Wearing Cardinal Red for a day with Stanford Design School, video presentation at SXSW.
Hi, I am Troy Campbell, a professor at the University of Oregon.
I study what people love, like, and find most important. From our favorite hobbies, to our most cherished beliefs, and yes, even the state of feeling nerdy, I study what aspects affect us, how we can be better people, why we sometimes lie to ourselves, and how we can enjoy life more.
That's the fun way to say what I do. More formally, I explore how identity and beliefs affect consumption, behavior, and marketing.. My work seeks to advance theory that has an impact on the world from improving policy communication to improving a day at Comic Con. As a former Disney Imagineer and a former nonprofit marketer, I've seen the smiles and good that quality research can bring people. See my research overview for ways my recent scientific publications try to do just that.
I believe in immediately practical research, and have developed a number of talks and workshops for speaking/consulting engagements that keep it fun and practically specific.
Selected Media:
'Let Us Be More Scientific About Anti-Sciene' in Scientific American
'The Future of Social Influencers' in OPB
'Persuasion in a Post-Truth World' in Stanford Social Innovation
'Making Experiences Better' in Jefferson Radio
'Why Facts Do So Little' in ATTN
'30 Under 30' in Pacific Standard
'Testing Sports Rituals At Scale' at SXSW
'Enabling Dissenters' in Politico
'Climate Psychology' in Washington Post
'Star Wars Fandom' in Huffington Post
'Solution Aversion' in Wired
'Why People Fly From Facts' in Scientific American
'Going Viral' on becoming the most viewed research press release in Duke University history. Duke Today
e: troy.campbell@duke.edu
t: @troyhcampbell
