Background and Honors

Education

• Ph.D., Psychology, Cornell University, June, 2001
• B.A., Psychology/Philosophy, Saint Olaf College, May, 1996

Academic Positions

• Professor, University of Chicago, January 2008 - present
• Assistant Professor, University of Chicago, January 2005 - December 2007
• Assistant Professor, Harvard University, July 2001 - December 2004
• Junior Scholar, Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies, University of British Columbia, July 2002

Honors and Awards

• American Psychological Association Distinguished Scientific Award for Early Career Contribution to Psychology (Social Psychology), 2011
• John E. Jeuck Faculty Fellow, University of Chicago Booth School of Business, 2010-present
• Fellow, Center for Advanced Studies in the Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University, 2009-2010
• Fellow, Association for Psychological Science, 2009
• Charter Fellow, Midwestern Psychological Association, 2009
• Winner of the Theoretical Innovation Prize from the Society for Personality and Social Psychology (with co-authors Adam Waytz & John Cacioppo), 2008
• Neubauer Family Faculty Fellow, University of Chicago Booth School of Business, 2008-2010
• Voted one of Harvard’s “Favorite Professors” by the Harvard Classes of 2003, 2004, and 2005
• Finalist, Society for Experimental Social Psychology Dissertation Award, 2002
• Dallenbach Research Fellowship, Cornell University, 2001
• Graduate Teaching Award, Department of Psychology, Cornell University, 1999
• Cornell University Teaching Fellowship, 1996-2000
• Donald G. Patterson Undergraduate Award in Psychology, Minnesota Psychological Association, 1996
• Phi Beta Kappa, 1996