Faculty
Kurt Gray grew up in Canada, completed his undergrad at the University of Waterloo and his PhD at Harvard. He was almost a geophysicist instead of a social psychologist, but a cold night stranded and stalked by lynx in Northern Alberta convinced him otherwise. Unsurprisingly given the title of the lab, he is interested in mind perception and morality. He enjoys surfing and photography, but if forced to choose, would rather do research than either.
Website: www.kurtjgray.com Email: kurtjgray@gmail CV
Post Docs
Yochanan Bigman did his PhD at Hebrew University and is interested in motivation, morality, and psychological issues surrounding autonomous machines. He is funded by the National Science Foundation to the intersection of morality and robots.
email: ybigman@gmail.com
Graduate Students
Neil Hester is a 6th year student interested in mind perception and race, the intersection of clinical and social psychology, and people's automatic perceptions of immorality.
email: nehester@live.unc.edu
Amelia Goranson is a 5th year student interested in moral transformation, perceptions of death, and the power of narrative. She is also studying how moral typecasting can make people healthier and happier.
email: agoranso@live.unc.edu
Joshua Jackson is a 3rd year student interested in culture, religion, morality, and agent-based modeling.
email: joshcj@live.unc.edu
Full Time Staff
Kyra Kapsaskis is a full time research assistant working on the Charles Koch Foundation-funded project "Free Speech and Political Tolerance." She is interested in researching how political views impact relationships and the roles of mind and morality in health behavior.
email: kyrakaps@gmail.com.
Undergraduates
Thesis Students:
Research Assistants: Madison Fly, Allyson Sears, Bijul Ambelal, Desman Wilson, Lauren Atherton, Philip Kim, Elijah Ruggiero, Elizabeth Beckman, Nicholas Dimaggio, Michael Doucette, Abby Boggins
Lab Alumni
Chelsea Schein (Wharton), Daryl Cameron (Penn State), Cameron Doyle (UNC), John Michael Kelly (UC-Irvine), Jonathan Keeney (Notre Dame), Kristen Klein, Anna Sheveland, Mihai Sirbu