Compulsive Consumers

Why people buy, collect, and hoard.
by Nancy Ridgway, PhD

Meet Professor Ridgway

Hello Everyone - this is my first blog for Psychology Today. I am very excited to get to know you and also to share my research with you. I am a Texan (from Austin) and I went to the University of Texas at Austin for all of my degrees (go Longhorns!). I also went to high school in Austin and met my husband during high school. We have been married 35 years. Read More

Nancy Ridgway Ph.D.

Nancy M. Ridgway is a reformed compulsive buyer and a Professor of Marketing in the Business School at the University of Richmond since 2001. more...

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