Provost's Distinguished Associate Professor
Dean's Professor
McDonough School of Business
Georgetown University

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In the News
Business Insidier: Capital One plans to acquire Discover

Interviewed about what it means for consumers.

In the News
NPR Marketplace: Perception of mortgage rates just below 7%

I discussed expectations about the left-digital bias in mortgage rates dropping just below 7%.

Working Papers
Reducing Expenses to Face the Future

We show that those who believing spending less money is the major driver of wealth allocate more to their retirement.

Awards
CFP Board Colloqiuum 2023: Behavioral Finance Award

Certified Financial Planner conference for our research on Financial Mindfulness

In the News
The Messenger: Income and credit scores

Discussing research that explains why a high-income individual may still have a low credit score.

Publications
Marketing Letters: Life Insurance, Loss Aversion and Temporal Orientation

We report the results of a field experiment and replication with young adults.

Publications
POM: Extraction of visual information to predict crowdfunding success

We highlight the importance of accounting for images and image details in studies.

Working Papers
Financial Mindfulness

We develop and validate an 8-item scale to measure individual differences in financial mindfulness.

Publications
Marketing Letters: Life Insurance, Loss Aversion and Temporal Orientation

We report the results of a field experiment and replication with young adults.

Publications
POM: Extraction of visual information to predict crowdfunding success

We highlight the importance of accounting for images and image details in studies.

Publications
JM: Beyond Income: Dynamic Consumer Financial Vulnerability

In our article at the Journal of Marketing, we challenge that financial vulnerability only affects low-income individuals.

Publications
JCR: Promoting Data-Richness in Consumer Research

Invited article at the Journal of Consumer Research where we discuss best practices for multi-method research.

Publications
JMR: Locational Choices

Article in the Journal of Marketing Research about a new task for modeling consumer preferences for proximity to others in reserved seating venues.

Publications
JM: Specialist Competitor Referrals

Article published in the Journal of Marketing about a sales tactic in which salespeople refer consumers to competitors to seal the deal.

Publications
JMR: Extracting Summary Piles from Sorting Task Data

Article published in the Journal of Marketing Research about a new methodology to analyze card sorting data.

Publications
JCR: Repayment Concentration and Consumer Motivation to Get Out of Debt

Article published in the Journal of Consumer Research about the effect repayment concentration on debt repayment.

Publications
JCR: The Favor Request Effect

Article published about how consumers request to a sales tactic about the mere request for a favor.

Awards
CFP Board Colloqiuum 2023: Behavioral Finance Award

Certified Financial Planner conference for our research on Financial Mindfulness

Awards
Named: Marketing Science Institute Scholar

Marketing Science Institute Scholars honors select mid-career professors with an opportunities strengthen the institute and company partners.

Awards
Named: Provost's Distinguished Associate Professor

The Provost Office at Georgetown University named Simon Blanchard as a 2022 Distinguished Associate Professor.

Awards
IJRM: Outstanding Reviewer

Outstanding Reviewer Award given by the International Journal of Research in Marketing.

Awards
Poets & Quant: 40-under-40 MBA Professors

Voted as a top MBA professor for 2021.

Awards
JCR: Outstanding Reviewer

Recipient of Outstanding Reviewer Awards for 2018-2019 at the Journal of Consumer Research.

Awards
2017 McDonough Faculty Research Award

Faculty from Georgetown's business school chosen to be recognized publication record in 2017.

Awards
Named: Marketing Science Institute Young Scholar

Named as part of the 2017 cohort of MSI Young Scholars.

Events
ACR: Data from the Field Workshop

Presented "The mixed-method review process" as part of an invited workshop in the "Data from the Field" session. Files on dropbox.

Events
Presentation: Cornell University

Presented "Who Will Share Fake-News on Twitter? Psycholinguistic Cues in Online Post Histories Discriminate Between Actors in the Misinformation Ecosystem."

Events
CFPB: Presentation about the Effects of Unusual Spending Notifications

Presented our working paper at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's 5th Annual Conference (virtually).

Events
Presentation: Boston College

Presented "Heterogeneous Effect of Unusual Spending Notifications."

In the News
Business Insidier: Capital One plans to acquire Discover

Interviewed about what it means for consumers.

In the News
NPR Marketplace: Perception of mortgage rates just below 7%

I discussed expectations about the left-digital bias in mortgage rates dropping just below 7%.

In the News
The Messenger: Income and credit scores

Discussing research that explains why a high-income individual may still have a low credit score.

In the News
Wallstreet Journal: Why Verizon, AT&T and T-Mobile Want to Access Your Bank Account

Interviewed on increased of API aggregators to collect bank account details.

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CNBC: The Costco customer is younger and richer than ever—here’s why

Interviewed about differences in income between Costco and Sam's Club shoppers.

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NPR Marketplace: Spending is up, but consumer confidence isn’t

Discussion of our budget contraction work (JMR) for why discretionary spending is high while confidence in the economy is low.

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CNBC: How to beat back rising prices with Memorial Day deals

Interviewed on the dangers of shopping for sales during inflation.

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NY Times: How to Figure Out if You Can Actually Afford That New Home

Interviewed at the NY Times about financial vulnerability.

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CNBC: Many cash-strapped Americans feel the sting as the cost of living spikes

Discussion of how even Americans with savings are becoming financially vulnerable.

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NBC Grow: ‘Be extra careful’ using services like Afterpay and Affirm to shop this holiday season, experts say: Here’s why

Interviewed at NBC Grown (Acorns) about some dangers with new Buy Now Pay Later programs.

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NBC Grow: Watch out for 2 mental traps that can make you overspend on Amazon Prime Day, says consumer psychologist

Interviewed about 2020 Prime Day about how some price descriptions are misleading consumers.

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Debt.org: What Is the Debt Avalanche?

In an overview of debt snowball vs. avalanche, covers our research through coauthor Remi Trudel's summary at HBR.

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AMA: You Might Want to Sit Down for This: Modeling Consumer Seating Preferences

Article about our research in the Journal of Marketing Research about locational choices.

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Reviewed: You can pay off credit card faster with this strategy

Interviewed at Reviewed about our research in the Journal of Consumer Research about repayment concentration and motivation.

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Adweek: Online Investment Tools See a Boost Amid Economic Uncertainty

Interviewed at Adweek at consumer's perceptions of platforms like Wealthfront and Robinhood.

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Forbes: Fintechs Circle As Visa Readies Interchange Rate Increases

Interviewed at Forbes about potential effects on consumers to Visa increasing interchange fees.

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Your Money Geek: Why Dave Ramsey is Wrong About the Debt Snowball (And What to Do Instead!)

Article citing our research in the Journal of Consumer Research in support of the snowball method.

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Self. Inc: What is the Snowball Strategy for Paying Off Debt?

Covers our findings in the Journal of Consumer Research about the benefits of repayment concentration.

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Morning Consult: Free From Memory of the Great Recession, Gen Z Charts Own Economic Path

Interviewed in an article about the economic challenges faced by Millennials.

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CNBC: Build better money habits with these 3 simple steps

Article citing our research in the Journal of Consumer Research on debt repayment.

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Opploans: Climb Your Way Out of Debt: 4 Strategies to Try

Article quoting our research about the motivational benefits of repayment concentration.

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Forbes: How To Kick Debt To The Curb: Advice From The Experts

Interview at Forbes about debt repayment strategies.

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Winnipeg Free Press: Strategies to pay off debt New research suggests a little reverse (consumer) psychology may help

Interview with co-author Keri Kettle about our research in the Journal of Consumer Research.

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Fortune Op-ed: Here’s How To Pay Off All Your Credit Card Debt With Your Next Tax Refund

Op-ed written in Fortune about how our research in the Journal of Consumer Research provided insights into how people should allocate their tax refund dollars.

In the News
NBC News: With More Rate Hikes Coming, Here's the Best Way to Pay Off Your Credit Card Debt

Article discuss the results of our research in the Journal of Consumer Research (via HBR).

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Pattie Lovett-Reid: Want to pay off your debt faster? Here's how

Pattie Lovett-Reid of the Business News Network (Bloomberg) discussed our research in the Journal of Consumer Research.

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BNN Bloomberg: Pattie Lovett-Reid: Want to pay down your debt fast? Here’s how

In this TV segment, CTV’s Chief Financial Commentator discusses our research how to pay your credit cards down faster.

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Money Talk News: Science Finally Reveals the Best Method for Destroying Debt

Article summarizing our research in the Journal of Consumer Research.

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Motley Fool: Research Says You Should Pay Off Debt Like This

Article covers our research in the Journal of Consumer Research on debt repayment.

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Equities: Read This Before You Open a Credit Card for Your Business

Article discusses the motivational benefits of focusing on repaying one credit card account at a time.

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CBS News: What research says about erasing credit card debt

Article on our research in the Journal of Consumer Research (via HBR).

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Harvard Business Review: Research: The Best Strategy for Paying Off Credit Card Debt

Article by co-author Remi Trudel discussing our research published in the Journal of Consumer Research.

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Huffpost: If I Ask for a Favor, Will You Buy?

Interviewed by the Huffington Post for my research in the Journal of Consumer Research.

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Psychology Today Op-ed: The Power of Merely Requesting a Favor

Oped about my research in the Journal of Consumer Research about the favor-request effect.

In the News
Lifehacker: More Research Shows That The Snowball Method Is The Best Debt Payoff Strategy

A discussion of our article published in the Journal of Consumer Research.

Working Papers
Reducing Expenses to Face the Future

We show that those who believing spending less money is the major driver of wealth allocate more to their retirement.

Working Papers
Financial Mindfulness

We develop and validate an 8-item scale to measure individual differences in financial mindfulness.

Working Papers
Gamification Discontinuation and Mobile Banking Behaviors

We investigate how stopping gamification affects financial institutions.

Working Papers
Labeling Debt as Ordinary versus Exceptional to Motivate Consumers to Increase Credit Card Repayments

Working paper posted at ConsumerFinance.gov after my presentation at the 5th Consumer Financial Protection Bureau annual conference.