Eric Levy
University Lecturer in Marketing at Cambridge Judge Business School Executive Education
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Biography
Cambridge Judge Business School Executive Education
University Lecturer in Marketing
BA (Franklin and Marshall College), MBA (Temple University), MS, PhD (University of Washington)
Research interests
Prosocial behaviour; charitable giving; social and moral identity; the role of interpersonal relationships in consumer behaviour.
Subject group: Marketing
Professional experience
Eric is University Lecturer in Marketing (Assistant Professor) at the University of Cambridge Judge Business School. An expert in consumer behaviour and psychology, he teaches Consumer Behaviour and Branding in the MBA, Executive MBA, Executive Education, and PhD. programmes. He also teaches the Principles of Marketing core course on the Cambridge MST undergraduate programme, as well as the Marketing for Entrepreneurs session of the Cambridge Postgraduate Diploma in Entrepreneurship.
On his Executive MBA course, Eric has taught executives from companies such as Accenture, Deloitte, Booz Allen Hamilton, Boeing, Shell, Audi AG, SABMiller, PriceWaterhouseCoopers, Citibank, Deutsche Bank, and LVMH Moet Henessy Louis Vuitton. Additionally, Eric serves as a scientific adviser to BrandMemo, and he also consults in the areas of brand strategy and consumer psychology. Prior to earning his PhD and entering academia, Eric worked as a Marketing Manager for a division of his family''s mail-order catalogue company.
Eric''s research focuses on prosocial behaviour and charitable giving, as well as the role of interpersonal relationships in consumer behaviour. His research has been published in Journal of Marketing, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, and Journal of Consumer Psychology. He has also presented his work at conferences of the Association for Consumer Research, Society for Consumer Psychology, and European Marketing Academy (EMAC).
Eric has written articles for, been interviewed, quoted, and/or had his research highlighted in various national and international media outlets such as The Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, MarketWatch, the Telegraph, BBC Radio Cambridgeshire, BBC Radio 5, ABC Radio Australia, The Naked Scientists, TheConversation.com, BBC1 television, ITV Anglia television, and Cambridge TV.
Awards & honours
- Dean''s Doctoral Fellowships, University of Washington, 2009-2011
- Research and Teaching Assistantships, University of Washington, 2005-2011
- Top Scholar Award, University of Washington, 2006
- Samuel Mink Memorial Award: Honorarium for Outstanding Graduate Work (received award twice), Temple University
- Dean''s Certificate of Excellence: For Outstanding MBA Academic Achievement, Temple University
- Beta Gamma Sigma - elected into international business honor society, Temple University
Selected publications
Here are a selection of Eric Levy''s publications. Please see the "Selected publications" tab above for a more comprehensive list.
Chen, R., Wan, E.W. and Levy, E. (2017) "The effect of social exclusion on consumer rreference for anthropomorphized brands." Journal of Consumer Psychology, 27(1): 23-34 (DOI: 10.1016/j.jcps.2016.05.004)
Schlosser, A.E. and Levy, E. (2016) "Helping others or oneself: how direction of comparison affects prosocial behavior." Journal of Consumer Psychology, 26(4): 461-473 (DOI: 10.1016/j.jcps.2016.02.002)
Reed, A., Kay, A., Finnel, S., Aquino, K. and Levy, E. (2016) "I don''t want the money, I just want your time: how moral identity overcomes the aversion to giving time to pro-social causes." Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 110(3): 435-457 (DOI: 10.1037/pspp0000058)
Reed, A., Aquino, K. and Levy, E. (2007) "Moral identity and judgments of charitable behaviors." Journal of Marketing, 71(1): 178-193 (DOI: 10.1509/jmkg.71.1.178)
Journal articles
Reed, A., Aquino, K. and Levy, E. (2007) "Moral identity and judgments of charitable behaviors." Journal of Marketing, 71(1): 178-193 (DOI: 10.1509/jmkg.71.1.178)
Reed, A., Kay, A., Finnel, S., Aquino, K. and Levy, E. (2016) "I don''t want the money, I just want your time: how moral identity overcomes the aversion to giving time to pro-social causes." Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 110(3): 435-457 (DOI: 10.1037/pspp0000058)
Schlosser, A.E. and Levy, E. (2016) "Helping others or oneself: how direction of comparison affects prosocial behavior." Journal of Consumer Psychology, 26(4): 461-473 (DOI: 10.1016/j.jcps.2016.02.002)
Chen, R., Wan, E.W. and Levy, E. (2017) "The effect of social exclusion on consumer rreference for anthropomorphized brands." Journal of Consumer Psychology, 27(1): 23-34 (DOI: 10.1016/j.jcps.2016.05.004)
Conference papers
Reed, A., Aquino, K., Levy, E. and Finnel, S. (2009) "How and when the moral self motivates donations of time versus money." In: Association for Consumer Research Conference, 22-25 October 2009, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
Levy, E., Forehand, M. and Jain, S. (2011) "The effect of social threat on consumer materialism." In: Association for Consumer Research Conference, 13-16 October 2011, St Louis, MO, USA.
Schlosser, A.E. and Levy, E. (2012) "Helping others or oneself: how incidental social comparisons affect prosocial behavior." In: Association for Consumer Research Conference, 4-7 October 2012, Sheraton Wall Centre Hotel, Vancouver, Canada.
Schlosser, A.E. and Levy, E. (2013) "The influence of incidental comparisons on altruistic appeals." In: Society for Consumer Psychology Summer Conference (American Psychological Association Division 23), 31 July-4 August 2013, Hilton Hotel, Honolulu, HI_, USA_.
Chen, R., Wan, E.W. and Levy, E. (2013) "The effect of social exclusion on consumer preference for anthropomorphized products." In: Association for Consumer Research Conference, 3-6 October 2013, Hilton Palmer House Hotel, Chicago, IL_, USA_.
Levy, E., Finnel, S., Reed, A. and Aquino, K. (2013) "Charities, connections, and costs: why and when moral identity triggers preferences to donate time versus money." In: Association for Consumer Research Conference, 3-6 October 2013, Hilton Palmer House Hotel, Chicago, IL_, USA_.
Schlosser, A.E. and Levy, E. (2013) "A selfless or selfish act: the incidental effect of direction of comparison on prosocial behavior." In: Association for Consumer Research Conference, 3-6 October 2013, Hilton Palmer House Hotel, Chicago, IL_, USA_.
Chen, R.P., Wan, E.W. and Levy, E. (2015) "The influence of social exclusion on consumer preference for anthropomorphized brands." In: European Marketing Academy Conference (EMAC), 26-29 May 2015, Brussels, Belgium.
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My Science: ‘Moral identity’ key to charitable time giving
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