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Board Elections – Vote Now ACR members are invited to cast their ballot for 2027 ACR Board positions. Click here for details 

REMINDER: 2026 ACR-Sheth Foundation Doctoral Student Conference Fellowships – Call for Applications To assist PhD students with limited resources to attend the 2026 Chicago ACR conference, the Association for Consumer Research, in association with the Sheth Foundation, will grant 20 need-based conference Fellowships to PhD students with an accepted competitive paper, working paper, special session,

REMINDER 2027 ACR Board – Call for Nominations: Deadline July 15, 2026 The ACR Nominating Committee is seeking nominations for four ACR Board positions. Members of the Association entitled to vote may nominate themselves (self-nomination) or may nominate any other member. Self-nominations are encouraged. Those who were not top vote-getters in previous elections are particularly encouraged

JACR Webinar: More than Just a Game – Exploring the Consumer Dynamics of Sports In preparation for this issue, the editor team comprised of Tonya Williams Bradford (University of California, Irvine), Diogo Hildebrand (City University of New York), and Beth Vallen (Villanova School of Business) will host a virtual workshop August 25, 2026, at 11:00 AM EST, to

2026 ACR-Sheth Foundation Doctoral Student Conference Fellowships – Call for Applications To assist PhD students with limited resources to attend the 2026 Chicago ACR conference, the Association for Consumer Research, in association with the Sheth Foundation, will grant 20 need-based conference Fellowships to PhD students with an accepted competitive paper, working paper, special session, or

JACR Webinar: Time in Consumption July 21, 2026 at 1:00-2:30 PM EDT Join our hosts Thomas Robinson, Ela Veresiu, and June Cotte in this webinar which showcases the eight articles featured in the JACR issue about Time in Consumption. More information and register here

The ACR Board of Directors is open to proposals for hosting the 2028 Latin America ACR (LA-ACR) conference. ACR holds a Latin America conference every three years with the goal of further lowering research barriers and enhancing knowledge diffusion in consumer research. The conference is usually co-sponsored by an academic institution in the host country.

Kent Monroe passed away on February 23rd, 2025. Kent earned a doctorate in business administration in 1968 at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, and returned to join the Illinois faculty in 1991. He led the Marketing group for many years as the John M. Jones Distinguished Professor of Marketing and was Head of the Department

Cultural Influence on Decision Making and Marketing Issue Editors: Carlos J. Torelli, Sharon Shavitt, and Chi-Yue Chiu In a globalized world characterized by increased competition, growing cultural diversity, and new opportunities for promotion and distribution of products, it is imperative for marketers to understand the role of culture in consumers’ decision-making processes, the way in

To assist PhD students with limited resources to attend the 2024 Paris ACR conference, the Association for Consumer Research in association with the Sheth Foundation will grant 20 need-based conference scholarships to PhD students with an accepted competitive paper, working paper, special session, or film. Anyone who will be a PhD student in September 2024