Magazine staff

Dan Batson

Dan Batson received his Ph.D. in psychology from Princeton University in 1972 and is currently a Professor of Psychology at the University of Kansas. He has conducted a number of experiments on various forms of prosocial motivation, is the author of The Altruism Question: Toward a Social-Psychological Answer (Erlbaum Associates, 1991), and the chapter in The Handbook of Social Psychology (4th ed.) on “Altruism and Prosocial Behavior” (McGraw-Hill, 1998).

Alicia Gilbert

Alicia Gilbert is a research associate and PhD candidate at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz. She completed her studies in Mainz and at the University of Amsterdam. The focus of her research lies in the psychology of digital media use and effects, particularly topics including self-regulation, well-being, and media entertainment. She is active on bluesky and X/Twitter.

Rene Kopietz

Roman Trötschel

Roman Trötschel is a professor of social and political psychology and the head of the Negotiation Research Group (NRG) at Leuphana University Lüneburg. His research focuses on cognitive processes in negotiations as well as the impact of the negotiation context (e.g., collective bargaining with group representatives) on the negotiation process and the resulting outcomes. Another key area of his research is conflict intervention, including mediation, arbitration, and conciliation.

Jesse Chandler

Dr. Jesse Chandler, received his Bachelor Degree in English from the University of Waterloo in Canada. He moved to the United States to complete a PhD at the University of Michigan and postdoctoral training at Princeton University. He now works at PRIME Research, where he provides media measurement and empirically driven corporate and product reputation consulting services.

Charis Eisen

Graduate student at Kobe University

Henry Otgaar

Prof. Otgaar’s research concentrates on the functioning of memory and its relation to statements in eyewitnesses and perpetrators. That is, his work focuses on developmental changes in memory from childhood to adulthood and he is interested in factors (e.g., trauma) that relate to the development of memory illusions. Furthermore, he has a strong interest in biases and legal decision-making and how biases can affect expert witness work. He collaborates with research groups in the United Kingdom, Belgium, Canada, Sweden, France, Australia, Chili, Romania, Italy, North America, and Indonesia. Furthermore, he has received awards for his research and teaching. Current studies focus on precursors of children’s and adults’ false memories, eyewitness memory, adaptive memory, delayed disclosure of sexual abuse, and interviewing children and adults. Otgaar has received many grants and prices for his work and has disseminated his work extensively to psychologists, students, and practitioners. His research often attracts national as international media attention. Also, he has often cooperated in legal cases involving (child) witnesses. Specifically, he works for the Maastricht Forensic Institute as an expert witness. Otgaar is also a member of the Landelijke Expertisegroep Bijzondere Zedenzaken and the College voor Toetsing en Advies of the Landelijke Deskundigheidsmakelaar. These committees fall under the National Police and in these committees, legal cases and expert witness work are discussed.

Lucian Gideon Conway III

Dr. Lucian Gideon Conway, III received his Ph.D. from the University of British Columbia in 2001 and is currently an Associate Professor of Psychology at the University of Montana.  His primary research interests lie in political, cultural, and social psychology; he is the author of over 40 articles, commentaries, and book chapters in these areas.  In particular, his interests revolve around (1) how shared cultural beliefs emerge, persist, and have influence, and (2) the causes of complex (as opposed to simple) thinking and the subsequent consequences on decision-making in political and social arenas. His work has been featured in the Washington Post, USA Today, and BBC Radio, among other outlets.   

Jan Crusius

Jan Crusius is an experimental social psychologist and professor at University of Greifswald (Germany). In his research, he investigates how social comparisons affect cognition, affect, and motivation. He is particularly interested in the role of social emotions such as admiration, envy, and pride in shaping intrapersonal and interpersonal outcomes. Together with Oliver Genschow, Laura König, and Melanie Sauerland, he is the editor-in-chief of the German In-Mind version.

Jacob Goldstein-Greenwood

Jacob Goldstein-Greenwood is an undergraduate in his final year at Florida State University, where he studies moral psychology under the guidance of Dr. Paul Conway as a member of the Moral and Social Processing Lab. Jacob’s recent research focuses have included moral dilemma judgments, person perception, and moral regret.