Social Psychology Faculty

Social Psychology Faculty	Faculty Name	Affiliations	Research question
	Susan Andersen	Social	How are everyday interpersonal relations influenced by past relationships with significant others?
	Ashwini Ashokkumar (Starting in September 2023)	Social	How do our identities shape (and get shaped by) how we think about, talk about, and do politics?
	Emily Balcetis	*Diversity & Inclusion Coordinator* Social Cognition & Perception	How do motivations influence perception?
	Maureen Craig	Social Cognition & Perception	How does increasing diversity shape intergroup relations and political ideology?
	Peter Gollwitzer	Social Cognition & Perception	How do goals and plans affect cognition and behavior?
	John Jost	Social	How and why do people support the status quo?
	Eric Knowles	Social	How do prejudice, identity, and ideology shape social behavior and political judgment?
	Gabriele Oettingen	Social Developmental	How do you make your fantasies come true?
	Yaacov Trope	*Social Program Coordinator* Social Cognition & Perception	How does distance affect self control?
	Jay Van Bavel	Social Cognition & Perception	How do our identities, values,and motivations change our perceptions and evaluations of others?
	Tessa West	Social	How do individuals influence one another's thoughts and feelings during interpersonal interactions...
	Madalina Vlasceanu	Social (Starting Sept 2022)	How does individual-level social cognition give rise to emergent cognitive phenomena such as collective beliefs or collective action?

Abu Dhabi Faculty	Faculty Name	Affiliations	Research Question
	PJ Henry	NYU Abu Dhabi Social	How do we get comfortable with sexism, racism, and inequality?
	Andrea Vial	NYU Abu Dhabi Social	What are the psychological factors that help produce and maintain gender segregation?
	Jaime Napier	NYU Abu Dhabi Social	How do societal inequalities manifest in our attitudes, beliefs, and overall well-being?

Affiliated Faculty	Faculty Name	Affiliations	Research Question
	Adam Alter	Stern School of Business Marketing Department Social
	Joshua Aronson	Steinhardt Applied Psychology Dept. Social
	Eric Dickson	Department of Politics Social	How do social identities affect political behavior and beliefs about the political world?
	Jonathan Haidt	Stern School of Business, Business & Society Program Social	I study morality and emotion, and how they vary across cultures.
	Diane Hughes	Applied Psychology Social	What do parents communicate to their children about race and intergroup relations?
	Justin Kruger	Stern School of Business Marketing Department Social	How do people evaluate themselves and the world around them?
	Joe Magee	Wagner School of Public Service Stern Management and Organizations Department Social	How does social structure affect individual and interpersonal psychology?
	Larry Maloney	Cognition & Perception Social Center for Neural Science Center for Neuroeconomics Center for Experimental Social Science	How do organisms gather information and act on it?
	Brian McElree	Cognition & Perception Social	How do people understand sentences within the limits of working memory?
	Marjorie Rhodes	Associate Chair Cognition & Perception Developmental Social	How do concepts develop?
	Avani Mehta Sood	NYU Law Social	Studying the relationship between psychology and criminal justice.
	Niobe Way	Steinhardt - Applied Psychology Social	Social and emotional development and how cultural ideologies influence developmental trajectories.
Emeritus Faculty	Faculty Name	Affiliations	Research Question
	Shelly Chaiken	Social	Attitude structure and change, social cognition.
	Diane Ruble	Social	How is social knowledge formed, and how does it affect the social functioning and adaptation of children and adolescents?
	Jim Uleman	Social Cognition & Perception	How do we perceive others, conciously and unconsciously, and what are the consequences?

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