Curriculum Vitae Contact Information Office Address Telephone Department of Psychology 650.799.0201 200 University Avenue West Office Fax Waterloo, Ontario, N2L 3G1 773.753-0561 Website http://www-psych.stanford.edu/~davenuss/index.htm E-mail davenuss@psych.stanford.edu Academic History SSHRC Post-Doctoral Scholar, July 2008-present Advisor: Steven Spencer Ph.D. in Social Psychology, June 2008 Graduate Advisors: Claude Steele, Carol Dweck Yale University B.A. in Psychology and Ethics, Politics, & Economics, cum laude, 2001 Grants and Fellowships Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (Canada) Post-doctoral Fellowship, 2008-2010 Graduate Fellow, Center for Comparative Study in Race and Ethnicity, 2007-2008 Gerhard Casper Stanford Graduate Fellowship, 2002-2004 Graduate Fellow, Stanford Center on International Conflict and Negotiation, 2003-2004 Mellon Undergraduate Research Award, Yale University, 2001 Undergraduate Research Grant, Department of Ethics, Politics, & Economics, Yale University, 2001 Richter Fellowship Fund Grant, Yale University, 2000 Tsuzuki International Fellowship, Fukuoka Daiichi High School, Fukuoka, Japan, 1995-1996 Publications and Manuscripts Journal Articles Nussbaum, A. D., & Steele, C. M. (2007). Persistence in the face of adversity. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 43, 127-134.
Young, S. D., Nussbaum, A. D., & Monin, B. (2007). Potential moral stigma and reactions to sexually transmitted diseases: Evidence for a disjunction fallacy. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 33, 789-799. Nussbaum, A. D., & Dweck, C. S. (2008). Defensiveness vs. remediation: Self-theories and modes of self-esteem maintenance. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 34, 127-134. Sherman, D. K., Cohen, G. L., Nelson, L. D., Nussbaum, A. D., Bunyan, D. P., & Garcia, J. P. (2009). Affirmed yet unaware: Exploring the role of awareness in the process of self-affirmation. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 97, 745-764. Nussbaum, A. D., Bryan, C. J., Brest, P., & Krieger, L. H. (in press). Belief revision: Learning from mistakes. In P. Brest & L. H. Krieger, Problem Solving, Decision Making, and Professional Judgment: A Guide for Lawyers and Policymakers. Bryan, C. J., Nussbaum, A. D., Brest, P., & Krieger, L. H. (in press). Social Influence. In P. Brest & L. H. Krieger, Problem Solving, Decision Making, and Professional Judgment: A Guide for Lawyers and Policymakers. Manuscripts under Review or Revision Nussbaum, A. D., & Steele, C. M. (under revision). Confronting stereotype threat: The motivation to disprove and avoid confirming stereotypes. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. Cwir, D., Spencer, S. J., Wood, J. V., & Nussbaum, A. D. (under review). Self-affirmation and emotion: How affirming tasks lead to undifferentiated positive affect that is shaped by conscious thought. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology. Manuscripts in Preparation Bryan, C. J., Nussbaum, A. D. (in preparation). A sheep in wolf s clothing: How partisanship constrains political judgments. Day, M. V., Kay, A., Nussbaum, A. D., Zanna, M. P. (in preparation). The soft bigotry of positive stereotypes: The uncritical acceptance of positive stereotypes leads to increased essentialism. Lau, G. P., Hoshino-Browne, E., Nussbaum, A. D., Spencer, S. J., Fein, S. (in preparation). The ironic effects of self-image maintenance goals on stereotype activation. Nussbaum, A. D., & Dweck, C. S. (in preparation). The effects of superiors theory of intelligence on performance in sunk cost scenarios. Professional Presentations Chaired Symposia Nussbaum, A. D., Shaver, P. R., Spencer, S. J., & Critcher, C. R. (2009, February). Healing a skinned knee with a kiss on the cheek: Flexibility in responding to self-threat. Symposium held at the Society for Personality and Social Psychology Conference, Tampa, FL.
Nussbaum, A. D., Cacioppo, J. T., Cohen, G. L, & Winkielman, P. (2009, May). Psychology as a hub science II: Navigating early career interdisciplinary collaboration. Symposium held at the Association for Psychological Science Conference, San Francisco, CA. Conference Papers Nussbaum, A. D., & Dweck, C. S. (2009). Managing Self-Esteem: Implicit Theories and Responses to Negative Feedback. Paper presented at the Society for Personality and Social Psychology Conference, Tampa, FL. Nussbaum, A. D. (2009). Navigating early career interdisciplinary collaboration: A conversation with young faculty. Panel discussant at the Association for Psychological Science Conference, San Francisco, CA. Nussbaum, A. D. (2007, August). Coping with intersubjective threat: Approach and avoidance motivations in crossrace tutoring. Paper presented at Expanding Horizons of Cultural Psychology: Advances in Research and Teaching,. Nussbaum, A. D., & Dweck, C. S. (2005, April). Managing self-esteem: An implicit theories perspective. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Western Psychological Association, Portland, OR. Posters Nussbaum, A. D., & Steele, C. M. (2007). Escaping accusation: An intersubjective perspective. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Memphis, TN. Steele, C. M., Murphy, M., Nussbaum, A. D., Jones, V., & Jackson, M. (2005, January). Academic disidentification: A longitudinal study of minority students academic outcomes. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, New Orleans, LA. Young, S., Nussbaum, A. D., & Monin, B. (2005, January). Defensive processing of stigmatized health information. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, New Orleans, LA. Nussbaum, A. D., & Steele, C. M.(2004, April). Adaptive disengagement: Preliminary support for an effective coping mechanism. Poster presented at the Claremont Symposium on Applied Social Psychology, Claremont, CA. Young, S., & Nussbaum, A. D. (2004, January). Defensive processing of negative health information: Denying a health threat when it is associated with a stigmatized behavior. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Austin, TX. Nussbaum, A. D., & Armor, D. A. (2002, February). The effects of self-affirmation on preference for challenge. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Savannah, GA. Media Coverage The many errors in thinking about mistakes New York Times, Business Section, November 24, 2007 Why learn and grow on the job? It s easier to feign infallibility Wall Street Journal, January 22, 2008
Research Interests Self-Image Maintenance Stereotype Threat Judgment and Decision Making Constraint Satisfaction Professional Affiliations American Psychological Association Association for Psychological Science Society for Personality and Social Psychology Western Psychological Association Professional Activities and Skills Organizer for Stanford-Berkeley Social Psychology Conference (Spring, 2004) Ad Hoc Reviewer for Identity: An International Journal of Theory and Research Ad Hoc Reviewer for Journal of Applied Social Psychology Ad Hoc Reviewer for Journal of Experimental Social Psychology Graduate Student Mentor, Stanford Psychology Honors Program (2005-2006) Graduate Admissions, Stanford Psychology Department (Winter, 2004) Conversationally Fluent in French, Hebrew and Polish; intermediate Japanese Teaching Courses Taught Co-instructor. Public Policy 205: Judgment and Decision Making for Public Policy, Fall 2007 Instructor. Psychology 116: Self and Identity, Summer 2007 Co-instructor. Psychology 108: Social Psychology, Summer 2005 Students Mentored Sean Drake, Honors Student (2006-2007) Stephanie Potter (2003-2007) Maya Guendelman, Honors Student (2003-2007) Jocelyn Ross, Honors Student (2003-2007) Drew Jacoby-Senghor, Honors Student (2005-2007) Melanie Thomas (2005-2007) Katie Lingras, Masters Student (2004-2007) Teaching Assistantships TA, Introduction to Psychology (2003). James Gross. TA, Introduction to Psychology (2004). Benoit Monin. TA, Statistics (2004). Ewart Thomas. TA, Cultural Psychology (2004). Hazel Markus. TA, Social Psychology (2004). Joseph Brown.
TA, Honors Program, full year (2005-2006). Phil Zimbardo. TA, Research Methods (Winter 2006). Mark Lepper. Grading TA, Emotions (Fall 2007). Bob Zajonc. References Claude Steele Office of the Provost Columbia University 205 Low Memorial Library, Mail Code 4313 535 West 116th Street New York, NY 10027 (212) 854-2404 provost@columbia.edu Steven Spencer Psychology Department 200 University Avenue West Waterloo, Ontario, Canada N2L 3G1 (519) 888-4567 x33046 sspencer@watarts.uwaterloo.ca Carol Dweck Department of Psychology Jordan Hall, Building 420 Stanford, CA 94305-2130 (650) 724-9063 dweck@psych.stanford.edu Hazel Markus Department of Psychology Jordan Hall, Building 420 Stanford, CA 94305-2130 (650) 723-4404 hmarkus@psych.stanford.edu