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Keynote Speaker - John Jost

John T. Jost is Professor of Social Psychology at New York University. Since receiving his Ph.D. from Yale University in 1995 he has published over 80 articles and chapters and 4 edited volumes, including Social and Psychological Bases of Ideology and System Justification (Oxford University Press). In 2007 Jost was named one of the five most highly cited social-personality psychologists in the world at the rank of Associate Professor. Other awards and honors include the Gordon Allport Intergroup Relations Prize (three times), the Society for Personality and Social Psychology Theoretical Innovation Prize, the Erik Erikson Early Career Award for Research Achievement in Political Psychology, the International for Self & Identity Early Career Award, and the Morton Deutsch Award for Distinguished Scholarly and Practical Contributions to Social Justice. Jost was Editor-in-Chief of Social Justice Research and has served on several editorial boards and executive committees of professional societies.

Organizing Committee

Matthew Kugler is a 5th year doctoral candidate in psychology at Princeton University. His research addresses questions at the intersection of psychology with law, politics, and public policy. His current projects include investigations of the multiple dimensions of political ideology, lay perceptions of justice in tort and criminal law cases, and drug crime policy. He graduated in 2005 from Williams College with a double major in psychology and political science.

C. Daniel Myers is currently a Ph.D. candidate in his fifth year of study at Princeton University. His dissertation draws on formal modeling and political psychology to examine when people will - and won't - share information in deliberation. More broadly, he is interested in the political psychology, experimental methods, deliberative democracy, and campaigns and elections in the American context. He is a 2005 graduate of Allegheny College, where I was a fellow at the Center for Political Participation.

Abigail Sussman is currently a second year doctoral candidate in psychology and social policy at Princeton University. Her research broadly addresses questions at the intersection of psychology and behavioral economics, examining how people form judgments and make decisions, with a focus on applying psychological insights to improve people’s choices in areas relevant for public policy. She graduated in 2004 from Brown University with dual concentrations in cognitive science and economics and worked in finance at Goldman Sachs prior to coming to Princeton.