Newsmaker: Cait Lamberton

Noteworthy: Lamberton won the 2016 Erin Anderson Award from the American Marketing Association Foundation, which recognizes the impact of her research, teaching and mentoring on the field of marketing.

Age: 40

Residence: Upper St. Clair

Occupation: Professor in the University of Pittsburgh's Katz Graduate School of Business

Education: Bachelor's degree in English from Wheaton College, 1999; Master of Business Administration from the University of South Carolina, 2006; Ph.D. in business administration and marketing from the University of South Carolina, 2008.

Background: Lamberton joined the Katz faculty in 2008 and teaches courses in consumer behavior and project-based marketing. Her research has been published in a variety of marketing journals, and she recently co-edited The Cambridge Handbook of Consumer Psychology. She is the marketing Ph.D. program coordinator at Katz and has co-authored journal articles with a number of doctoral students.

Quote: “I continue to learn from my students. ... They often spark ideas for me, which turn into research projects down the road.”