Faculty Profile: Kim K. Johnson
Kim K. Johnson, Ph.D.
Specialties & Expertise
- Retail Merchandising
- Social Psychological Aspects of Clothing
- Consumer Behavior
Course Titles (resident and outreach teaching:
- RM 1201 Design, Merchandising & the Consumer
- RM 4212 Dress, Society and Culture
- RM 4196 Field Experience/Internship
- ApSt 8102 Quantitative Research Methods
Selected Scholarship
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Kim, H., Kang, J. M., & Johnson, K. K. P. (2012). Effect of consumer relationship proneness on perceived loyalty program attributes and resistance to change. International Journal of Retail and Distribution Management,40(5), 376-387.
- Rhee, J., & Johnson, K.K.P. (2012). Investigating relationships between adolescents’ liking for an apparel brand and brand self congruency. Young Consumers, 13(1), 74-85.
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Kim, J., & Johnson, K. K. P. (2012). The impact of moral emotions on cause-related marketing campaigns: A cross-cultural examination. Journal of Business Ethics . DOI 10.1007/s10551-012-1233-6
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Johnson, K. K. P., Mun, J., Ju, H., Kang, J., Kim, H., & Wu, J. (2011). Socialization and teen magazines: What are the messages? International Journal of Costume and Fashion, 11(2), 1-12.
- Kim., Yoo, J., Choi, D., Kim, J., & Johnson, K.K.P. (2011). Personal luxurty values associated with fashion brand consumption: An exploratory analysis of demographic variations in the United Sates. Journal of Global Fashion Marketing, 2(3), 130-138.
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Kang, M., Sklar, M., & Johnson, K. K. P. (2011). Men at work: Using dress to communicate identities. Journal of Fashion Marketing and Management. 15(4), 412-427.
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Lennon, S., Johnson, K. K. P., & Lee, J. (2011). A perfect storm for consumer misbehavior: Shopping on Black Friday. Clothing and Textiles Research Journal. 29(2), 119 - 134.
- Kang, M., & Johnson, K. K. P. (2011). Retail therapy: Development of a scale. Clothing and Textiles Research Journal, 29 (1), 3-19
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Yurchison, J., & Johnson, K. K. P. (2010). Fashion and the consumer. Oxford: Berg Publications.
- Kang, M., & Johnson, K. K. P. (2011). Retail therapy: Development of a scale. Clothing and Textiles Research Journal, 29 (1), 3-19.
Professional, Institutional, and Community Leadership and Service
- 2010-present Senate Judicial Committee
Awards
- Outstanding Contributions to Postbaccalaureate, Graduate, and Professional Education Award, 2012.
- Educators for Socially Responsible Apparel Business, Outstanding Research Paper focused on Social
- Responsibility/Sustainability, 2010.
- International Textile and Apparel Association, Paper of Distinction outstanding research-Merchandising: Visual Track, 2010.
- International Textile and Apparel Association, Paper of Distinction outstanding research -Social Psychological Track, 201.0
- International Textile and Apparel Association, Paper of Distinction- outstanding research- Merchandising-Management Track, 2010.
- International Textile and Apparel Association, Paper of Distinction- outstanding research Consumer Behavior Track, 2010.
- International Textile and Apparel Association, Best Paper-Consumer Behavior Track, 2007.

Professor
Retail Merchandising Program
Department of Design, Housing, and Apparel
368c McNeal Hall
1985 Buford Ave.
St. Paul, MN 55108-6136
(612) 624-3687
kjohnson@umn.edu