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Michele Gelfand


Michele Gelfand

Michele Gelfand

Professor of Psychology

University of Maryland
InvestigatorResearch Affiliate
Phone: 
301-864-0799
Email: 
mgelfand@psyc.umd.edu
Biography: 

Michele's research focuses on three areas: Cultural influences on negotiation, conflict, and justice; basic theoretical and methodological issues in cross-cultural psychology; and workplace diversity and discrimination.

Background

Education: 
  • University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Ph.D., Social/Organizational Psychology, 1996
  • University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, M.A., Social/Organizational Psychology, 1992 
  • Colgate University, Hamilton, New York, B.A., Psychology, 1989

News References

The Conversation: As states reopen, tensions flare between the rule followers and rule breakers (START in the News)
NPR: Playing Tight And Loose: How Rules Shape Our Lives (START in the News)
The Guardian: Authoritarian leaders thrive on fear. We need to help people feel safe (START in the News)
Science: Explaining the puzzle of human diversity (START in the News)
The Conversation: Could climate change fuel the rise of right-wing nationalism? (START in the News)
The National Interest: Who Was behind Sri Lanka’s Easter Terrorist Attacks? (START in the News)
START researcher Michele Gelfand to be inducted to American Academy of Arts and Sciences (News)
The Economist: Culture as the menacing force behind today’s crazy politics (START in the News)
The Guardian: Here’s the science behind the Brexit vote and Trump’s rise (START in the News)
Scientific American: A Powerful Force That Shapes All of our Decisions (START in the News)
Quartz: Islamic terrorism and domestic mass shootings may be caused by the exact same psychological phenomenon (START in the News)
The Stanford Daily: Q&A with Sarah Lyons-Padilla (START in the News)
The Conversation UK: Another mass shooting – what the experts say (START in the News)
Marginalization, discrimination create greater risk of radicalization for immigrants (Featured Research)
START researcher Michele Gelfand and former TRA Sarah Lyons-Padilla present on Capitol Hill (News)
Singaporean delegation discusses countering extremist propaganda with START (News)
Rigid cultural values related to greater number of terrorist attacks (News)
Researcher Spotlight: Michele Gelfand (People Spotlight)
Terp Magazine: Terp Magazine distinguishes START research and researchers (START in the News)
Terrorism: A Self-Love Story (News)
The National Interest: Learning from Sri Lanka (START in the News)
Haaretz: Is it possible to 'de-radicalize' terrorists? (START in the News)
The Australian: A Radical Case For Treatment (START in the News)
Media Corp Radio: Singapore Needs to Develop More Systematic Evaluation for Terrorist Rehab (START in the News)