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Management & Organizations

Morris and Alice Kaplan Chair in Ethics and Decision Management

Professor of Management & Organizations

Professor of Psychology, Weinberg College of Arts & Sciences (Courtesy)

Portrait of Adam Waytz, Faculty at the Kellogg School of Management

Adam Waytz is the Morris and Alice Kaplan Chair in Ethics and Decision Management and professor of Management and Organizations. His research uses methods from social psychology and cognitive neuroscience to study how people think about other minds and to investigate processes related to ethics, intergroup processes, and the psychological consequences of technology. Professor Waytz's research has been published in leading journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, and Psychological Review. In recognition of his work, Professor Waytz received the 2008 and 2013 Theoretical Innovation Award from the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, the SAGE Foundation Young Scholar Award, and the International Social Cognition Network's Early Career Award. He was also a visiting scholar at the Russell Sage Foundation from 2018-2019. Professor Waytz received his BA in Psychology from Columbia University, his PhD in social psychology from the University of Chicago, and received a National Service Research Award from the National Institute of Health to complete a post-doctoral fellowship at Harvard University.

About Adam
Research interests
  • Ethics and morality
  • Mind perception
  • Dehumanization
  • Social connection
  • Meaning-making
  • Social influence
  • Human-Technology Interaction
Teaching interests
  • Values-based LeadershipLeadership in OrganizationsEthics and Executive Leadership

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