Journal of Public Policy & Marketing | Editors

Melissa Bublitz is the Liz Kramer Professor of Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship at the School of Human Ecology at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Her research focuses on understanding and influencing behavior to promote the well-being of individuals and the communities where they live and work. Investigating topics such as food and nutrition security, sustainability, and grassroots social change, her research is characterized by a strong commitment to creating real-world impact and is often conducted in partnership with community organizations. She was part of a research team whose paper won the 2022 Thomas C. Kinnear/Journal of Public Policy & Marketing Award. She has been an associate editor at the Journal of Public Policy & Marketing since 2019 and at the Journal of Consumer Psychology since 2021.

Stacey Finkelstein is Professor of Marketing at the College of Business, Stony Brook University. She earned her PhD and MBA at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. Her research explores factors impacting food choices, health care access and utilization, and vaccine hesitancy. In her ongoing projects, she identifies areas of opportunity and challenges for the use of emerging technologies in health care settings, centering patient needs, preferences, and concerns. In recognition of her research, she received the AMA Marketing and Society Special Interest Group (MASSIG) early career award in 2019 and a best paper award from the Journal of Consumer Affairs in 2021. She has served as the chair of MASSIG from 2023–2025 and as an associate editor at the Journal of Business Research and Journal of Consumer Affairs.