FACULTY FOCUS
Faculty and Staff Achievements
VSB boasts world-class faculty and staff members who are both nationally and internationally renowned.
Beth Vallen, PhD
Jessica Taylor
Recognized for Research on Consumers and Food Waste
Invited to Join Board of the American Real Estate Society
Beth Vallen, PhD, associate professor, Marketing & Business Law, and her co-authors received the 2020 Thomas C. Kinnear Award for an outstanding article, “The Squander Sequence: Understanding Food Waste at Each Stage of the Consumer Decision-Making Process” in the Journal of Public Policy & Marketing. Dr. Vallen and her team focused on waste that “occurs from consumer behaviors prior to purchase, at the point of purchase, and when consuming and disposing of food.” The research aims to understand the psychological background of consumer-level food waste. Dr. Vallen states that “food waste presents a complex global problem that is driven by parties and institutions across the food marketing system...Understanding why consumers waste food is a critical first step in developing solutions to mitigate waste.”
Jessica Taylor, director of the Daniel M. DiLella Center for Real Estate, was invited to join the board of the American Real Estate Society (ARES). The society is dedicated to sharing knowledge about real estate decision-making and markets. ARES also focuses on facilitating communication between university faculty and practicing professionals to promote research and education in the field of real estate. Taylor is one of 20 directors currently serving on the ARES board, and the only non-academic member that has ever been elected to represent a university. “I am honored to serve as a leader of this organization—the role will elevate awareness of the many strengths of real estate at Villanova and will allow me to contribute by sharing best practices with fellow real estate thought leaders,” said Taylor on her election to the board.
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