Hello! I am a Postdoctoral Research Scholar at the University of Toronto’s Rotman School of Management in the Marketing and OBHRM departments. During the summer of 2024, I was also a Visiting Scholar at UCLA’s Anderson School of Management in the Behavioral Decision Making department.
Using a variety of research methods, such as laboratory, longitudinal, field, and cross-cultural experiments, I study questions that touch on global poverty & inequality, prosociality, and moral psychology. My research centers around two key questions:
- What psychological costs associated with aid or aid delivery prevent eligible individuals from taking up and utilizing help from charitable organizations and government programs?
- Why do individuals sometimes help less (effectively) than they could?
I take an interdisciplinary approach to research, pulling from behavioral marketing, organizational behavior, social psychology, behavioral (development) economics, and moral philosophy. My work has been published in top scientific journals such as the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Psychological Science, the Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, Academy of Management Perspectives, and Research in Organizational Behavior. I received my M.S. and Ph.D. in Management and Organizations from Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management, my M.A. in Social Science from the University of Chicago, and my B.S. in Psychology from THE Ohio State University (go Buckeyes!).
If you are interested in working together or have any questions about my research, please feel free to contact me at samantha.kassirer@rotman.utoronto.ca. Thanks for visiting my website!
