Steven S. Posavac

Biography

Steve Posavac leverages his interests at the intersection of marketing and psychology to understand how to improve managerial decision making and organizational performance, as well as to enhance consumer welfare. His research focuses on consumer and managerial judgment and decision processes, advertising and persuasion, and implications of clinical psychology phenomena for consumer behavior. He has published over five dozen articles and chapters in leading outlets, as well as two edited books.

Awards & Accomplishments

Professor Posavac has won multiple awards during his career, most recently the Dean’s Teaching Award and the Research Productivity Award at Owen, and was recognized as a Distinguished Faculty Member by Vanderbilt Athletics. He additionally received awards for teaching and research at the University of Rochester, as well as the University of Utah.

Leadership

Professor Posavac has served in numerous leaderships roles in his career. He is the founder and Faculty Director of the MMark program. He served two terms as an Area Editor for the Journal of Consumer Psychology, and either serves or has served on the editorial review boards of the Journal of Consumer Psychology, the Journal of Consumer Research, the Journal of Retailing, Marketing Letters, the Journal of Economic Psychology, and Psychology & Marketing. Posavac was a co-chair of the Society for Consumer Psychology conference and chaired the Advertising and Consumer Psychology conference. He is a past President of the Society for Consumer Psychology, and former Associate Dean for MBA Programs at the University of Rochester.

Teaching

Professor Posavac teaches Brand Management and Selling Strategy to MBA and MMark students, and additionally teaches Marketing Ethics in the MMark program.

Education

Ph.D., Utah, 1998

M.S., Utah, 1995

B.A., Knox, 1992