A-LIST: Applied Learning in Societal Transformation

Thursday, November 5, 2026 at 6:00 PM until 7:00 PMPacific Standard Time UTC -08:00

Mitchell Hamilton, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Marketing, Co-Director of A-List Pathway
LMU College of Business Administration

Julian Saint Clair, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Marketing, Co-Director of A-List Pathway
LMU College of Business Administration

Dr. Mitch Hamilton is an award-winning scholar who earned a B.S. in marketing from San Diego State University, an MBA from Clark Atlanta University, and a Ph.D. in consumer behavior from Syracuse University. Dr. Hamilton began teaching marketing at LMU in the fall of 2012. Prior to LMU, he was an instructor at Syracuse University, a market research analyst and worked for a collegiate athletics marketing department. As a doctoral student, he capitalized upon a unique opportunity to be simultaneously trained in quantitative modeling by the marketing department and experimental design by the social psychology department. This experience helped Dr. Hamilton develop the socio-cultural lens through which he approaches marketing, as well as the triple-bottom-line (profit + people + planet) philosophy he adheres to in his teaching, research, and business practices. Over time, he gravitated toward the “consumer-self” literature which offered a vast river of knowledge. And from this river, he began to carve out two streams of research: [1] the consumer-brand paradigm and [2] the digital consumer-self (which also considers image manipulation mechanisms that are unique to digital environments).

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Dr. Julian K. Saint Clair earned a B.A. in business administration from Clark Atlanta University and an M.S. and Ph.D. in marketing & consumer psychology from University of Washington’s Foster School of Business. His work focuses on marketplace equity through the lens of consumer identity and learning. Subtopics include multiple identities, multiculturalism, intersectionality, stereotypes and diversity marketing. Saint Clair’s interdisciplinary approach has led to publications in premier outlets such as Journal of Marketing, Marketing Science, Journal of Consumer Research, Journal of Consumer Psychology, Journal of Marketing Education, and the Association for Consumer Research (ACR) Film Festival. He has been recognized by the American Marketing Association, National Black MBA Association, Ph.D. Project, and ACR for excellence in diversity marketing. Saint Clair uses his expertise in inclusive brand strategy and communications to work with individuals and organizations to create positive value for stakeholder communities across a range of industries and sectors.