Steven Neuberg

Steven Neuberg is a Foundation Professor in the Department of Psychology at Arizona State University. He received his bachelor's from Cornell University, a master's and doctorate from Carnegie Mellon University, and had a NATO Fellowship year at the University of Waterloo, Canada.  Neuberg integrates social-cognitive and evolutionary approaches in his research exploring the origins, nature, and nuances of prejudices and stereotypes, and the ways that fundamental motivations shape cognition and social behavior. He is the director of the Evolution, Ecology, and Social Behavior Lab and co-director of the Kenrick-Neuberg Social Cognition Laboratory. He also founded the ASU Global Group Relations Project, a multidisciplinary and global study of factors, including religion, which shape intergroup conflict. His research has been published in outlets such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Psychological Review, Advances in Experimental Social Psychology, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Psychological Science, Handbook of Social Psychology, and Perspectives on Psychological Science, and has been supported by the National Science Foundation, National Institute of Health, and Army Research Institute. His research has received the Gordon Allport Intergroup Relations Prize and the Daniel M. Wegner Theoretical Innovation Prize, and he is a fellow of multiple scientific societies, including the American Association for the Advancement of Science. He is the recipient of several ASU teaching honors, including the Outstanding Doctoral Mentor Award and the CLAS Outstanding Teaching Award, recently served as Chair of the Department of Psychology, and directs the Department’s Psych for Life® enterprise.