Researchers at the University of British Columbia are available to shed light on gift-giving, stress management and other holiday topics.
FOOD AND HEALTH
Kara Vogt
Faculty of Land & Food Systems
Tel. 604.822.2502
Email: kara.vogt@ubc.ca
Available: Through Dec. 19, except Dec. 12
- Healthy holiday eating
- Sustainable eating during the holidays
GIFT GIVING
Andrew Scott Baron
Dept. of Psychology
Tel: 604.822.6311
Email: abaron@psych.ubc.ca
Available: Through Dec. 19
Charles Ungerleider
Dept. of Educational Studies
Email: charles.ungerleider@ubc.ca
Available: Through Dec. 19
- Gifts to stimulate children’s creativity
MARKETING AND CONSUMER BEHAVIOUR
Darren Dahl
Sauder School of Business
Tel: 604.822.8346
Email: darren.dahl@sauder.ubc.ca
Available: Through Dec. 19
- Advertising, consumer behaviour, crowdsourcing
- Christmas clerks play the flattery card
JoAndrea (Joey) Hoegg
Sauder School of Business
Tel: 604.827.4541
Email: joey.hoegg@sauder.ubc.ca
Available: Through Dec. 19
- What triggers shoppers’ senses
- Sensory marketing, product design, brand loyalty
Charles Weinberg
Sauder School of Business
Tel. 604.822.8327
Email: chuck.weinberg@sauder.ubc.ca
Available: Through Dec. 16
- Nonprofits and charities – effective holiday marketing
SOCIAL MEDIA
Alfred Hermida
School of Journalism
Tel. 604.827.3540
Email: alfred.hermida@ubc.ca
Available: Through Dec. 19
- Social media dos and don’ts for holiday festivities
- Social networks and changing expectations
STRESS AND HAPPINESS
Richard Carpiano
Dept. of Sociology
Email: richard.carpiano@ubc.ca
Available: Through Dec. 19
- Social networks’ impact on health
- Cultural traditions and health habits
Maxine Crawford
Dept. of Psychology – PhD student
Tel: 778.475.1801
Email: maxcrawford@shaw.ca
Available: Through Dec. 19
- Exposure to nature can reduce holiday stress
Mark Holder
Dept. of Psychology
Tel: 250.807.8728
Email: mark.holder@ubc.ca
Available: Dec. 15-19
- Enhancing happiness over the holidays
- Children and happiness
CHRISTIANITY AND CHRISTMAS
John Stackhouse Jr.
Regent College at UBC
Email: jgs@regent-college.edu
Available: Through Dec. 20
- Meaning of Christmas; Advent
- Birth narratives in the Gospels
- What does Santa Claus have to do with Jesus?
