Meet the Editors
Colin Campbell
Editor-in-Chief
Dr. Colin Campbell is associate professor of marketing at University of San Diego’s Knauss School of Business. Colin is known in both industry and academic circles for his extensive work in social-media advertising, social-media marketing, video advertising, influencer and native advertising, subversive collectives and consumer psychology. A recipient of the JAR Best Reviewer award, Colin most recently served as one of John Ford’s associate editors. He won the Knauss School’s High Impact Research Award 2021–2022 and Best Article 2020 at Business Horizons.
Ashlee Humphreys
MSI Liaison Editor
Dr. Ashlee Humphreys is associate professor at Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism, Media, and Integrated Marketing Communications. In this new role of MSI Liaison Editor, Ashlee acts as a bridge between the JAR and the Marketing Science Institute (MSI). MSI’s recent integration into the ARF expands the foundation’s connection to the academic community and strengthens the potential for collaboration between industry and academia. A recent MSI Scholar, Ashlee is a sociologist who examines core topics in consumer behavior and marketing strategy. She is the author of “Social Media: Enduring Principles” (Oxford University Press, 2016), is widely published in academic journals, and is an associate editor at the Journal of Consumer Research.
Geoffrey Precourt
Editor Emeritus
Geoffrey Precourt is editor emeritus after serving JAR as editor-in-chief from 2008 to 2017. Geoffrey has held senior editorial roles, most recently as U.S. editor for WARC, and at titles including Strategy + Business, Point, Smart Business and Fortune, edited the book CMO Thought Leaders, and was co-author of Always On: Advertising, Marketing, and Media in an Era of Consumer Control (McGraw-Hill, 2008). He likes dogs and ice cream.
Nanette Burns is managing editor responsible for the Journal’s editorial planning, and she oversees JAR content on the ARF’s digital channels, including JAR Insights Studio events. Nanette came on board in 2013 after more than 25 years in journalism and custom publishing. She has reported, written, and edited for both digital and print media, having held senior editorial roles at Dow Jones, Time Inc., and Knight-Ridder. Her work as a custom content editor for marketing media spans lifestyle and entertainment, personal finance and investing, and small business. A musician, Francophile and native of Los Angeles, Nanette enjoys splitting her time between Greenwich Village and the East End of Long Island.
To contact the editors, email nanette@thearf.org, or call her at 646.465.5728
Associate Editors
JAR Associate Editors are selected by the Editor-in-Chief to help manage the peer-review process (for their bios, click here):
- Albert Caruana, University of Malta
- Micael Dahlén, Stockholm School of Economics
- Jenna Drenten, Loyola University Chicago
- Jean-Luc Herrmann, University of Lorraine
- Varsha Jain, MICA, India
- Kathy LaTour, Cornell University
- Ben Lowe, University of Kent, U.K.
- Marc Mazodier, ESSEC Business School
- Altaf Merchant, University of Washington Tacoma
- Kirk Plangger, King’s College London
- Kate Pounders, University of Texas at Austin
- Sean Sands, Swinburne University of Technology
- M. Kim Saxton, Kelley School of Business, Indiana University
- Harlan Spotts, Western New England University
- Marla B. Royne Stafford, University of Nevada-Las Vegas
- Ali Tamaddoni, Deakin Business School, Australia