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John T. Jost

John T. Jost has published over 90 scientific journal articles and book chapters and has received numerous awards and honors. In 2007, he was named as one of the 5 most highly cited social-personality psychologists at the rank of associate professor. His active research interests include stereotyping, prejudice, ideology, and intergroup relations; social justice; political psychology; and the theory of system justification. Awards he has received include the Gordon Allport Intergroup Relations Award (three times), the Society for Personality and Social Psychology Theoretical Innovation Prize, the International Society for Self & Identity Early Career Award, the Erik Erikson Early Career Research Achievement Award in Political Psychology, the Society of Experimental Social Psychology Career Trajectory 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. He is Editor of a book series on "Political Psychology" for Oxford University Press and was named a Fellow of the Association for Psychological Science (APS).

Primary Interests:

  • Aggression, Conflict, Peace
  • Applied Social Psychology
  • Attitudes and Beliefs
  • Ethics and Morality
  • Intergroup Relations
  • Law and Public Policy
  • Personality, Individual Differences
  • Persuasion, Social Influence
  • Political Psychology
  • Prejudice and Stereotyping
  • Self and Identity
  • Social Cognition
  • Aggression, Conflict, Peace
  • Applied Social Psychology
  • Attitudes and Beliefs
  • Ethics and Morality
  • Intergroup Relations
  • Law and Public Policy
  • Personality, Individual Differences
  • Persuasion, Social Influence
  • Political Psychology
  • Prejudice and Stereotyping
  • Self and Identity
  • Social Cognition

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Courses Taught:

  • Political Psychology
  • Social Power
  • System Justification Theory
  • Theories of Social Psychology
  • Political Psychology
  • Social Power
  • System Justification Theory
  • Theories of Social Psychology

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John T. Jost
Department of Psychology
New York University
6 Washington Place, 5th Floor
New York, NY 10003
United States

Phone: (212) 998-7665
Fax: (212) 995-4018

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