2015 JCR Awards Announcements

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2015 BEST ARTICLE AWARD The Policy Board of the Journal of Consumer Research is pleased to announce the winner of the Best Article Award for 2015. The Policy Board selected the winner of the Best Article Award based on nominations provided by the JCR Editorial Review Board members and their assessment of the articles appearing in 2012. The 2015 Winner of the Best Article Award is “Infidel Brands: Unveiling Alternative Meanings of Global Brands at the Nexus of Globalization, Consumer Culture, and Islamism” by Elif Izberk-Bilgin, which appeared in the December 2012 issue. Izberk-Bilgin is an Associate Professor of Marketing at the University of Michigan-Dearborn. Her research focuses on consumer activism, religious ideology in the marketplace, Islamic consumption, faith-based marketing, and sociological aspects of consumerism in emerging countries. 2015 ROBERT FERBER AWARD The Robert Ferber Award competition is held annually in honor of one of the founders and the second editor of the Journal of Consumer Research . The award is given to the best article appearing in the Journal of Consumer Research from the most recent volume based on a doctoral dissertation.