Adam Waytz EDUCATION Harvard University Department of Psychology Northwest Science Bldg 290.02 52 Oxford Street Cambridge, MA 02138 E-mail: waytz@wjh.harvard.edu 1999-2003 B.A., Psychology, Columbia University 2004-2006 M.A., Psychology, University of Chicago 2004-2009 Ph.D., Psychology, University of Chicago POSITIONS 2009-2010 Post-doctoral research associate, Psychology, Harvard University HONORS, FELLOWSHIPS, AND AWARDS 1999-2003 Robert C. Byrd College Scholarship 1999-2003 Dean s List All Semesters in College 2003 Graduated College with Honors in Psychology 2003 Elected to Phi Beta Kappa 2003 Graduated College Summa Cum Laude 2004-2008 University of Chicago Psychology Department Century Fellowship 2006-2009 University of Chicago Psychology Graduate Student Organization Travel Award (given yearly) 2007 University of Chicago Doolittle-Harrison Fellowship 2008-2009 University of Chicago Dewey Lectureship to teach undergraduate seminar, Mind Perception 2008 University of Chicago Provost Summer Fellowship 2008 Association for Psychological Science Student Grant Award 2008 Society for Personality and Social Psychology Theoretical Innovation Prize (with Nicholas Epley and John T. Cacioppo) 2009 Society for Personality and Social Psychology Graduate Student Outstanding Research Award 2009 Society for Personality and Social Psychology Student Travel Award PUBLICATIONS Epley, N., Waytz, A., & Cacioppo, J. T. (2007). On seeing human: A three-factor theory of anthropomorphism. Psychological Review, 114, 864-886. *Winner of Society for Personality and Social Psychology Theoretical Innovation Prize (2008). Epley, N., Waytz, A., Akalis, S., & Cacioppo, J. T. (2008). When we need a human: Motivational determinants of anthropomorphism. Social Cognition, 26, 143-155. Epley, N., Akalis, S., Waytz, A., & Cacioppo, J. T. (2008). Creating social connection
through inferential reproduction: Loneliness and perceived agency in gadgets, gods, and greyhounds. Psychological Science, 19, 114-120. Epley, N. & Waytz, A. (2009). Mind perception. Chapter to appear in D. T. Gilbert & S. T. Fiske (Eds.), The handbook of social psychology, 5 th Edition. Waytz, A., Epley, N., & Cacioppo, J. T. (in press). Social cognition unbound: Psychological insights into anthropomorphism and dehumanization. Current Directions in Psychological Science. MANUSCRIPTS UNDER REVIEW Waytz, A., Morewedge, C. K., Epley, N., Monteleone, G., Gao, J-H., & Cacioppo, J. T. Making sense by making sentient: Unpredictability increases anthropomorphism. Manuscript under second review at Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. Caruso, E., Waytz, A, & Epley, N. (manuscript in preparation). Perceiving Intentions Makes Streaks Seem Likely to Continue. Manuscript under review at Cognition. RESEARCH IN PROGRESS Waytz, A., & Epley, N. (manuscript in preparation). Social affiliation as a cause of dehumanization. Waytz, A., Cacioppo, J. T., & Epley, N. (manuscript in preparation) Who sees human? The personology and predictive validity of anthropomorphism. Waytz, A., Caruso, E., & Epley, N. (two studies completed). Perspective-taking and social Influence. Waytz, A., & Epley, N. (in progress). Effectance motivation and dehumanization. Bartels, D., Waytz, A., & Epley, N. (in progress). Moral disagreement and dehumanization. Waytz, A., & Epley, N. (in progress). When do people put trust in technology? Waytz, A., Magee, J., Galinsky, A, & Gruenfeld, D. (in progress). Power and loneliness. Waytz, A. & Epley, N. (in progress). Intentionality and aesthetic preferences. Waytz, A. & Trawalter, S. (in progress). Undoing dehumanization. ENTRIES Epley, N., & Waytz, A. (in press). Perspective taking. In H. T. Reis & S. Sprecher (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Human Relationships. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage. 2
Cacioppo, J. T., Berntson, G., & Waytz, A. (in press). Social neuroscience. In I. Weiner & E. Craighead (Eds.), Corsini Encyclopedia of Psychology (4th Ed.). New York: Wiley. TEACHING 2006 Teaching Assistant Fundamentals of Psychology (one lecture given) 2006 Teaching Assistant Managing in Organizations 2006 Teaching Assistant Essentials of Effective Management 2006 Teaching Assistant Social Psychology (one lecture given) 2007 Teaching Assistant Managing in Organizations 2007 Teaching Assistant Social Psychology (one lecture given) 2008 Teaching Assistant Strategies and Processes in Negotiations 2008 Teaching Assistant Managing in Organizations 2009 Instructor for Seminar Mind Perception 2009 Guest Lecture Negotiation and Conflict (Summer Institute of Social Psychology) PRESENTATIONS 2006 Sociality as a moderator of spiritual belief. Talk given at Northwestern- University of Chicago Graduate Student Conference, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL. 2007 Creating social support: Anticipated isolation increases spiritual belief. Poster presented at Society for Personality and Social Psychology annual conference, Memphis, TN. 2007 On seeing human: A psychological theory of anthropomorphism. Talk given at Northwestern-University of Chicago Graduate Student Conference, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL. 2008 When I need a human: Effectance motivation as a determinant of anthropomorphism. Poster presented at Society for Personality and Social Psychology annual conference, Albuquerque, NM. 2008 Social connection and seeing human. Poster presented at Association for Psychological Science annual conference, Chicago, IL. 2008 Seeing human to simplify the environment. Talk given at Midwestern Psychological Association annual conference, Chicago, IL. 2008 Noble savages and savage nobles: Psychological insights into the processes of humanization and dehumanization. Symposium chaired at Society for Experimental Social Psychology annual conference, Sacramento, CA. 2008 The motivational determinants of seeing human. Talk given at Society for Experimental Social Psychology annual conference, Sacramento, CA. 3
2009 Social connection and seeing human. Talk given at Society for Personality and Social Psychology annual meeting (Graduate Student Outstanding Research Award symposium), Tampa, FL. 2009 The motivation to see human. Talk given at Midwestern Psychological Association annual conference, Chicago, IL. 2009 Ouch! Pain as social cognition. Symposium chaired at Society for Experimental Social Psychology annual conference, Portland, ME. 2009 Affiliation enables antipathy: Identifying an ironic determinant of dehumanization. Talk given at Society for Experimental Social Psychology annual conference, Portland, ME. 2009 Perceived intentionality and the prediction of streaks. Talk given at Society for Judgment and Decision Making annual conference, Boston, MA. INVITED TALKS 2008 Northwestern University psychology department. Evanston, IL. 2008 New York University psychology department. New York, NY. 2009 University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign psychology department. Urbana, IL. 2009 University of California-Berkeley, Haas Business School, Organizational Behavior and Industrial Relations Group. Berkeley, CA. 2009 Harvard University psychology department. Cambridge, MA. SERVICE Evaluator Student posters for American Psychological Association conference Ad-hoc reviewer Journal of Personality and Social Psychology Ad-hoc reviewer Journal of Experimental Social Psychology Ad-hoc reviewer Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science Ad-hoc reviewer Human Computer Interaction Ad-hoc reviewer Social Psychology and Personality Science MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS American Psychology Association (APA) American Psychological Society (APS) Midwestern Psychological Association (MPA) Society for Personality and Social Psychology (SPSP) Society of Judgment and Decision Making (SJDM) 4
REFERENCES John T. Cacioppo Tiffany & Margaret Blake University of Chicago Distinguished Service Professor 5848 S. University Ave. Email: cacioppo@uchicago.edu Chicago, IL 60637 Telephone: (773) 702-1962 Nicholas Epley Professor of Behavioral Science University of Chicago Email: epley@chicagogsb.edu Graduate School of Business Telephone: (773) 834-1266 5807 S. Woodlawn Ave. Chicago, IL 60637 Penny Visser Associate Professor University of Chicago Email: pvisser@uchicago.edu 5848 S. University Ave. Telephone: (773) 834-8196 Chicago, IL 60637 5