social sciences Experts

Julie Downs

Professor and Department HeadCarnegie Mellon University

Julie Downs studies social influences on decisions, particularly the impact of social norms.

Harry Krejsa

Director of Studies, Washington Office, Carnegie Mellon Institute for Strategy & TechnologyCarnegie Mellon University

Harry Krejsa leads research on emerging technology trends and their implications for US government policy.

Marsha Lovett

Teaching Professor and Vice ProvostCarnegie Mellon University

Lovett and team help instructors apply learning science and educational technology to create effective courses (in-person + online).

Haleigh Bartos

Associate Professor of the PracticeCarnegie Mellon University

Haleigh Bartos’s area of research is Africa and the Middle East.

Aaditya Ramdas

Associate ProfessorCarnegie Mellon University

Aaditya Ramdas' research is aimed at solving basic problems in science and technology.

Gretchen Chapman

ProfessorCarnegie Mellon University

Gretchen Chapman's work focuses on medical decision making, especially vaccination and organ donation.

Christopher Philips

Professor and Department Head, HistoryCarnegie Mellon University

Christopher Phillips' research focuses on how statistics, mathematics, and AI have transformed the way people understand the world.

Laurie Heller

Teaching Professor of PsychologyCarnegie Mellon University

Laurie Heller's research helps us understand how humans naturally make sense of sound and can improve technologies that rely on sound.

Linda Moya

Distinguished Service ProfessorCarnegie Mellon University

George Loewenstein

University ProfessorCarnegie Mellon University

George Loewenstein helped to found the fields of behavioral economics and neuroeconomics.