RUSSELL BELK
Russell Belk is Kraft Foods Canada Chair in Marketing at the Schulich School of
Business at York University. He is past president of the International Association of
Marketing and Development, and is a fellow and past president in the Association for
Consumer Research. He has received the Paul D. Converse Award, the Sheth
Foundation/Journal of Consumer Research Award for Long Term Contribution to
Consumer Research, two Fulbright Fellowships, and honorary professorships on four
continents. He has over 500 publications; they involve the meanings of possessions,
collecting, gift-giving, materialism, and global consumer culture. His work is often
cultural, visual, and interpretive.