About
I am an Assistant Professor in the Business School at Lehigh University. I am also a lecturer in the Extension and Summer Schools at Harvard University. I was formerly a Senior Researcher in the Political Science Department at Stony Brook University, College Fellow in the Psychology Department at Harvard University, a Postdoctoral Research Associate in the Psychology Department at Lehigh University. He holds a PhD in Social and Political Psychology from the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities and a BA/MA in Forensic Psychology from John Jay College of Criminal Justice.
I study the causes, consequences, and solutions to bias in judgment and behavior in applied contexts, including political, legal, and organizational settings. I draw upon diverse and interdisciplinary perspectives from social psychology, organizational behavior, sociology, political science, and public policy to examine how beliefs about the self, others, and society contribute to prejudice and inequality, promote conspiratorial or anti-scientific thinking, and undermine commitment to democratic values, norms, and outcomes.
I employ experimental and non-experimental methods, implicit and explicit measurement strategies, and cross-sectional and longitudinal designs. I strive to maintain open-science standards in all of my work, a commitment to replicability and generalizability, and to translate empirical research into practices and policies that help individuals and institutions more closely align with their values, ethics, and goals. A critical feature of my work, about which I am particularly proud, is that I also apply the knowledge I have gained from my laboratory and field research to develop and test interventions that can help mitigate negative real-world consequences. In these ways, my work embraces basic and applied science to improve our understanding of behavior and policies in organizational settings.