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Social Psychology Faculty

Primary Faculty	Affiliations	Research question
David Amodio	Social Program Coordinator Social Center for Brain Imaging Center for Neural Science	How is social behavior regulated? What are the neural mechanisms? ... (more)
Susan Andersen	Social	How are everyday interpersonal relations influenced by past relationships with significant others? ... (more)
Emily Balcetis	Social	How do motivations influence perception? ... (more)
Peter Gollwitzer	*Associate Chair* Social Cognition & Perception	How do goals and plans affect cognition and behavior? ... (more)
Madeline Heilman	*Director of Graduate Studies* Social	How do gender stereotypes affect evaluations of working women? ... (more)
John Jost	Social	How and why do people support the status quo? ... (more)
Eric Knowles	Social Assistant Professor	How do prejudice, identity, and ideology shape social behavior and political judgment?
Gabriele Oettingen	Social Developmental	How do you make your fantasies come true? ... (more)
Marjorie Rhodes	Cognition & Perception Social Developmental	How do concepts develop? ... (more)
Pat Shrout	Social	How can we learn about the causes and modifiers of human suffering when strong experimental methods are not ethical or feasible? ... (more)
Yaacov Trope	Social Cognition & Perception	How does distance affect self control? ... (more)
Jim Uleman	Social Cognition & Perception	How do we perceive others, conciously and unconsciously, and what are the consequences? ... (more)
Jay Van Bavel	Social Cognition & Perception	How do our identities, values,and motivations change our perceptions and evaluations of others? ... (more)
Tessa West	Social	How do individuals influence one another's thoughts and feelings during interpersonal interactions... (more)

Affiliated Faculty
Adam Alter	Social
Eric Dickson	Department of Politics Social	How do social identities affect political behavior and beliefs about the political world? ... (more)
Jonathan Haidt	Business & Society Program Area Social	I study morality and emotion, and how they vary across cultures.
Diane Hughes	Applied Psychology	What do parents communicate to their children about race and intergroup relations? ... (more)
Justin Kruger	Stern School of Business Marketing Department Social	How do people evaluate themselves and the world around them? ... (more)
Joe Magee	Wagner School of Public Service Stern Management and Organizations Department Social	How does social structure affect individual and interpersonal psychology? ... (more)
Brian McElree	Cognition & Perception Social	How do people understand sentences within the limits of working memory? ... (more)
Liz Phelps	Cognition & Perception Center for Neural Science Center for Brain Imaging Center for Neuroeconomics	What can cognitive neuroscience tell us about emotion? ... (more)
Yuval Rottenstreich	Social Stern School of Business Marketing Department

Emeritus Faculty
Shelly Chaiken	Social	What does it take to change your mind? ... (more)
Diane Ruble	Social Developmental	Do girls learn to be girls? ... (more)

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