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'''Robb Willer''' is an American sociologist.<ref name="Graham">{{Cite web |last=Graham |first=David A. |date=2022-10-21 |title=How to Save Democracy |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2022/10/us-democracy-prevent-polarization-violence-democrats-republicans/671780/ |access-date=2023-04-03 |website=The Atlantic |language=en}}</ref>
'''Robb Willer''' (born 1977) is an American social psychologist who studies politics, morality, status, cooperation, and masculinity. He is a professor of sociology, psychology, and organizational behavior at [[Stanford University]].<ref>[https://sociology.stanford.edu/people/robb-willer Stanford University]</ref>. He earned his Ph.D. in sociology at [[Cornell University]] in sociology<ref>[https://sociology.stanford.edu/people/robb-willer Stanford University]</ref><ref>[https://www.robbwiller.org/bio robbwiller.org]</ref>.

==Biography==
During graduate school, Willer worked as a union organizer for the United Auto Workers.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2016-10-02 |title=NYU's Grad-Student Union Succeeded. Cornell's Flopped. Why? |url=https://www.chronicle.com/article/nyus-grad-student-union-succeeded-cornells-flopped-why/ |access-date=2023-04-03 |website=The Chronicle of Higher Education |language=en}}</ref>


==Research==
==Research==
He and Matthew Feinberg developed the idea of "moral reframing".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.stanford.edu/2015/10/12/framing-persuasive-messages-101215/|title=Stanford sociologist shows how to make effective political arguments|first=Stanford|last=University|date=October 12, 2015|website=Stanford.edu|access-date=October 5, 2017}}</ref>
Robb Willer has published more than 40 scientific articles in journals such as [[Administrative Science Quarterly]], [[American Journal of Sociology]], [[American Sociological Review]], [[Annual Review of Sociology]], [[Journal of Personality and Social Psychology]], [[Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences]], [[Proceedings of the Royal Society of London]]: Biological Sciences, and [[Psychological Science]]<ref>[https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=gtYrWy4AAAAJ&hl=en Google Scholar]</ref><ref>[https://sociology.stanford.edu/people/robb-willer Stanford University]</ref>. He has received grants from the [[California Environmental Protection Agency]], and the [[Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation]], and the [[National Science Foundation]]<ref>[https://sociology.stanford.edu/people/robb-willer Stanford University]</ref>. As of July 12, 2017, his Google Scholar [[h-index]] was 28 and his [[i10-index]] was 47, with 4,797 citations<ref>[https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=gtYrWy4AAAAJ&hl=en Google Scholar]</ref>.


He has studied masculine overcompensation, showing that men whose masculinity has been threatened tend to adopt more stereotypically masculine attitudes on issues like war and gay rights.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.stanford.edu/news/2013/april/masculine-testosterone-response-041613.html|title=Stronger reaction to masculinity threats tied to testosterone, Stanford sociologist says|date=April 16, 2013|website=Stanford.edu|access-date=October 5, 2017}}</ref>
Much of Willer's research focuses on political psychology and sociology, exploring both sources of political polarization and ways it can be reduced<ref>[https://sociology.stanford.edu/people/robb-willer Stanford University]</ref><ref>[https://www.robbwiller.org/ robbwiller.org]</ref>. He and Matthew Feinberg developed the idea of "moral reframing<ref> [http://news.stanford.edu/2015/10/12/framing-persuasive-messages-101215/ Stanford News] </ref>." Based on [[moral foundations theory]], moral reframing is a technique of political persuasion in which a political message draws a connection between a given issue and the audience's assumed moral values<ref>[http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0956797612449177 Psychological Science]</ref>. Willer's [https://www.ted.com/talks/robb_willer_how_to_have_better_political_conversations talk] on political communication has been viewed over 1 million times since it was posted on the TED website January 20, 2017<ref>[https://www.ted.com/talks/robb_willer_how_to_have_better_political_conversations TED]</ref>.

Willer's other research on politics emphasizes the effects of various forms of threat and anxiety on political attitudes, for example, the effects of [https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2016/05/13/how-psychologists-used-these-doctored-obama-photos-to-get-white-people-to-support-conservative-politics/?tid=sm_tw racial status threats]<ref>[https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2016/05/13/how-psychologists-used-these-doctored-obama-photos-to-get-white-people-to-support-conservative-politics/?tid=sm_tw Washington Post]</ref>, [https://media.wix.com/ugd/2f07d4_42a01aba0ccf427c8a40ff788df47e33.pdf terror threats]<ref>[https://media.wix.com/ugd/2f07d4_42a01aba0ccf427c8a40ff788df47e33.pdf Current Research in Social Psychology]</ref>, and [https://media.wix.com/ugd/2f07d4_fde65daec7f24d409456aa92ac418555.pdf masculinity threats]<ref>[https://media.wix.com/ugd/2f07d4_fde65daec7f24d409456aa92ac418555.pdf American Journal of Sociology]</ref>. He has studied masculine overcompensation, showing that men whose masculinity has been threatened tend to adopt more stereotypically masculine attitudes on issues like war and gay rights<ref> [http://news.stanford.edu/news/2013/april/masculine-testosterone-response-041613.html Stanford News]</ref>.

His Masters thesis used the text from the [[Sokal affair]]<ref> [[Sokal affair]]</ref> to investigate the effects of academic status on the evaluation of unintelligible academic texts, finding that unintelligible texts are evaluated more positively if authored by high status academics.

He contributed research to the best-selling book [[Modern Romance: An Investigation]]<ref>[[Modern Romance: An Investigation]]</ref>, by Aziz Ansari and Eric Klinenberg.

==Teaching==
Prior to moving Stanford, Professor Willer was an assistant professor at UC Berkeley's Sociology Department<ref>[https://sociology.stanford.edu/people/robb-willer Stanford University]</ref>. Willer was the 2009 recipient of the [http://www.dailycal.org/2013/03/11/the-coolest-professors-at-berkeley-according-to-the-golden-apple-awards/ Golden Apple Award for Outstanding Teaching]<ref>[http://www.dailycal.org/2013/03/11/the-coolest-professors-at-berkeley-according-to-the-golden-apple-awards/ Daily Cal]</ref>, the only teaching award given by the UC-Berkeley student body.

==Media Coverage==
Willer's research has received widespread media coverage including from the [[Chicago Tribune]]<ref>[http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2005-08-14/features/0508140387_1_suv-masculine-attitudes http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2005-08-14/features/0508140387_1_suv-masculine-attitudes]</ref>, [[CNN]]<ref>[http://thechart.blogs.cnn.com/2012/01/18/gossip-may-have-social-purpose-study-says/ http://thechart.blogs.cnn.com/2012/01/18/gossip-may-have-social-purpose-study-says/]</ref>, [[Forbes]]<ref>[http://www.forbes.com/sites/levoleague/2012/02/28/ever-wish-you-felt-less-embarrassed-onstage-turns-out-embarrassment-might-be-playing-in-your-favor/ http://www.forbes.com/sites/levoleague/2012/02/28/ever-wish-you-felt-less-embarrassed-onstage-turns-out-embarrassment-might-be-playing-in-your-favor/]</ref>, [[Huffington Post]]<ref>[http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/we-the-people-and-we-our-media_us_5953f56ae4b0326c0a8d0d39 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/we-the-people-and-we-our-media_us_5953f56ae4b0326c0a8d0d39]</ref><ref>[http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trump-supporters-racial-fear_us_572cf06de4b016f37895c5e8 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trump-supporters-racial-fear_us_572cf06de4b016f37895c5e8]</ref>, [[LA Times]]<ref>[http://www.latimes.com/science/sciencenow/la-sci-sn-income-inequality-rich-stingier-20151123-story.html http://www.latimes.com/science/sciencenow/la-sci-sn-income-inequality-rich-stingier-20151123-story.html]</ref>, [[Nature]]<ref>[http://www.nature.com/news/2011/110104/full/news.2011.701.html http://www.nature.com/news/2011/110104/full/news.2011.701.html]</ref>, [[New York Daily News]]<ref>[http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/atheists-generous-religious-helping-study-article-1.1072386 http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/atheists-generous-religious-helping-study-article-1.1072386]</ref>, [[New York Magazine]]<ref>[http://nymag.com/scienceofus/2015/10/how-conservatives-can-sway-liberals-and-vice-versa.html# http://nymag.com/scienceofus/2015/10/how-conservatives-can-sway-liberals-and-vice-versa.html#]</ref><ref>[http://nymag.com/scienceofus/2014/09/how-to-convince-conservatives-on-climate-change.html http://nymag.com/scienceofus/2014/09/how-to-convince-conservatives-on-climate-change.html]</ref><ref>[http://nymag.com/scienceofus/2014/05/how-to-win-your-next-political-argument.html http://nymag.com/scienceofus/2014/05/how-to-win-your-next-political-argument.html]</ref>, NPR's [[Morning Edition]]<ref>[http://www.npr.org/2015/12/17/460082538/is-arguing-with-passion-the-most-effective-way-to-persuade-opponents?utm_source=npr_newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=20151217&utm_campaign=npr_email_a_friend&utm_term=storyshare http://www.npr.org/2015/12/17/460082538/is-arguing-with-passion-the-most-effective-way-to-persuade-opponents?utm_source=npr_newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=20151217&utm_campaign=npr_email_a_friend&utm_term=storyshare]</ref>, [[Pacific Standard]]<ref>[http://www.psmag.com/business-economics/economic-inequality-dampens-generosity-of-wealthy http://www.psmag.com/business-economics/economic-inequality-dampens-generosity-of-wealthy]</ref><ref>[http://www.psmag.com/health-and-behavior/how-to-convince-men-to-help-the-poor http://www.psmag.com/health-and-behavior/how-to-convince-men-to-help-the-poor]</ref><ref>[http://www.psmag.com/navigation/health-and-behavior/gossip-serves-greater-good-74060/ http://www.psmag.com/navigation/health-and-behavior/gossip-serves-greater-good-74060/]</ref>, [[Salon]]<ref>[http://www.salon.com/2013/07/30/how_to_debate_a_climate_change_skeptic_partner/ http://www.salon.com/2013/07/30/how_to_debate_a_climate_change_skeptic_partner/]</ref>, [[San Francisco Chronicle]]<ref>[http://www.sfgate.com/science/article/Embarrassment-seen-as-a-sign-of-many-virtues-2324315.php%20%20 http://www.sfgate.com/science/article/Embarrassment-seen-as-a-sign-of-many-virtues-2324315.php%20%20]</ref><ref>[http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Research-shows-generosity-repaid-on-many-levels-2452282.php http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Research-shows-generosity-repaid-on-many-levels-2452282.php]</ref>, [[Science]]<ref>[http://news.sciencemag.org/2005/08/how-sell-humvees-men http://news.sciencemag.org/2005/08/how-sell-humvees-men]</ref>, [[Scientific American]]<ref>[http://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/is-climate-change-too-scary-10-11-28/ http://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/is-climate-change-too-scary-10-11-28/]</ref>,[[The Atlantic]]<ref>[https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/06/working-toward-the-same-ends-for-different-reasons/531666/ https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/06/working-toward-the-same-ends-for-different-reasons/531666/]</ref><ref>[https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2017/04/do-terrorist-attacks-sway-election/523866/ https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2017/04/do-terrorist-attacks-sway-election/523866/]</ref><ref>[https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2017/02/the-psychology-of-effective-protest/517749/ https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2017/02/the-psychology-of-effective-protest/517749/]</ref><ref>[https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2017/02/the-simple-psychological-trick-to-political-persuasion/515181/ https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2017/02/the-simple-psychological-trick-to-political-persuasion/515181/]</ref><ref>[http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2016/05/donald-trump-and-the-twilight-of-white-america/482655/ http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2016/05/donald-trump-and-the-twilight-of-white-america/482655/]</ref><ref>[http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2014/11/have-you-heard-gossip-is-actually-good-and-useful/382430/2/ http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2014/11/have-you-heard-gossip-is-actually-good-and-useful/382430/2/]</ref><ref>[http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2014/04/republicans-framing-climate-change/360911/ http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2014/04/republicans-framing-climate-change/360911/]</ref>, [[The Daily Telegraph]]<ref>[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/personalfinance/10019953/Greed-is-no-longer-good-study-finds.html http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/personalfinance/10019953/Greed-is-no-longer-good-study-finds.html]</ref>, [[The New York Times]]<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/16/opinion/sunday/does-trump-embarrass-you.html https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/16/opinion/sunday/does-trump-embarrass-you.html]</ref><ref>[http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/12/17/whats-your-meme-changing-the-climate-change-conversation/ http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/12/17/whats-your-meme-changing-the-climate-change-conversation/]</ref><ref>[http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/16/your-money/studies-find-gossip-isnt-just-loose-talk.html?_r=1&pagewanted=all http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/16/your-money/studies-find-gossip-isnt-just-loose-talk.html?_r=1&pagewanted=all]</ref><ref>[http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/11/18/an-inconvenient-mind/ http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/11/18/an-inconvenient-mind/]</ref> , [[Time]]<ref>[http://healthland.time.com/2012/01/19/the-upside-of-gossip-social-and-psychological-benefits/ http://healthland.time.com/2012/01/19/the-upside-of-gossip-social-and-psychological-benefits/]</ref>, [[USA Today]]<ref>[http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/washington/2004-10-19-terror-threat_x.htm http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/washington/2004-10-19-terror-threat_x.htm]</ref><ref>[http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/opinion/editorials/2004-10-12-voters_x.htm http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/opinion/editorials/2004-10-12-voters_x.htm]</ref>, [[Vox (website)|Vox]]<ref>[http://www.vox.com/science-and-health/2017/3/20/14915076/7-psychological-concepts-explain-trump-politics http://www.vox.com/science-and-health/2017/3/20/14915076/7-psychological-concepts-explain-trump-politics]</ref><ref>[http://www.vox.com/2016/11/23/13708996/argue-better-science http://www.vox.com/2016/11/23/13708996/argue-better-science]</ref>, [[Wall Street Journal]]<ref>[http://blogs.wsj.com/ideas-market/2012/05/03/atheistic-compassion/ http://blogs.wsj.com/ideas-market/2012/05/03/atheistic-compassion/]</ref><ref>[http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052970204301404577171074017557212?KEYWORDS=CHRISTOPHER+SHEA&mg=reno64-wsj&url=http%3A%2F%2Fonline.wsj.com%2Farticle%2FSB10001424052970204301404577171074017557212.html%3FKEYWORDS%3DCHRISTOPHER%2BSHEA http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052970204301404577171074017557212?KEYWORDS=CHRISTOPHER+SHEA&mg=reno64-wsj&url=http%3A%2F%2Fonline.wsj.com%2Farticle%2FSB10001424052970204301404577171074017557212.html%3FKEYWORDS%3DCHRISTOPHER%2BSHEA]</ref>, [[Washington Post]]<ref>[https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2016/05/13/how-psychologists-used-these-doctored-obama-photos-to-get-white-people-to-support-conservative-politics/?tid=sm_tw https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2016/05/13/how-psychologists-used-these-doctored-obama-photos-to-get-white-people-to-support-conservative-politics/?tid=sm_tw]</ref><ref>[http://voices.washingtonpost.com/post-carbon/2010/11/gloom_and_doom_on_climate_can.html http://voices.washingtonpost.com/post-carbon/2010/11/gloom_and_doom_on_climate_can.html]</ref><ref>[http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A28037-2004Oct12.html http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A28037-2004Oct12.html]</ref>

==Selected Publications==
• Michael W. Macy and Robb Willer. 2002. "From Factors to Actors: Computational Sociology and Agent-Based Modeling." Annual Review of Sociology. 28:143-66.

• Damon Centola, Robb Willer, and Michael W. Macy. 2005. "The Emperor's Dilemma: A Computational Model of Self-Enforcing Norms." American Journal of Sociology. 110(4):1009-40.

• Pat Barclay and Robb Willer. 2007. "Partner Choice Creates Competitive Altruism in Humans." Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B: Biological Sciences. 274:749-753.

• Robb Willer, Ko Kuwabara, and Michael W. Macy. 2009. "The False Enforcement of Unpopular Norms." American Journal of Sociology. 115:451-90.

• Robb Willer. 2009. "Groups Reward Individual Sacrifice: The Status Solution to the Collective Action Problem." American Sociological Review. 74:23-43.

• Matthew Feinberg and Robb Willer. 2011. "Apocalypse Soon? Dire Messages Reduce Belief in Global Warming by Contradicting Just World Beliefs." Psychological Science. 22:34-38.

• Matthew Feinberg, Robb Willer, and Dacher Keltner. 2012. "Flustered and Faithful: Embarrassment as a Signal of Prosociality." Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 102:81-97.

• Cameron Anderson, Robb Willer, Gavin Kilduff, and Courtney Brown. 2012. "The Origins of Deference: When do People Prefer Lower Status?" Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 102:1077-1088.

• Matthew Feinberg, Robb Willer, Jennifer Stellar, and Dacher Keltner. 2012. "The Virtues of Gossip: Reputational Information Sharing as Prosocial Behavior." Journal of Personality and Social Psychology.

• Matthew Feinberg and Robb Willer. 2013. "The Moral Roots of Environmental Attitudes." Psychological Science. 24:56-62.

• Robb Willer, Christabel Rogalin, Bridget Conlon, and Michael T. Wojnowicz. 2013. "Overdoing Gender: A Test of the Masculine Overcompensation Thesis." American Journal of Sociology. 118:980-1022.

• Stéphane Côté, Julian House, and Robb Willer. 2015. “High Economic Inequality Leads Higher Income Individuals to be Less Generous.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

• Matthew Feinberg and Robb Willer. 2015. "From Gulf to Bridge: When Moral Arguments Facilitate Political Influence." Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin.


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Robb Willer
NationalityAmerican
Scientific career
FieldsSocial psychology

Organizational behavior Political science Political psychology

Moral psychology
InstitutionsStanford University University of California, Berkeley
Websitewww.robbwiller.org

Robb Willer is an American sociologist.[1]

Biography

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During graduate school, Willer worked as a union organizer for the United Auto Workers.[2]

Research

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He and Matthew Feinberg developed the idea of "moral reframing".[3]

He has studied masculine overcompensation, showing that men whose masculinity has been threatened tend to adopt more stereotypically masculine attitudes on issues like war and gay rights.[4]

References

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  1. ^ Graham, David A. (October 21, 2022). "How to Save Democracy". The Atlantic. Retrieved April 3, 2023.
  2. ^ "NYU's Grad-Student Union Succeeded. Cornell's Flopped. Why?". The Chronicle of Higher Education. October 2, 2016. Retrieved April 3, 2023.
  3. ^ University, Stanford (October 12, 2015). "Stanford sociologist shows how to make effective political arguments". Stanford.edu. Retrieved October 5, 2017.
  4. ^ "Stronger reaction to masculinity threats tied to testosterone, Stanford sociologist says". Stanford.edu. April 16, 2013. Retrieved October 5, 2017.