Neoliberalism. Journal of Consumer Culture. 21(2), 317-336. https://doi.org/10.1177/1469540518818632

Recent Courses Taught

  • MIDE 201, Marketing.
  • MIDE 301, Understanding Consumers.
  • MGMT 201, Marketing.

Location

309 Holmes Hall

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