Professor Amber Epp Assistant Professor - Marketing Degree PhD, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Contact Information: Amber M. Epp 4253 Grainger Hall 975 University Avenue Madison, WI 53706  (608) 262 -5599  aepp@bus.wisc.edu

Vitae

JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS

Epp, Amber M. and Linda L. Price (2010), “The Storied Life of Singularized Objects: Forces of Agency and Network Transformation,” Journal of Consumer Research, (Feb), forthcoming.

Thompson, Blair, Jason Thompson, Jody Koenig Kellas, Jordan Soliz, Amber Epp, and Paul Schrodt (2009), “Family Legacies: Constructing Individual and Family Identity through Intergenerational Storytelling,” Narrative Inquiry, 19 (1), 106-34.

Epp, Amber M. and Linda L. Price (2008), “Family Identity: A Framework of Identity Interplay in Consumption Practices,” Journal of Consumer Research, 35 (June), 50-70.

CHAPTER PUBLICATIONS

Arnould, Eric J. and Amber M. Epp (2006), “Deep Engagement with Consumer Experience: Listening and Learning with Qualitative Data,” In Rajiv Grover and Marco Vriens (Eds.), The SAGE Handbook of Marketing Research , Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, Inc.

RESEARCH IN PROGRESS

Epp, Amber M. and Linda L. Price, “Eliciting and Analyzing Collective Narratives for Theory Building in Marketing Research.”

Epp, Amber M. and Linda L. Price, “ “Goal-Based Engagement Platforms: Families as Resource Integrators.” 

Epp, Amber M. and Linda L. Price, “Strategies for Managing t he Interplay of Space, Object, and Identity Constellations in Family Identity Performances.”

Epp, Amber M., Cele Otnes and Sanford L. Grossbart, “Responses to Network Breakdown: Ritual Jolts and Consequences for Collective Identity.”

Epp, Amber M. (with Hope Schau and Linda L. Price), "Technologies as Platforms for Family Identity."

Epp, Amber M. (with Aric Rindfleisch), "Managing Innovation in Artist-Fan Relationships: The Case of Kidrobot."

Commuri, Suraj, Amber M. Epp, and Ravipreet Sohi, “Boundary Spanners’ Perspectives on Inter-firm Relationships.”

Epp, Amber M., Linda L. Price, and Eric J. Arnould (2008), “Agency, Identity, and Materiality: The Storied Life of a Family and Their Table,” Association for Consumer Research conference, proceedings forthcoming.

Epp, Amber M. and Linda L. Price (2008), “Consuming Together and Apart: Sharing as Being a Family,” Consumer Culture Theory conference, proceedings forthcoming.

Epp, Amber M. and Linda L. Price (2008), “Authoritative Performances: How Families Use Firms’ Operand Resources,” American Marketing Association Winter Educators’ conference, 19 (Winter), proceedings forthcoming.

Epp, Amber M. (2007), “Idealized Family Time: Collective Identity Interplay in Vacations,” Association for Consumer Research conference, 35, 189-193.

Epp, Amber M. and Linda L. Price (2007), “Performing Home: The Storied Life of Objects, Spaces, and Identity Practices,” European Advances in Consumer Research, proceedings forthcoming.

Epp, Amber M. and Linda L. Price (2006), “Reflecting Family: Home Furnishings as Consumption Symbols of Family Identity,” European Advances in Consumer Research, 7, 155-159.

Thompson, Blair, Jason Thompson, Jody Koenig Kellas, Jordan Soliz, Amber Epp, and Paul Schrodt (2006), “Family Legacies: Constructing Individual and Family Identity through Intergenerational Storytelling,” National Communication Association Conference, San Antonio, Texas.

Epp, Amber M. and Eric J. Arnould (2006), “Enacting the Family Legacy: How Family Themes Influence Consumption Behavior,” Advances in Consumer Research, 33 (1), 82-86.

Gentry, James W., Amber M. Epp and Stacey K. Baker (2005), “'Senses of Family' as Judged from Cross-Country Comparisons of Family Public Policies,” 9^th International Conference on Marketing and Development Proceedings, 25, 263.

Epp, Amber M. and Linda L. Price (2005), “Rethinking Family Consumption: An Exploration of Family Identity,” Advances in Consumer Research, 32 (1), 9-13.

Grossbart, Sanford, Stephanie McConnell Hughes, Susie Pryor and Amber (Epp) Yost (2002), “Socialization Aspects of Parents, Children, and the Internet,” Advances in Consumer Research, 29, 66-70.