Benét DeBerry-Spence
Professor
Department of Marketing
Contact
Building & Room:
UH 2523
Address:
601 S. Morgan St., Chicago, IL 60607
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About
Experience
- Professor of Marketing, University of Illinois Chicago
- Inaugural Department Head, UIC Marketing Department
- Past Department Head, UIC Managerial Studies Department
- Past University of Illinois Presidential Fellow
- CODESRIA Multinational Working Group Coordinator, Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa
- Global New Businesses/Global Commercialization, Monsanto, G.D. Searle (now Pfizer); Skokie, IL
- Global Marketing/Product Management-Development, Baxter Healthcare Corporation; Deerfield, IL
Selected Publications
Güven, A. F., DeBerry-Spence, B. & Ger, G. (2025), ““The CIA’s Favorite App”: WhatsApp, Consumer Legitimization, and Government Data Seizure in Turkey,” Journal of the Association for Consumer Research, 10(3). https://doi.org/10.1086/735020.
Trujillo-Torres, L., DeBerry-Spence, Sonya A Grier, Søren Askegaard. (2024), “After 50 Years, It Is Time to Talk about Value Hierarchy and Inequality,” Journal of Consumer Research, 51(1) June, 79–90.
Ozanne, J. L., Davis, B., Blocker, C. P., DeBerry-Spence, B., & Gann, R. B. (2024). Transitioning to New Paradigms for Societally Impactful Research: Recommendations from the TCR Impact Task Force and an Agenda. Journal of Public Policy & Marketing, 43(3), 191-206.
– Lead Article
DeBerry-Spence, B., Trujillo-Torres, L. E., Sengupta, R., Matsumoto, K., & Chen, J. (2023), “Marketing’s Role in Promoting the Common Good: A Systematic Examination and an Agenda for Future Inquiry,” Journal of Public Policy & Marketing, 42(2), 95–114.
– Lead Article
Trujillo Torres, L. and DeBerry-Spence, B. (2023), “In the Back of the Bus: Racialized High Risk Consumption and Sickle Cell Disease,” Journal of the Association for Consumer Research, 8(1), 8-20.
– Lead Article
DeBerry-Spence, B. and Trujillo Torres, L. (2022), “Don’t Give Us Death Like This!’ Commemorating Death in the Age of COVID-19,” Journal of the Association for Consumer Research, 7(1), 27-38.
DeBerry-Spence, B. and Izberk-Bilgin, E. (2021), “Historicizing and Authenticating African Dress: Diaspora Double Consciousness and Narratives of Heritage and Community,” Consumption Markets & Culture, 24(2), 147-168.
Trujillo Torres, L., and DeBerry-Spence, B. (2019), “Consumer Valorization in Narratives of Traumatic Consumption Experiences,” Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science, 47 (3): 516-431.
– Finalist, 2020 Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science Sheth Foundation Best Paper Award
DeBerry-Spence, B., Ekpo, A., and Hogan, D. (2019), “Mobile Phone Visual Ethnography (MpVE): Bridging Transformative Photography and Mobile Phone Ethnography,” Journal of Public Policy & Marketing, 38 (1): 81-95.
– Winner, 2021 American Marketing Association-EBSCO Award for Responsible Research in Marketing
– Finalist, 2022 Thomas C. Kinnear Award (the most significant contribution to the understanding of marketing and public policy issues within the recent three-year time period)
– Finalist, 2023 Thomas C. Kinnear Award (the most significant contribution to the understanding of marketing and public policy issues within the recent three-year time period)
Professional Leadership
Associate Editor, Journal of Public Policy and Marketing
Area Editor, Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science
Editorial Review Board, Journal of Business Research
Senior Advisory Board, Journal of Marketing Management
Notable Honors
2023, Geraldine Rosa Henderson Excellence in Research on Race and Inclusion Award, Race in the Marketplace
2023 & 2022, Finalist, Thomas C. Kinnear Award, Journal of Public Policy and Marketing–the most significant contribution to the understanding of marketing and public policy issues within the recent three-year time period.
2021, Winner - Award for Responsible Research in Marketing, American Marketing Association-EBSCO
2020, Finalist Sheth Foundation Best Paper Award, Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science
Education
Ph.D., Northwestern University
MBA, University of Chicago