Social Psychology Faculty |
Faculty Name |
Affiliations |
Research question |
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Susan Andersen | Social |
How are everyday interpersonal relations influenced by past relationships with significant others? |
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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? | |
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Maureen Craig | Social Cognition & Perception |
How does increasing diversity shape intergroup relations and political ideology? |
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Peter Gollwitzer | Social Cognition & Perception |
How do goals and plans affect cognition and behavior? |
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John Jost | Social | How and why do people support the status quo? |
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Eric Knowles | Social |
How do prejudice, identity, and ideology shape social behavior and political judgment? |
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Gabriele Oettingen | Social Developmental |
How do you make your fantasies come true? |
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Yaacov Trope | Social Program Coordinator Social Cognition & Perception |
How does distance affect self control? |
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Jay Van Bavel | Social Cognition & Perception |
How do our identities, values,and motivations change our perceptions and evaluations of others? |
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Tessa West | Social | How do individuals influence one another's thoughts and feelings during interpersonal interactions... |
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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 |
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PJ Henry | NYU Abu Dhabi Social |
How do we get comfortable with sexism, racism, and inequality? |
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Andrea Vial | NYU Abu Dhabi Social |
What are the psychological factors that help produce and maintain gender segregation? |
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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 |
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Adam Alter | Stern School of Business Marketing Department Social |
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Joshua Aronson | Steinhardt Applied Psychology Dept. Social |
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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. | |
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Diane Hughes | Applied Psychology Social |
What do parents communicate to their children about race and intergroup relations? |
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Justin Kruger | Stern School of Business Marketing Department Social |
How do people evaluate themselves and the world around them? |
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Joe Magee | Wagner School of Public Service Stern Management and Organizations Department Social |
How does social structure affect individual and interpersonal psychology? |
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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? |
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Brian McElree | Cognition & Perception Social |
How do people understand sentences within the limits of working memory? |
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Marjorie Rhodes | Associate Chair Cognition & Perception Developmental Social |
How do concepts develop? |
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Avani Mehta Sood | NYU Law Social |
Studying the relationship between psychology and criminal justice. |
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Niobe Way | Steinhardt - Applied Psychology Social |
Social and emotional development and how cultural ideologies influence developmental trajectories. |
Emeritus Faculty |
Faculty Name |
Affiliations |
Research Question |
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Shelly Chaiken | Social | Attitude structure and change, social cognition. |
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Diane Ruble | Social | How is social knowledge formed, and how does it affect the social functioning and adaptation of children and adolescents? |
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Jim Uleman | Social Cognition & Perception |
How do we perceive others, conciously and unconsciously, and what are the consequences? |