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Keisha M Cutright

Professor of Business Administration
Fuqua School of Business
100 Fuqua Drive, Box 90120, Durham, NC 27708

Overview


Keisha Cutright is a Professor of Marketing at Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business. Her research explores the psychological drivers of consumer behavior, with particular attention to areas related to personal control, religion, and brand communication.  She focuses on the implications of such for both brand-building and consumer well-being.  Her work has been published in top-tier academic journals, including Journal of Consumer ResearchJournal of Marketing Research, Marketing Science and Journal of Marketing. She currently serves as anAssociate Editor for the Journal of MarketingResearch. Popular accounts of her work have appeared in outlets such as NPR, TheWall Street Journal, NewsWeek, Time, and Fast Company.   

Professor Cutright has taught courses in Marketing Management, Branding, and Consumer Behavior and was previously named one of the world’s best 40 b-school professors under the age of 40 by Poets and Quants

Prior to beginning her career in academia, Professor Cutright worked in brand management at Procter and Gamble.

Current Appointments & Affiliations


Professor of Business Administration · 2024 - Present Fuqua School of Business

In the News


Published February 3, 2025
Celebrating Duke’s New Full Professors
Published August 21, 2023
How Belief in God Affects Your Trust in AI
Published April 27, 2022
Thinking About God Lowers Consumer Interest in Self-Improvement Products

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Recent Publications


Reply to Moore et al.: Manipulation adherence and baseline AI attitudes as moderators of the effect of God salience on algorithm aversion.

Journal Article Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · July 2024 Full text Cite

The Preference for Spontaneity in Entertainment

Journal Article Journal of Consumer Research · October 1, 2023 Whether watching a movie, sports game, or musical performance, consumers often seek entertainment experiences that are produced by one or more individuals. And although consumers often witness producers acting spontaneously, little is known about the prefe ... Full text Cite

No Bandwidth to Self-Gift: How Feeling Constrained Discourages Self-Gifting

Journal Article Journal of Consumer Research · August 1, 2023 From time, to money, to energy, many consumers are feeling more constrained than ever before. One potential solution to the pervasive feeling of constraint is self-gifting, which is the process of invoking a hedonic consumption experience with the a priori ... Full text Cite
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Education, Training & Certifications


Duke University · 2011 Ph.D.
Ohio State University · 2003 B.S.