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Office Number
438A
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dan.sheehan@uky.edu

Education

  • Ph.D., Georgia Institute of Technology, 2018
  • BS, Marketing Management, Virginia Tech, 2001

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Daniel Sheehan is currently the chair of the Department of Marketing and Supply Chain, the director of Gatton College's Behavioral Research Lab, and a Kincaid Endowed Associate Professor in the Department of Marketing and Supply Chain at the Gatton College of Business and Economics. His research has been published in the field’s top journals, such as the Journal of Consumer Research, Appetite, the Journal of the Association of Consumer Research and the Journal of Marketing.

Dan’s research primarily focuses on understanding the dynamics of how consumer behavior unfolds within a nested experience such as a single shopping trip. He serves as an associate editor for the Journal of Retailing and has previously served on a variety of other review boards.


Teaching Expertise:

  • Consumer Behavior
  • Brand Management

Research Expertise:

  • Consumer Decision-Making
  • Spending Decisions
  • Branding
  • Identity Relevant Products

Selected Publications

  • Sheehan, Daniel, Ryan Hamilton, and Ramnath K. Chellappa (2022), "When Is HILO Low? Price Image Formation Based on Frequency versus Depth Pricing Strategies," Journal of Consumer Research, 49 (4), 543–560. https://doi.org/10.1093/jcr/ucac005
  • Sheehan, Daniel and Sara Loughran Dommer (2020), "Saving Your Self: How Identity Relevance Influences Product Usage," Journal of Consumer Research, 46 (6), 1076–1092. https://doi.org/10.1093/jcr/ucz037
  • Sheehan, Daniel and Koert Van Ittersum (2018), "In-Store Spending Dynamics: How Budgets Invert Relative-Spending Patterns," Journal of Consumer Research, 45 (1), 49–67. https://doi.org/10.1093/jcr/ucx125
  • Moffett, Jordan W., Patrick Fennell, Colleen M. Harmeling, Daniel Sheehan, and Alexander Bleier (2025), "The Taguchi Approach to Large-Scale Experimental Designs: A Powerful and Efficient Tool for Advancing Marketing Theory and Practice," Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science, 53 (3), 949–954. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11747-024-01059-0
  • Van Ittersum, Koert, Brian Wansink, Joost M. E. Pennings, and Daniel Sheehan (2013), "Smart Shopping Carts: How Real-Time Feedback Influences Spending," Journal of Marketing, 77 (6), 21–36. Finalist, MSI/H. Paul Root Award for contribution to marketing practice.