Research Seminars
For a list of our past lunchtime research seminars, click here.
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Activism and Morality
- Achar, C. & Lee, A. Y. (2022). Regulatory fit intensifies moral predispositions. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology.
- Wang, C. S., Whitson, J. A., King, B. G., & Ramirez, R. L. (2021). Social movements, collective identity, and workplace allies: The labeling of gender equity policy changes. Organization Science.
- Jami, A., Kouchaki, M., & Gino, F. (2021). I own, so I help out: How psychological ownership increases prosocial behavior. Journal of Consumer Research, 47(5), 698-715.
- Silver, I. , Kelly, B.A., Small, D.A. (2021). Selfless First Movers and Self-Interested Followers: Order of Entry Signals Purity of Motive in Pursuit of the Greater Good. Journal of Consumer Psychology, 31(3), 501-517.
- Silver, I., & Shaw, A. (2022). When and why “staying out of it” backfires in moral and political disagreements. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General.
- Jang, L., Kouchaki, M., & John, L.K. (2023). Research: Why Leaders Should Be Open About Their Flaws. Harvard Business Review.
- Silver, I. , Silverman, J. (2022). Doing good for (maybe) nothing: How reward uncertainty shapes observer responses to prosocial behavior. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes. 168, 104-113.
- Silver, I. , Small, D.A. (2023). Put Your Mouth Where Your Money Is: A Field Experiment Encouraging Donors to Share About Charity. Marketing Science.
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI)
- Leavitt, K., Zhu, L. L., Kouchaki, M., & Klotz, A. (2022). Fragile or robust? Differential effects of gender threats in the workplace among men and women. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 168, 104112.
- Onyeador, I. N., Daumeyer, N. M., Rucker, J. M., Duker, A., Kraus, M. W., & Richeson, J. A. (2021). Disrupting beliefs in racial progress: Reminders of persistent racism alter perceptions of past, but not current, racial economic equality. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 47(5), 753-765.
- Onyeador, I. N., Hudson, S. K. T., & Lewis Jr, N. A. (2021). Moving beyond implicit bias training: Policy insights for increasing organizational diversity. Policy Insights from the Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 8(1), 19-26.
- Rivera, L. A., & Owens, J. (2021). Glass floors and glass ceilings: Sex homophily and heterophily in job interviews. Social Forces, 99(4), 1363-1393.
Sustainability & ESG
- Lungeanu, R., & Weber, K. (2021). Social responsibility beyond the corporate: Executive mental accounting across sectoral and issue domains. Organization Science, 32(6), 1473-1491.
- Serafeim, G., & Yoon, A. (2021). Stock price reactions to ESG news: The role of ESG ratings and disagreement. Review of Accounting Studies.
Financial Inclusion
- Bachas, P., Gertler, P., Higgins, S., & Seira, E. (2021). How debit cards enable the poor to save more. The Journal of Finance, 76(4), 1913-1957.
- Karlan, D., Osman, A., & Zinman, J. (2018; last revised August 2022). Dangers of a double‐bottom line? A poverty targeting experiment misses both targets. Journal of Economics & Management Strategy.
Health
- Solís Arce, J. S., … Karlan, D., et al. (2021). COVID-19 vaccine acceptance and hesitancy in low-and middle-income countries. Nature Medicine, 27(8), 1385-1394.
- Milkman, K. L., … Karlan, D., et al. (2021). A megastudy of text-based nudges encouraging patients to get vaccinated at an upcoming doctor’s appointment. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 118(20).
- Lee, A. Y., Wang, J., Bockenholt, U., Lee, L., Ohme, R., Reykowska, D., & Yeung, C. (2022). The enthusiasts and the reluctants of COVID-19 vaccine uptake: A cluster analysis. Journal of the Association for Consumer Research.
- Achar, C., Dunn, L.H., Agrawal, N. (2022). Tainted by Stigma: The Interplay of Stigma and Moral Identity in Health Persuasion. Journal of Marketing Research 59 (2), 392-410.
- Monu, J.I., Achar, C., Wood, D.E., Flum, D.R., Agrawal, N., Farjah, F. (2022). Psychological Traits and the Persuasiveness of Lung Cancer Screening Health Messages. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 113 (4), 1341-1347.
Stereotyping
- Gallagher, N. M., & Bodenhausen, G. V. (2021). Gender essentialism and the mental representation of transgender women and men: A multimethod investigation of stereotype content. Cognition, 217, 104887.
- Petsko, C. D., Rosette, A. S., & Bodenhausen, G. V. (2022). Through the looking glass: A lens-based account of intersectional stereotyping. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology.
- Wages, J. E., III, Perry, S. P., Skinner-Dorkenoo, A. L., & Bodenhausen, G. V. (2021). Reckless gambles and responsible ventures: Racialized prototypes of risk-taking. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology.
Ongoing Research
- How Body Weight Stigma Affects Ad Targeting (Koji J. Takahashi & Chethana Achar)
- Organizational Biases in Training Messaging (Koji J. Takahashi & Ivy Onyeador)
- Dissecting Group-Think Polarization (Koji J. Takahashi & Angela Y. Lee)
- Gender Disparities in Participation and the Moderating Role of Classroom Culture (Mindy Truong, Hannah Birnbaum, Andrea Dittmann, Lydia Emery, Rebecca Carey, Sarah Townsend, Nicole Stephens)
- Factors Driving Non-Profit Constituency Satisfaction (Mindy Truong, Maryam Kouchaki, Samantha Kassirer)
- How Race Affects Hiring and Socialization (Mindy Truong, Angela Y. Lee)
- Threat in Cross-Class Interaction (Mindy Truong, Sarah Townsend, Nicole Stephens)
- Social Class and the MBA Experience (Mindy Truong, Nicole Stephens, Lydia Emery)