Kathleen VohsAssociate Professor

Kathleen Vohs
CSOM Marketing & Log Mgmt
3-165 CarlSMgmt
321 19th Ave S
Minneapolis, MN  55455
Phone: 612/625-8331
vohsx005@umn.edu

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Curriculum Vitae/Resume
Education
BA, 1996, Psychology, Gustavus Adolphus
PhD, 2000, Psychological and Brain Sciences, Dartmouth College
Post-Doc, 2003, Research fellow (funded by NIMH) 2000-2003, Case Western Reserve University and University of Utah

Research

Expertise
Self-regulation
Problems with spending
Dieting and disordered eating
Heterosexual sexual relations as predicted by economic principles
Self-processes, such as self-esteem
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Publications

Major Publications

  • Heatherton, T.F., & Vohs, K.D. (2000). Interpersonal evaluations following threats to self: Role of self-esteem. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 78, 725-736.
  • Vohs, K. D., & Heatherton, T.F. (2001). Self-esteem and threats to self: Implications for self-construals and interpersonal perceptions. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 81, 1103-1118.
  • Schmeichel, B.J., Vohs, K.D., & Baumeister, R.F. (2003). Intellectual performance and ego depletion: Role of the self in logical reasoning and other information processing. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 85, 33-46.
  • Vohs, K.D., & Schmeichel, B.J. (2003). Self-regulation and the extended now: Controlling the self alters the subjective experience of time. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 83, 217-230.
  • Vohs, K.D., & Heatherton, T.F. The effects of self-esteem and ego threat on interpersonal appraisals of men and women: A naturalistic study. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 29, 1407-1420.
  • Baumeister, R.F., Campbell, J.D., Krueger, J.I., & Vohs, K. D. (2003). Does high self-esteem cause better performance, interpersonal success, happiness, or healthier lifestyles? Psychological Science in the Public Interest, 4, 1-44.
  • Baumeister, R.F., & Vohs, K. D. (2004). Sexual economics: Sex as female resource for social exchange in heterosexual interactions. Personality and Social Psychology Review, 8, 339-363.
  • Vohs, K. D., Baumeister, R.F., & Ciarocco, N. (2005). Self-regulation and self-presentation: Regulatory resource depletion impairs impression management and effortful self-presentation depletes regulatory resources. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 88, 632 - 657.
  • Bruyneel, Sabrina, Siegfried Dewitte, Kathleen D. Vohs, and Luk Warlop (2006), "Repeated Choosing Increases Susceptibility to Affective Product Features," International Journal of Research in Marketing, 23, (June), 215-225.
  • Heine, Steven J., Travis Proulx, and Kathleen D. Vohs (2006), "Meaning Maintenance Model: On the Coherence of Social Motivations," Review of Social and Personality Psychology, 10 (2), 88-110.
  • Vohs, Kathleen D. and Ronald J. Faber (in press), "Spent Resources: Self-regulatory Resource Availability Affects Impulse Buying," Journal of Consumer Research.
  • Vohs, Kathleen D. (2006), "Self-Regulatory Resources Power the Reflective System: Evidence from Five Domains." Journal of Consumer Psychology, 16 (3), 217-223.
  • Vohs, Kathleen D., Nicole L. Mead, and Miranda R. Goode (in press), "The Psychological Consequences of Money," Science.

Books

  • Baumeister, R.F., & Vohs, K. D. (2004). Handbook of self-regulation: Research, theory, and applications. New York: Guilford.
  • Vohs, Kathleen D. & Eli J. Finkel (2006), Self and relationships: The interplay between intrapersonal and interpersonal processes. New York: Guilford.
  • Vohs, K. D., Baumeister, R. F., & Loewenstein, G. (in preparation). Do emotions help or hurt decision making? New York: Russell Sage Foundation Press.

Other Publications


    Instruction

    Courses

    Fall, 2009
    MKTG 6055 Buyer Behavior Sec.  060
    Spring, 2010
    MKTG 6055 Buyer Behavior Sec.  001
    MKTG 6055 Buyer Behavior Sec.  060


    Service

    Scholarly Service and Honors

    • McKnight Land-Grant Professor, University of Minnesota
    • Canada Research Chair in Marketing Science and Consumer Psychology University of British Columbia, 2003-2005
    • Editorial Boards of Journal of Personality and Social Psychology and Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 2003 - present
    • Finalist, Best Conference Paper, Association for Consumer Research, 2002