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Lawrence Fisher
Assistant Professor

Roosevelt University
Communication/Integrated Marketing Communications/A&S

Office Chicago Campus Schaumburg Campus
Room 505F (Gage Bldg.) 808a
Phone 3228 8923
Hours Fall 2009 Mondays 4:00-5:30 pm, and by appointment Fall 2009, Wednesdays 1:30-2:30, Saturdays 2:45-3:45, and by appointment.
E-mail lefisher@roosevelt.edu
Classes Taught
Fall 2009
IMC 440-10 Marketing Communications Research (Chicago-Gage)
ImC 240-20 IMC Research (Schaumburg)
IMC 460-30 Account Planning (Schaumburg)
Research Interests
Ethnographic methods in market and advertising research
Advertising Effectiveness and Consumer-Brand Interaction
Education
Postdoctoral Training, Business Administration, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
Postdoctoral Fellow, Departments of Anthropology and Linguistics, University of Chicago
Ph.D., Cultural Anthropology, Northwestern University (Woodrow Wilson Fellow)
M.A. Anthropology, Northwestern University, Interdisciplinary Social Psychology program
B.A. Psychology, University of California, Berkeley
Major Publications
Colonial Madness: Mental Health in the Barbadian Social Order (Rutgers Univ. Press, 1985)
Dropping Remarks and the Barbadian Audience, American Ethnologist, 1976
Explaining Explanation: Tension in American Anthropology (with O. Werner), Journal of Anthropological Research, 1978.
Current Research Projects
Exploring the roots of ethnography as practiced in consumer research; A consumer-centric approach to advertising effectiveness.
Roosevelt University
Chicago
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Schaumburg  1400 N. Roosevelt Blvd, Schaumburg, IL 60173