Amit Kumar
University of Delaware, University of Texas at Austin, Cornell University, Harvard University, University of Chicago Booth School of Business
0000-0002-1025-1335
About
Amit Kumar is currently an Asst. Professor of Marketing in the Department of Business Administration at the University of Delaware's Alfred Lerner College of Business & Economics. Prior to joining the Lerner faculty, he was previously Asst. Professor of Marketing and Psychology at the University of Texas at Austin's McCombs School of Business. He completed a Postdoctoral Fellowship at the University of Chicago’s Booth School of Business. He received his Ph.D. in Social Psychology from Cornell University and his A.B. in Psychology and Economics from Harvard University.
Professor Kumar’s research focuses on the scientific study of happiness and has been featured in popular media outlets such as The Atlantic, Bloomberg, Business Insider, CNBC, CNN, Forbes, Fortune Magazine, Harvard Business Review, Hidden Brain, The Huffington Post, National Geographic, The New York Times, NPR, Oprah Daily, Scientific American, Time Magazine, U.S. News and World Report, The Wall Street Journal, and The Washington Post, among others.
His scholarly work has been published in Advances in Experimental Social Psychology, Current Directions in Psychological Science, Current Opinion in Psychology, Emotion, The Journal of Behavioral Decision Making, The Journal of Consumer Psychology, The Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, The Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, The Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, and Psychological Science. He has over 20 publications and his research has been cited over 2,000 times.
He has been recognized as a prestigious “MSI Young Scholar” by the Marketing Science Institute, an award for a select few “identified as a likely leader of the next generation of marketing academics.” He has also been honored as a Fellow of the Society of Experimental Social Psychology. His teaching resulted in him being named one of the Best Undergraduate Business Professors by Poets & Quants. His service to the field has included serving as Co-Chair of Forums and Roundtables for the Association for Consumer Research conference and as a member of the Editorial Review Board for The Journal of Consumer Research.
Employment
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University of Delaware Assistant Professor of Marketing and Psychological & Brain Sciences2025 - Present
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University of Texas at Austin Asst. Professor of Marketing and Psychology2018 - 2025
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University of Chicago Booth School of Business Postdoctoral Research Fellow2015 - 2018
Education
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Cornell University PhD2010 - 2015
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Harvard University A.B.2004 - 2008
Projects & Funding
Projects & funding information is unavailable.
Publications (21)
- The Aptly Buried “I” in Experience: Experiential Purchases Promote More Social Connection Than Material Purchases Save
- Let it go: How exaggerating the reputational costs of revealing negative information encourages secrecy in relationships. Save
- A Prosociality Paradox: How Miscalibrated Social Cognition Creates a Misplaced Barrier to Prosocial Action Save
- A little good goes an unexpectedly long way: Underestimating the positive impact of kindness on recipients. Save
- Undersociality is unwise Save
- Understanding undersociality: Intentions, impressions, and interactions Save
- The unmatchable brightness of doing: Experiential consumption facilitates greater satisfaction than spending on material possessions Save
- Overly shallow?: Miscalibrated expectations create a barrier to deeper conversation. Save
- Some things aren't better left unsaid: Interpersonal barriers to gratitude expression and prosocial engagement Save
- It’s surprisingly nice to hear you: Misunderstanding the impact of communication media can lead to suboptimal choices of how to connect with others. Save