J A N E L. R I S E N Curriculum Vitae Personal Data Position Associate Professor of Behavioral Science University of Chicago, Booth School of Business Office Address Office Phone The University of Chicago 773.834.2187 Booth School of Business 5807 South Woodlawn Avenue Office Fax Chicago, Illinois 60637 773.753.0561 Website http://faculty.chicagobooth.edu/jane.risen/ E-mail jane.risen@chicagobooth.edu Education Cornell University Ph.D. in Social and Personality Psychology, 2007 Dissertation: Why people are reluctant to tempt fate: The effect of negativity and accessibility on belief and behavior Graduate advisor: Thomas Gilovich Harvard University B.A. in Psychology, Summa cum laude, 2001 Thesis: One away: The prediction and experience of regret in close-call situations Undergraduate advisor: Daniel T. Gilbert Fellowships and Grants William Ladany Faculty Scholar, 2014-2015, 2015-2016 Neubauer Family Faculty Fellow, 2011-2012 William S. Fishman Faculty Research Scholar, 2008-2009 Templeton Foundation Grant, Human Nature / Human Potential, 2007-2009 National Science Foundation, Graduate Research Fellowship, 2003-2006 Sage Graduate Fellowship, Cornell University, 2002-2003, 2006-2007 Institute of Humane Studies, Humane Studies Fellowship, 2003-2004 Publications Journal Articles and Chapters Risen, J. L. (2015). Believing what we don t believe: Acquiescence to superstitious beliefs and other powerful intuitions. Psychological Review.
Schroeder, J., & Risen, J. L. (2015). Befriending the enemy: Outgroup friendship longitudinally predicts intergroup attitudes in a co-existence program for Israelis and Palestinians. Group Processes and Intergroup Relations. Risen 2 Zhang, Y., & Risen, J. L. (2014). Embodied motivation: Using a goal systems framework to understand the preference for social and physical warmth. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 107, 965-977. Critcher, C. R., & Risen, J. L. (2014). If he can do it, so can they: Incidental exposure to counterstereotypically-successful exemplars prompts automatic inferences. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 106, 359-379. Zhang, Y., Risen, J. L, & Hosey, C. (2013). Reversing one s fortune by pushing away bad luck. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 143, 1171-1184. Converse, B. A., Risen, J. L., & Carter, T. J. (2012). Investing in Karma: When wanting promotes helping. Psychological Science, 23, 923-930. Risen, J. L., & Critcher, C. R. (2011). Visceral fit: While in a visceral state, associated states of the world seem more likely. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 100, 777-793. Selected as Editors Choice by Science (April 2011). Chen, M. K., & Risen, J. L. (2010). How choice affects and reflects preferences: Revisiting the free-choice paradigm. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 99, 573-594. The two authors contributed equally to the manuscript. Authorship order was determined by a coin flip. Risen, J. L. & Chen, M. K. (2010). How to study choice-induced attitude change: Strategies for fixing the free-choice paradigm. Social and Personality Psychology Compass, 4, 1151-1164. Hove, M. J., & Risen, J. L. (2009). It's all in the timing: Interpersonal synchrony increases affiliation. Social Cognition, 27, 949-961. Chen, M. K., & Risen, J. L. (2009). Is choice a reliable predictor of choice? A comment on Sagarin and Skowronski. Journal of Experimental and Social Psychology, 45, 425-427. Risen, J. L., & Gilovich, T. (2008). Why people are reluctant to tempt fate. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 95, 293-307. Risen, J. L., & Gilovich, T. (2007). Another look at why people are reluctant to exchange lottery tickets. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 93, 12-22. Risen, J. L., & Gilovich, T. (2007). Target and observer differences in the acceptance of questionable apologies. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 92, 418-433. 2
Risen 3 Risen, J. L., & Gilovich, T., Dunning, D. (2007). One-shot illusory correlations and stereotype formation. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 33, 1492-1502. Awarded Honorary Mention for the Society for Personality and Social Psychology s 2007 Student Publication Award Risen, J. L., & Gilovich, T. (2007). Informal logical fallacies. In R. J. Sternberg, H. Roediger III, & D. Halpern (Eds.), Critical Thinking in Psychology (pp. 110-130). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Risen, J. L. (2007). Visceral Influences. In R. F. Baumeister & K. D. Vohs (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Social Psychology. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage publications. Gilbert, D. T., Morewedge, C. K., Risen, J. L., and Wilson, T. D. (2004). Looking forward to looking backward: The misprediction of regret. Psychological Science, 15, 346-350. Manuscripts under Review or in Revision Brooks, A. W., Schroeder, J., Risen, J. L., Gino, F., Galinsky, A., Norton, M. I., & Schweitzer, M. E. Don t stop believing: Rituals decrease anxiety and increase performance. Hosey, C., & Risen, J. L. Moralizing goals: Consequences for moral judgment and goal pursuit. Kim, T., Sezer, O., Schroeder, J., Risen, J. L., Gino, F., & Norton, M. I. Group rituals improve group performance. Schroeder, J., & Risen, J. L., Gino, F., & Norton, M. I. Handshaking promotes cooperative dealmaking. Woolley, K., & Risen, J. K. Avoiding information to protect a strong intuitive preference. Woolley, K., Risen, J. L., McGill, A. L. Word-of-mouth for deal purchases: Signaling competence while saving money. Invited Talks Stanford University (November, 2006) University of Missouri (November, 2006) Michigan State (November, 2006) Wake Forest University (November, 2006) University of California Irvine (December, 2006) University of California Davis (December, 2006) University of Kansas (December, 2006) University of Chicago, GSB (January, 2007) The Ohio State University (January, 2007) Washington University (January, 2007) 3
Risen 4 Northwestern University (November, 2007) University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (November, 2007) University of Chicago (May, 2008) University of Waterloo (September, 2008) Kellogg School of Management: Management (April, 2009) University of Illinois, Chicago (April, 2009) Wharton, University of Pennsylvania (April, 2010) Haas School of Business, University of California Berkeley (April, 2010) Kellogg School of Management: Marketing (February, 2011) Cornell University (March, 2011) Wharton, University of Pennsylvania (October, 2015) UCLA Anderson School of Management (December, 2015) Press Coverage ABCNews.com (October, 2010) ABC News digital (Dec, 2013) Associated Press (Dec, 2103) APA Monitor (June, 2007) APS Observer (October, 2008) Capital Ideas ( Winter 2014, Summer 2014, Fall 2014, Winter 2015) Chicago Booth Magazine (Summer, 2011; Winter 2013; Winter, 2014; Winter 2015) Chicago Maroon (February, 2011; December, 2015) Daily Planet, Discovery Channel Canada (October, 2013) Financial Times (July 2012) Huffington Post (October, 2013) Metro (October, 2013) msnnow (October, 2013) NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams (Dec, 2013) New York Times (April, 2008, May, 2008, January, 2010, February, 2011, April 2012, October 2013, August 2014, October 2015) NPR Talk of the Nation interview (August, 2008) NPR Weekend Edition (October, 2013) Psychology Today (May-June, 2007) Psychologies (December, 2008) PhysOrg.com (February, 2011) Science and Religion Today.com (February, 2011) Science World Report (October 2013) Scientific American (May 2012) ScienceBlog.com (October, 2013) Times Higher Education (August 2012) Washington Post (February, 2007 and June, 2007) WNPR Where We Live interview (June, 2008) WBEZ Morning Shift interview (October, 2015) Yahoo News (October, 2013) 4
Risen 5 Professional Presentations Chaired Symposia Risen, J. L., Woolley, K., Oster, E., Howell, J., & Shepperd, J. A. (2016). Don t tell me, I don t want to know: The protective role of information avoidance. Symposium to be conducted at the Society for Personality and Social Psychology Conference, San Diego, CA. Hosey, C., Risen, J. L., Young, S. G., & Wennekers, A. (2013). New takes on approach and avoidance. Symposium conducted at the Society for Personality and Social Psychology Conference, New Orleans, LA. Risen, J. L., Critcher, C. R., Purdie-Vaughns, V., Jost, J. T. (2011, January). Beyond the rhetoric: Empirical insights into current hot-button political issues. Symposium conducted at the Society for Personality and Social Psychology Conference, San Antonio, TX. Risen, J. L., Pronin, E., Savitsky, K., Tykocinski, O. E. (2007, January). Magical thinking: When everyday thought processes lead to fantastical beliefs. Symposium conducted at the Society for Personality and Social Psychology Conference, Memphis, TN. Conference Presentations Risen, J. L., & Woolley, K. (2016, January). Avoiding information to protect a strong Intuitive Preference. Paper to be presented at the Society for Personality and Social Psychology Conference, San Diego, CA. Risen, J. L., & Woolley, K. (2015, November). Avoiding information to protect a strong Intuitive Preference. Paper to be presented at the at the annual meeting of the Society of Judgment and Decision Making, Chicago, IL. Tian, D., Schroeder, J., Häubl, G., Risen, J.L., Norton, M.I., & Gino, F. (2015, November). Rituals promote self-control. Paper to be presented at the at the annual meeting of the Society of Judgment and Decision Making, Chicago, IL. Woolley, K., & Risen, J. L., & McGill, A. L. (2015, October). Consumers expect favorable evaluations and generate more WOM when buying on deal. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Consumer Research, New Orleans, LA. Schroeder, J., Risen, J. L., Gino, F., & Norton, M. I. (2015, June). Handshaking promotes cooperative dealmaking. Paper presented at the International Association for Conflict Management, Clearwater, FL. Schroeder, J., Risen, J. L., Gino, F., & Norton, M. I. (2015, May). Handshaking promotes cooperative dealmaking. Paper presented at the Association of Psychological Science Convention, New York, NY. 5
Woolley, K., & Risen, J. L. (2015, May). Avoiding information to protect an intuitive belief. Paper to be presented at the 85 th annual meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL. Risen 6 Woolley, K., & Risen, J. L. (2015, February). Avoiding information to protect an intuitive belief. Paper to be presented as part of the Data Blitz at the 10 th annual Judgment and Decision Making Preconference at the meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Long Beach, CA. Schroeder, J., & Risen, J. L. (2015, February). Befriending the enemy: Outgroup friendships longitudinally predict intergroup attitudes in a neutral-setting youth intervention program. Paper to be presented at the Group Processes and Intergroup Relations Preconference at the meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Long Beach, CA. Wheeler, N. M., & Risen, J. L. (2014, November). Karmic punishment: What goes around comes around. Poster presented at the at the annual meeting of the Society of Judgment and Decision Making, Long Beach, CA. Schroeder, J., Risen, J. L., Gino, F., & Norton, M. I. (2014, August). Handshaking promotes cooperative dealmaking. Paper presented at the Academy of Management, Philadelphia, PA. Schroeder, J., & Risen, J. L. (2014, July). Befriending the enemy: Outgroup friendships longitudinally predict intergroup attitudes in a neutral-setting youth intervention program. Paper presented at the European Association of Social Psychology Conference, Amsterdam, Netherlands. Schroeder, J., & Risen, J. L. (2014, May). Predictors of intergroup attitudes in a Middle East co-existence program. Poster presented at the Association for Psychological Science Convention, San Francisco, CA. Schroeder, J.. & Risen, J. L. (2014, May). Predictors of intergroup attitudes in a Middle East co-existence program. Paper presented at the 84 th annual meeting of Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL. Hosey, C., & Risen, J. L. (2014, February). Moralizing goals enhances goal commitment. Poster presented at the Society for Personality and Social Psychology Conference, Austin, TX. Wheeler, N. M., & Risen, J. L. (2014, February). Karmic punishment: What goes around comes around. Poster presented at the Society for Personality and Social Psychology Conference, Austin, TX. Woolley, K., Risen, J. L., & McGill, A. (2014, February). High expectations: People anticipate favorable evaluations when getting a deal. Poster presented at the Society for Personality and Social Psychology Conference, Austin, TX. Hosey, C., & Risen, J. L. (2013, November). Moralizing long-term goals enhances goal commitment. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society of Judgment and Decision Making, Toronto, Canada. 6
Risen 7 Zhang, Y., & Risen, J. L., & Hosey, C. (2013, August). Reversing one s fortune by pushing away bad luck. Paper presented at the annual Academy of Management Conference, Orlando, FL. Brooks, A. W., Schroeder, J., Risen, J. L., Galinsky, A., Gino, F., Schweitzer, M. (2013, August). Don t stop believing: Coping with anxiety through rituals. Paper presented at the annual Academy of Management Conference, Orlando, FL. Hosey, C., & Risen, J. L. (2013, May). Moralizing long-term goals enhances goal commitment. Paper presented at the 83 rd annual meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL. Wheeler, N. M., Risen, J. L, & Tennant, R. J. (2013, May). Karmic predictions. Paper presented at the 83 rd annual meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL. Hosey, C., Zhang, Y., & Risen, J. L. (2013, January). Reversing one s fortune by pushing away bad luck. Paper presented at the Society for Personality and Social Psychology Conference, New Orleans, LA. Hosey, C. & Risen, J. L. (2013, January). Moralizing long-term goals enhances goal commitment. Paper presented as part of the Data Blitz for the Self-regulation pre-conference at the Society for Personality and Social Psychology Conference, New Orleans, LA. Schroeder, J., Brooks, A. W., Risen, J. L., Galinsky, A., Gino, F., Schweitzer, M. (2012, November). Don t stop believing: Coping with anxiety through rituals. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Society of Judgment and Decision Making, Minneapolis, MI. Wheeler, N. M., Risen, J. L, & Tennant, R. J. (2012, November). Karmic predictions. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society of Judgment and Decision Making, Minneapolis, MI. Risen, J. L., Zhang, Y., & Hosey, C. (2012, October). Rituals for reversing one s fortune. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Consumer Research, Vancouver, BC, Canada. Schroeder, J., & Risen, J. L. (2012, July). Evaluation of a peace intervention program among Middle Eastern teenagers. Poster presented at the International Congress of Psychology, Cape Town, South Africa. Brooks, A. W., Schroeder. J., Risen, J. L., Galinsky, A., Gino, F., Norton, M. I., & Schweitzer, M. (2012, June). Don t stop believing: Coping with anxiety through rituals. Paper presented at the Behavioral Decision Research in Management Conference, Boulder, CO. Hosey, C., Zhang, Y., & Risen, J. L. (2011, May). Superstitious belief and embodied cognition: Why people knock on wood. Paper presented at the 81 st annual meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL. 7
Risen 8 Risen, J. L., & Critcher, C. R. (2011, January). Ambient temperature influences belief in global warming. Paper presented at the Society for Personality and Social Psychology Conference, San Antonio, TX. Hosey, C., Zhang, Y., & Risen, J. L. (2011, January). Superstitious belief and embodied cognition: Why people knock on wood to undo bad luck. Poster presented at the Society for Personality and Social Psychology Conference, San Antonio, TX. Tennant, R., & Risen, J. L. (2010, May). Immoral actions lead to exaggerated perceptions of risk. Paper presented at the 80 th annual meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL. Converse, B. A., & Risen, J. L. (2010, January). Investing in karma: When wanting increases helping. Poster presented at the Society for Personality and Social Psychology Conference, Las Vegas, NV. Critcher, C. R., Risen, J. L., & Ferguson, M. (2010, January). If he can do it, so can they: Exposure to successful Black exemplars unintentionally shifts explanations for racial disparities. Paper presented at the Society for Personality and Social Psychology Conference, Las Vegas, NV. Critcher, C. R., & Risen, J. L. (2009, October). The influence of visceral states on forecasts of future events. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Consumer Research, Pittsburgh, PA. Risen, J. L., & Gilovich, T. (2009, February). Promoting valued behavior through a shared belief in tempting fate: Paper presented at the Society for Personality and Social Psychology Conference, Tampa, FL. Risen, J. L., & Chen, M. K. (2008, November). How choice affects and reflects preferences. Paper presented at the Judgment and Decision Making Conference, Chicago, IL. Hove, M. & Risen, J. L. (2008, November). It s all in the timing: Interpersonal synchrony increases affiliation. Paper presented at the Auditory, Perception, Cognition, and Action Meeting, Chicago, IL. Risen, J. L., & Gilovich, T. (2008, October). Causes and consequences for a belief in tempting fate: Paper presented at the Association for Consumer Research Conference, San Francisco, CA. Kruger, J., Risen, J. L., Savitsky, K., & Gilovich, T. (2008, November). Why does calling attention to success seem to invite failure? Paper presented at the Association for Consumer Research Conference, San Francisco, CA. Risen, J. L. (2008, April). Visceral states priming: The effect of ambient temperature on belief in global warming. Paper presented at the Social Psychologists of Chicago annual conference, Chicago, IL. Risen, J. L. (2007, May). One-shot Illusory correlations and stereotype formation. Paper presented at the 78 th annual meeting of the Midwestern Psychological 8
Risen 9 Association, Chicago, IL. Risen, J. L., & Gilovich, T. (2007, January). Tempting fate: The effect of negativity and accessibility on judgments of likelihood. Paper presented (as symposium chair) at the Society for Personality and Social Psychology Conference, Memphis, TN. Savitsky, K., Kruger, J., Risen, J. L., & Gilovich, T. (2007, January). Don t mention your chickens before they hatch: Why does calling attention to success seem to invite failure? Paper presented at the Society for Personality and Social Psychology Conference, Memphis, TN. Risen, J. L., & Gilovich, T. (2006, May). Exchanged lottery tickets are judged more likely to win. Poster presented at the 18 th annual meeting of the Association for Psychological Science, New York, NY. Risen. J. L. (2006, May). Now or never: A critical period for rationalization. Paper presented at the 77 th annual meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL. Risen, J. L., & Gilovich, T., Dunning, D. (2006, January). One-shot illusory correlations and stereotype formation. Poster presented at the 7 th annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Palm Springs, CA. Risen. J. L., & Gilovich, T. (2005, May). Believing what we know we shouldn t. Paper presented at the 77 th annual meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL. Risen, J. L., & Gilovich. (2005, January). Not soon enough: A critical period for rationalization processes. Poster presented at the 6 th annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, New Orleans, LA. Risen, J. L., & Gilovich, T. (2004, January). Say you re sorry! Reactions to spontaneous and coerced apologies. Poster presented at the 5 th annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Los Angeles, CA. Research Interests Judgment and decision-making Intuitive belief formation Magical thinking Embodied cognition Causal inference Choice-induced attitude change Stereotyping, prejudice, and conflict resolution Professional Activities Editorial Board Member: Journal of Experimental Psychology: General Editorial Board Member: Journal of Experimental Social Psychology Ad Hoc Reviewer for American Journal of Political Science 9
Risen 10 Ad Hoc Reviewer for Cognition Ad Hoc Reviewer for European Journal of Social Psychology Ad Hoc Reviewer for International Journal for the Psychology of Religion Ad Hoc Reviewer for Israeli Science Foundation Grant Panel Ad Hoc Reviewer for Journal of Applied Social Psychology Ad Hoc Reviewer for Journal of Behavioral Decision Making Ad Hoc Reviewer for Journal of Economic Psychology Ad Hoc Reviewer for Journal of Experimental Psychology: General Ad Hoc Reviewer for Journal of Experimental Social Psychology Ad Hoc Reviewer for Journal of Personality Ad Hoc Reviewer for Journal of Personality and Social Psychology: Attitudes and Social Cognition Interpersonal Relations and Group Processes Ad Hoc Reviewer for Journal of Socio-Economics Ad Hoc Reviewer for Judgment and Decision Making Ad Hoc Reviewer for Memory and Cognition Ad Hoc Reviewer for National Science Foundation (NSF) Grant Panel Ad Hoc Reviewer for Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes Ad Hoc Reviewer for Personality and Individual Differences Ad Hoc Reviewer for Personality and Social Psychology Review Ad Hoc Reviewer for Psychological Science Ad Hoc Reviewer for Psychonomic Bulletin & Review Ad Hoc Reviewer for Social Cognition Ad Hoc Reviewer for Social Psychology Ad Hoc Reviewer for Social and Personality Psychology Compass Ad Hoc Reviewer for Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council Professional Affiliations American Psychological Association American Psychological Society Midwestern Psychological Association Phi Beta Kappa, Harvard Chapter Society for Judgment and Decision Making Society for Personality and Social Psychology Teaching Current Academic Year 38002: Managerial Decision Making, Winter 2016 38601: Workshop in Behavioral Science, Fall 2015 Experience 38002: Managerial Decision Making, Winter 2013, Winter 2014, Spring 2015 38802-92: Managerial Decision Making, XP, Summer 2013 38103: Strategies and Processes of Negotiation, Spring 2008, Winter 2009, 10
Risen 11 Winter 2010, Autumn 2010, Spring 2012 38901: Current Topics in Behavioral Science I, Winter 2012, Fall 2013 38902: Current Topics in Behavioral Science II, Spring 2010 38903: Current Topics in Behavioral Science III, Spring 2009 38601: Workshop in Behavioral Science, Spring 2008 and 2010, Fall 2012 Psychology 280: Introduction to Social Psychology, Summer 2006 Psychology 103: The Psychology of Expectations and Predictions, Fall 2004 Casablanca American School, fifth grade class, 2001-2002 11