Robb Willer
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Robb Willer | |
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| Born | 1977 (age 46–47) |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Cornell University |
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| Institutions | Stanford University Department of Sociology |
| Website | www |
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[1] . He earned his Ph.D. in sociology at Cornell University in sociology.
Research
Much of Willer's research focuses on political psychology and sociology, exploring both sources of political polarization and ways it can be reduced. He and Matthew Feinberg developed the idea of "moral reframing." 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. Willer's talk on political communication has been viewed over 1 million times since it was posted on the TED website January 20, 2017.
Willer's other research on politics emphasizes the effects of various forms of threat and anxiety on political attitudes, for example, the effects of racial status threats, terror threats, and masculinity threats. 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.
His Masters thesis concerned the effects of academic status on the evaluation of unintelligible academic texts, using the text from the Sokal affair.
He contributed research to the best-selling book Modern Romance, by Aziz Ansari and Eric Klinenberg.
Teaching
Robb Willer was the 2009 recipient of the Golden Apple Award for Outstanding Teaching, the only teaching award given by the UC-Berkeley student body.
References
- ^ "Robb Willer | Stanford University Department of Sociology". .sociology.stanford.edu. Retrieved 2017-04-07.