Background and Honors:

Education

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

Academic Positions

• Assistant Professor, University of Chicago, January 2005-present
• 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

• Finalist, Society for Experimental Social Psychology Dissertation Award, 2002
• Voted one of Harvard’s “Favorite Professors” by the Harvard Classes of 2003, 2004, and 2005
• Dallenbach Research Fellowship, Cornell University, 2001
• Graduate Teaching Award, Department of Psychology, Cornell University, 1999
• Donald G. Patterson Undergraduate Award in Psychology, Minnesota
• Psychological Association, 1996
• Phi Beta Kappa, 1996