Jennifer Aaker Explained

Jennifer Aaker
Birth Date:15 January 1967
Birth Place:Palo Alto, California, US
Occupation:Author, behavioural scientist, stanford business school professor
Alma Mater:University of California, Berkeley
Stanford Graduate School of Business
Spouse:Andy Smith
Parents:David Aaker, Kay Aaker
Website:https://www.gsb.stanford.edu/faculty-research/faculty/jennifer-lynn-aaker

Jennifer Aaker (born January 15, 1967, California) is an American behavioural scientist and General Atlantic Professor and Coulter Family Fellow at the Stanford Graduate School of Business. She is known for her research on time, money, and happiness.[1] [2] Aaker also focuses on the transmission of ideas through social networks, the power of story in decision making, and how to build global brands across cultures.[3] She is the recipient of the Distinguished Scientific Achievement Award from the Society for Consumer Psychology and the Stanford Distinguished Teaching Award.[4]

Early life and education

Aaker was born in Palo Alto, California to Kay Aaker[5] and David Aaker, a professor and brand consultant.[6] Aaker attended the University of California, Berkeley, where she studied under social psychologist Philip E. Tetlock and Nobel Prize winner Daniel Kahneman, receiving a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology in 1989. In 1990, Aaker began postgraduate work at Stanford Graduate School of Business, earning a PhD in marketing with a minor in psychology in 1995. Her dissertation on brand personality led to the publication of academic papers in Journal of Marketing Research and Journal of Consumer Research.[7]

Career

Aaker began her academic career in 1995 as an assistant professor at the UCLA Anderson School of Management. In 1999, she returned to the Stanford Graduate School of Business (GSB) as an assistant professor, was promoted to associate professor in 2001, and earned a full professorship in 2004. In 2005, Aaker was named General Atlantic Professor and Coulter Family Fellow, Stanford GSB.[8] Her work has been published in scholarly journals in psychology and marketing and has been highlighted in The Economist, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, BusinessWeek, Forbes, NPR, CBS MoneyWatch, Inc., and Science. She serves as an advisory board member for several private and public companies.

In 2010, Aaker and her husband, startup advisor Andy Smith, wrote The Dragonfly Effect: Quick, Effective and Powerful Ways to Use Social Media to Drive Social Change.[9]

In a real world demonstration of the Dragonfly Effect, Aaker and her students founded 100K Cheeks, an organization dedicated to registering 100,000 South Asian donors in the National Bone Marrow Registry.[3] In addition to using social networks, Aaker ran the first ever cheek swab in India. As a result of these efforts, 100K Cheeks exceeded their goal by registering more than 115,000 potential donors.[10] [11] [12]

In 2021, Aaker published Humor, Seriously: Why Humor Is A Secret Weapon in Business and Life with co-author Naomi Bagdonas.[13]

Books

Selected publications

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Millennial Searchers . The NY Times . November 30, 2013 . October 28, 2021.
  2. Web site: Cook. Nancy. The Corporate Pursuit of Happiness. Fast Company. June 19, 2013.
  3. Web site: The Most Influential Women in Technology 2011 – Jennifer Aaker. 2011. Fast Company. January 10, 2011. October 28, 2021.
  4. Web site: Jennifer Aaker: Psychology Today . Psychology Today . February 27, 2014 . dead . https://archive.today/20140227015852/http://www.psychologytoday.com/experts/jennifer-aaker . February 27, 2014 .
  5. Web site: Wake. Jennifer. The Gift of Time: Skilled Volunteers Found in Local Retirees. La Morinda Weekly. June 7, 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20150518102900/http://www.volunteereastbay.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/The_Gift_of_Time.pdf. May 18, 2015. dead.
  6. Web site: David A. Aaker, Author Profile. Simon and Schuster. June 7, 2013.
  7. Web site: Jennifer Aaker . Google Scholar . October 28, 2021 .
  8. Web site: Jennifer Aaker . Stanford University. October 28, 2021.
  9. News: The Dragonfly Effect . Publishers Weekly . July 26, 2010 . October 28, 2021.
  10. Web site: Jennifer Aaker: Pursuit of Happiness. Ink Talks. June 19, 2013.
  11. Book: Beth Kanter Katie Delahaye Paine, Katie Delahaye Paine. Measuring the Networked Nonprofit: Using Data to Change the World. 2012. Wiley. New York. 978-1-118-13760-4.
  12. Web site: The Dragonfly Effect. Stanford Social Innovation Review. June 16, 2013.
  13. Web site: How to Laugh at Work . NY Times. March 6, 2021. October 28, 2021.
  14. Book: The Dragonfly Effect: Quick, Effective, and Powerful Ways To Use Social Media to Drive Social Change . Jennifer Lynn . Aaker . Andy . Smith . Carlye Adler . Jossey-Bass . San Francisco . 2010 . 9780470614150 . 460061966 . registration .

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