Doctoral Program : Students : Michelle F. Weinberger

Phone: Fax: Email: Office: Website:

520.621.9179 520.621.7483 mfw@eller.arizona.edu McClelland Hall 320C http://www.u.arizona.edu/~mfw

Education

Ph.D. in Marketing; Minor field: Cultural Sociology, expected May 2009
Eller College of Management, University of Arizona
Advisor: Melanie Wallendorf

B.A. in Sociology; Minor fields: Business Administration and Spanish Studies, May 2001, University of Delaware, Honors Program

Research Interests

• Sociology of Consumption:
  The consumption of experiences and experientialism
  The relationship between communities and the marketplace
  Tradition and its role in consumption practices

Teaching Interests

• Marketing Research (undergraduate and MBA)
• Research Methods (graduate level)
• Consumer Behavior (undergraduate and MBA)
• Principles of Marketing (undergraduate and MBA)
• Sociocultural Aspects of Consumer Behavior (graduate level)

Presentations and Publications

Weinberger, Michelle F. (2007), “Experiential and Material Consumption: A Cultural Perspective on Experientialism.”

• Presented at the Association for Consumer Research meeting 2007 (Memphis) as session co-chair. Session presenters included Marsha Richins, Eric Arnould, and Linda Price. (October)

Weinberger, Michelle F. and Melanie Wallendorf (2007),  “Market Discourses of Community and Solidarity: Manifest and Latent Effects of Cultural Maintenance.”

• Presented at the Consumer Studies Research Network Conference (a pre-conference to the American Sociological Association Meeting). (August).

Weinberger, Michelle F. and Melanie Wallendorf (2007), “The Gift and Social Structure: Solidarity around Inequality.”

• Presented at the Consumer Culture Theory Conference, Toronto Canada (May).

Weinberger, Michelle F. and Melanie Wallendorf, (2007), “Tradition and Renewal: Reconstruction of Culture through Consumption,” in Fitzsimmons, Gavin J. and Vicki G. Morwitz (eds.), Advances for Consumer Research, Vol. 34., pp. 218 – 221.

• Presented at the Association for Consumer Research meeting 2006 (Orlando) as session chair with discussant John Sherry.

Weinberger, Michelle F. (2006), “Tradition and Renewal: Reconstruction of Culture through Consumption.”

• Presented at the University of Arizona (November).

Weinberger, Michelle F. (2005), “The Role of Consumption in Gaining Experience Capital: the Commitment and Exploration Process.”

• Presented at the University of Arizona (November).

Teaching Experience

• Instructor:
  Principles of Marketing for Business Majors – MKTG 361 (undergraduate: 2005, 2006, 2007) (teaching philosophy and student comments available upon request)
• Teaching Assistant:
  Consumer and Buyer Behavior (undergraduate: 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007)
  Market Research (undergraduate and MBA: 2007)
  Market-Oriented Ethnography, Qualitative Research Methods (MBA and honors undergraduate: fall and spring 2006)

Honors and Awards

• Lisle and Roslyn Payne Outstanding Doctoral Student Award Winner, 2007 
  (Award based on research, teaching, and service. Winner selected by an outside jury of marketing academics)
• Finalist for the national merit-based P.E.O. Scholars Award, 2007
  (National Award given to outstanding female graduate students based on research and service)
• Doctoral Comprehensive Examination, earned a “High Pass,” 2007
• Conference Travel Award Grants, 2005, 2006, 2007
• Phi Beta Kappa Society, University of Delaware, 2001
• Arak Award for Outstanding Undergraduate Research Writing, University of Delaware, 1998

Professional Affiliations

• American Marketing Association
• American Sociological Association
• Association for Consumer Research
• Consumer Studies Research Network (Sociology)

Previous Employment

• Media Research Analyst, CARMA International, Washington, D.C., 2001-2004
• Marketing intern, Time Inc., New York, NY, 2000
• Sales and marketing, Mona Group (a division of Sinauer Associates Publishing), 1998-1999
  

Professional Service

• Elected – Prospective and New Student Liaison for Doctoral Program, 2006-2007; 2007-2008
• Reviewer – Association for Consumer Research Conference - North America, 2007
• Reviewer – Consumer Culture Theory Conference, 2007
• Reviewer – Association for Consumer Research Conference - Europe, 2007
• Reviewer  – Association for Consumer Research Conference - Asia Pacific, 2006
• Co-author – Guidebook for New Doctoral Students, 2005 (with Wendy A. Boland)
• Volunteer – Association for Consumer Research Conference - North America, 2005

**(Complete vita available upon request)