How do culture and history change how people think?
I am an assistant professor of behavioral science at the University of Chicago’s Booth School of Business.
My research focuses on the cultural evolution of human psychology. There is now well-documented variation across history and culture in how people perceive and communicate about emotion, morality, prejudice, religious belief, and other kinds of attitudes and experiences. I believe that models of cultural evolution can help social scientists understand how this variation occurs, and how it may influence the development of political movements, intergroup conflicts, and economic systems.
In my research, I have (a) tested basic questions about the cultural evolution of the mind, (b) written about underused methods of studying cultural evolution, and (c) shown how basic findings about cultural variation could have implications for policy and inter-group relations. You can find this research in the “Research” tab.
You can also find my biography on this website in the “About” tab, job opportunities and a diversity statement in the “collaborate tab,” and a list of popular press articles that I have written in the “Popular Press” tab. You can also find my CV in the “vita” tab.