Teresa Davis

Associate Professor Teresa Davis serves in the Discipline of Marketing at the University of Sydney Business School. She earned a Bachelor of Commerce (BCom), a Master of Business Administration (MBA), and a PhD from the University of Wollongong. Her academic career at the University of Sydney Business School began in 2006, advancing to her current position as Associate Professor by 2010. Davis has supervised three PhD students to successful completion as primary supervisor. She holds roles including Faculty representative on the Cancer Research Network, founding member of the Steering Committee of the Food Systems Network at the University of Sydney, and membership on the University of Sydney Research Ethics Committee. Additionally, she co-guest edited a special issue of the European Journal of Marketing.

Teresa Davis's research interests center on children as consumers and the sociology of consumption, with a focus on family consumption dynamics, food marketing, consumer vulnerability, and sustainability. Her work examines maternal representations in advertising, fatherhood images in ads, food well-being in contexts of poverty, and policy interventions such as salt reduction in packaged foods. Notable publications include 'Liminal (trans)formative spaces: A temporary escape from gendered expectations' (2023, Journal of Consumer Affairs), 'The knowing mother: Maternal knowledge and the reinforcement of gender roles in advertising' (2019, Journal of Consumer Culture), 'From overt provider to invisible presence: discursive shifts in advertising images of the father' (2014, Journal of Marketing Management), 'Families and food: exploring food well-being in poverty' (2018, European Journal of Marketing), and contributions to studies on lunch box contents and family meal times in collaboration with the University of Edinburgh. Her scholarship, with 29 publications and over 500 citations, informs discussions on consumer behavior, gender roles in marketing, and public health policy implications.

Professional Email: teresa.davis@sydney.edu.au