Kathleen Vohs

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Kathleen Vohs
Born
Kathleen Diane Vohs
NationalityAmerican
Education
Awards Society for Consumer Psychology Distinguished Scientific Contribution Award (2018)
Scientific career
Fields
Institutions Carlson School of Management at the University of Minnesota
Thesis Self-esteem and threats to self: Implications for self-construals and interpersonal perceptions  (2000)
Doctoral advisor Todd Heatherton

Kathleen D. Vohs is an American Psychologist. She is Distinguished McKnight University Professor and Land O'Lakes Chair in Marketing in the Carlson School of Management at the University of Minnesota. In 2015, she was named an ISI Highly Cited Researcher, and in 2018, she received the Distinguished Scientific Contribution Award from the Society for Consumer Psychology. [1]

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References

  1. "Kathleen Vohs". Carlson School of Management. Retrieved 2021-03-05.