Good people, I am pleased to announce that Joel Warner and I are on Marc Maron’s WTF Podcast. No one got punched. Listen HERE.
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Want a job as a marketing professor?
Listen up. Doctoral students and post-docs hoping to score an assistant professor job in marketing will soon be headed to the AMA’s Summer Educator Conference. There they will participate in a round of short interviews in which they present their research. Dan Goldstein of Decision Science News has some advice for aspiring marketing professors. Read […]
The Sweater Vest Hall of Fame
In my role as scholar (not adventurer), I often wear a sweater vest. The nice folks at Future-ish have further encouraged me to rock the vest by putting me on their Stylish Scientist List. Can you believe that? Even The Onion likes the vest (as much as The Onion can like anything): All this got […]
Behavioral Decision Research in Management – in London
The Behavioral Decision Research in Management conference (BDRM) begins tomorrow – in London. And I will be there getting my nerd on. BDRM is the leading conference for behavioral research conducted in business schools. BDRM is held biennially and brings together the best of behavioral research within, but not limited to, the areas of consumer […]
Welcome me to LinkedIn’s publishing platform
Quick post today. I was invited to join LinkedIn’s new publishing platform. You might be sick of hearing about it by now, but I used the opportunity to (re)post my op-ed about humor in organizations Hope you like it (again). An excerpt: Humor isn’t part of most mission statements. Organizations are busy with the serious […]
Sabbatical report: Part 2
About this time last year my sabbatical was coming to an end. I wrote a sabbatical report in which I reflected on seven successes and failures during my time away from my “normal” professor gig. Spoiler alert: most were successes (thankfully). The last item asked what might be in store for me after the publication […]
What do I know about the difference between British and American comedy?
Very little. Well, that is not exactly true. I traveled the world to understand humor, and I have watched a lot of British gangster films. Maybe that is why the nice people at The Dairy Center for the Arts invited me to do a Q & A about the British comedy film, Alan Partidge (starring […]
Another Academic Minute
I was recently invited to talk about what makes things funny for the WAMCs Academic Minute. (I also did one in 2013.) The Academic Minute features researchers from colleges and universities around the world, keeping listeners abreast of what’s new and exciting in the academy. Hosted by Dr. Lynn Pasquerella, President of Mount Holyoke College, […]