Behavioral Scientist & Marketing Professor; E. Bronson Ingram Chair at Vanderbilt; Expert on Scarcity & Consumer Decision Making

Nashville, TN, USA

Kelly Goldsmith Biography

Dr. Kelly Goldsmith is a behavioral scientist and the E. Bronson Ingram Chair and Professor of Marketing at the Owen Graduate School of Management at Vanderbilt University. Goldsmith's research is interdisciplinary, drawing on anthropology, cognitive and social psychology, economics, evolutionary biology, and marketing. Her work centers on scarcity, uncertainty, goals, and self-regulation, contributing to theories of consumer decision making and offering practical techniques for marketers, firms, and policy makers.

Goldsmith earned her undergraduate degree from Duke University and a doctorate in behavioral marketing from Yale University. She served as a marketing professor at the Kellogg School of Management for eight years, where she received several honors, including the Richard M. Clewett Research Chair, the McManus Research Chair, the Sidney J. Levy Award for Excellence in Teaching, and two Faculty Impact Awards. Goldsmith also won the Levy & Weiss AMA Dissertation Competition and received honorable mention for the SCP-SHETH Dissertation Award. She was recognized by Poets & Quants as one of the Top 40 Most Outstanding B-School Professors in the World Under 40 and by Fortune as one of Eight Young B-School Professors on the Rise.

At Vanderbilt, Goldsmith serves as the E. Bronson Ingram Chair, full professor, Marketing Area Coordinator, and has received the Research Productivity Award and the Dean's Award for Teaching. She has also been recognized as a Chancellor's Faculty Fellow, received the Ivey Publishing Bestseller Award, and was named a Woman of Influence by Nashville Business Journal. Goldsmith serves on the editorial boards of Journal of Marketing Research and Journal of Consumer Research, and on the advisory panel for the Society for Consumer Psychology. Her research has been featured in media outlets including BBC, Time Magazine, New York Times, and Wall Street Journal.

In addition to her academic career, Goldsmith appeared as a contestant on the third season of the American television reality show "Survivor" as part of the cast of "Survivor: Africa." Her experience on "Survivor" influenced her research into consumer behavior and scarcity. Goldsmith has shared her insights with a broad audience through her TEDxNashville talk, "How to Make the Most Out of Not Having Enough," offering perspectives on behavioral science, marketing, and consumer psychology.

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Speaker profile last updated by AAE Talent Team on 10/28/2026.

Kelly Goldsmith Videos

Quantum Potential Podcast: Kelly Goldsmith

Quantum Potential Podcast: Kelly Goldsmith

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Dr Kelly Goldsmith at the 2023 CNCF Parent & Caregiver

Dr Kelly Goldsmith at the 2023 CNCF Parent & Caregiver

Dr Kelly Goldsmith at the 2023 CNCF Parent & Caregiver Education Conference.

How to Make the Most Out of Not Having Enough | Kelly Goldsmith

How to Make the Most Out of Not Having Enough | Kelly Goldsmith

Today, people regularly feel like they don’t have enough – not enough time, not enough money, not enough followers on Instagram. Can these every...

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