Scholars

The Center is currently funding a set of creative scholars to conduct original research and to connect scientific and humanistic research with society. The scholars listed below were selected based on the promise of their ideas to transform social and political interactions in society. The Center is funding scholars across multiple career stages.

Synergy Scholars

The Center is currently reviewing applications for Synergy Scholars!

These postdoctoral fellows and senior PhD students form a collaborative network between the Center and their home labs. These scholars investigate the nature of moral understanding across politics, religion, and race.

Diego ReineroPostdoctoral Researcher at Princeton University — **Diego Reinero**
Postdoctoral Researcher at Princeton University

Matti WilksLecturer at the University of Edinburgh — **Matti Wilks**
Lecturer at the University of Edinburgh

Steven RathjePhD Candidate at the University of Cambridge — **Steven Rathje**
PhD Candidate at the University of Cambridge

Daniel YudkinPostdoctoral Researcher at Pennsylvania University — **Daniel Yudkin**
Postdoctoral Researcher at Pennsylvania University

Emerging Scholars

These early career scholars are rising stars in the field with the promise to guide the future of the field of moral understanding. These scholars will initialize projects that will serve as the foundation for their future careers investigating moral understanding.

Michael Grigoni: Perceiving Precariousness- Christianity, Race, and Guns in U.S. American Life

Visiting Assistant Professor at Lexington Theological Seminary

Jeffrey Lees: Inaccurate Moral Meta-Perceptions Drive Moral Conflict

Visiting Assistant Professor at Clemson University

Melanie McGrath: Meanings, Morals, and Movements- How Moral Typecasting Links Creeping Concepts and Social Polarization

PhD Candidate at the University of Melbourne

Victoria Spring: Righteous Anger- Sharing negative emotions in political groups to effect change

Postdoctoral Researcher at New York University

Michael Stagnaro: Countering Ideological Suppression Through Communal Deliberation

Postdoctoral Researcher at Stanford University

Momentum Scholars

These mid-to-early career scholars have a proven track record of making discoveries related to moral understanding and disseminating these discoveries to a wide audience. These scholars will leverage their past success to discover barriers to moral understanding and how to overcome them.

Matt Baldwin: Who Will Suffer and When? Exploring Temporal Cognition as a Source of Political Polarization on Climate Change

Assistant Professor at University of Florida

Mark Brandt: Identifying Efficient Targets of Moral Reframing

Assistant Professor at Michigan State University

Lisa Chalik: Expanding the Moral Circle in Early Childhood

Assistant Professor at Yeshiva University

Daniel Effron: The Moral Psychology of Disinformation

Associate Professor at London Business School

Allison Skinner: A History Lesson to Establish Moral Common Ground

Assistant Professor at University of Georgia

Julian Zlatev: Polarization and TrustAssistant Professor at Harvard Business School — Julian Zlatev: *Polarization and Trust*
Assistant Professor at Harvard Business School