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Laura A. Peracchio is affiliated with the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee in the United States. Their research focuses primarily on psychology, with a specific emphasis on areas such as general health professions, social psychology, management, monitoring, policy and law, plant science, and sociology and political science.

Their work covers multiple topics including environmental education and sustainability, food security and health in diverse populations, urban agriculture and sustainability, community health and development, media influence and health, advanced text analysis techniques, and service-learning and community engagement.

Laura A. Peracchio has published research in several notable venues, often contributing to the following publication outlets:

  • Journal of the Association for Consumer Research
  • Journal of Consumer Psychology
  • Journal of Public Policy & Marketing
  • Journal of Consumer Affairs

Some recent papers authored or co-authored by Peracchio include:

  • Together We Rise: How Social Movements Succeed (2020), Journal of Consumer Psychology
  • Rise Up: Understanding Youth Social Entrepreneurs and Their Ecosystems (2020), Journal of Public Policy & Marketing
  • Pandemic Reveals Vulnerabilities in Food Access: Confronting Hunger Amidst a Crisis (2020), Journal of Public Policy & Marketing
  • Scaling Social Impact: Marketing to Grow Nonprofit Solutions (2022), Journal of Public Policy & Marketing
  • Plant power: SEEDing our future with plant-based eating (2022), Journal of Consumer Psychology

Frequent collaborators include Melissa G. Bublitz, Jennifer Edson Escalas, Jonathan Hansen, Gia Nardini, and Elizabeth G. Miller. These coauthors have worked extensively with Peracchio, with coauthoring counts ranging from five to fourteen collaborations.

Best Publications

  • Understanding Materialism Among Youth

    Marvin E. Goldberg;Gerald J. Gorn;Laura A. Peracchio;Gary Bamossy

  • From Nutrients to Nurturance: A Conceptual Introduction to Food Well-Being:

    Lauren G . Block;Sonya A . Grier;Terry L . Childers;Brennan Davis

  • The moderating role of prior knowledge in schema-based product evaluation

    Laura A. Peracchio;Alice M. Tybout

  • Cross-Cultural and Cognitive Aspects of Web Site Navigation

    David Luna;Laura A. Peracchio;María D. de Juan

  • Understanding the Effects of Color: How the Correspondence between Available and Required Resources Affects Attitudes

    Joan Meyers-Levy;Laura A. Peracchio

  • One Individual, Two Identities: Frame Switching among Biculturals

    David Luna;Torsten Ringberg;Laura A. Peracchio

  • Moderators of Language Effects in Advertising to Bilinguals: A Psycholinguistic Approach

    David Luna;Laura A. Peracchio

  • Moderators of the Impact of Self-Reference on Persuasion

    Joan Meyers-Levy;Laura A. Peracchio

  • How Ambiguous Cropped Objects in Ad Photos Can Affect Product Evaluations

    Laura A. Peracchio;Joan Meyers-Levy

  • Advertising to Bilingual Consumers: The Impact of Code-Switching on Persuasion

    David Luna;Laura A. Peracchio

  • Evaluating persuasion-enhancing techniques from a resource-matching perspective

    Laura A. Peracchio;Joan Meyers-Levy

  • Why did I eat that? Perspectives on food decision making and dietary restraint

    Melissa G. Bublitz;Laura A. Peracchio;Lauren G. Block

  • Using Stylistic Properties of Ad Pictures to Communicate with Consumers

    Laura A. Peracchio;Joan Meyers-Levy

  • Getting an angle in advertising: The effect of camera angle on product evaluations.

    Joan Meyers-Levy;Laura A. Peracchio

  • Promoting positive change: Advancing the food well-being paradigm☆

    Melissa G. Bublitz;Laura A. Peracchio;Alan R. Andreasen;Jeremy Kees

  • MAPping the Frontiers: Theoretical Advances in Consumer Research on Memory, Affect, and Persuasion

    Gita Venkataramani Johar;Durairaj Maheswaran;Laura A. Peracchio

  • How do young children learn to be consumers ? : a script processing approach

    Laura Ann Peracchio

  • SOCIOLINGUISTIC EFFECTS ON CODE-SWITCHED ADS TARGETING BILINGUAL CONSUMERS

    David Luna;Laura A. Peracchio

  • Together We Rise: How Social Movements Succeed

    Gia Nardini;Tracy Rank-Christman;Melissa G. Bublitz;Samantha N. N. Cross

  • Applying industry practices to promote healthy foods: An exploration of positive marketing outcomes☆

    Melissa G. Bublitz;Laura A. Peracchio

  • The Development of an Advertising Campaign to Discourage Smoking Initiation among Children and Youth

    Laura A. Peracchio;David Luna

Frequent Co-Authors

Joan Meyers-Levy
Joan Meyers-Levy University of Minnesota
Mary Frances Luce
Mary Frances Luce Duke University
Lauren G. Block
Lauren G. Block Baruch College
Simone Pettigrew
Simone Pettigrew George Institute for Global Health
Gerald J. Gorn
Gerald J. Gorn Hong Kong Polytechnic University

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