Joshua "Josh" Correll is an American social psychologist and associate professor in the Department of Psychology and Neuroscience at the
University of Colorado-Boulder.
Education and career
Correll received his Ph.D. from the University of Colorado-Boulder in 2005 under the supervision of
Bernadette Park. He became an assistant professor at the
University of Chicago
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the same year. In August 2012, he joined the University of Colorado-Boulder as associate professor.
Research
Correll is known for studying the psychology of
racial bias
Racism is the belief that groups of humans possess different behavioral traits corresponding to inherited attributes and can be divided based on the superiority of one race over another. It may also mean prejudice, discrimination, or antagonism ...
, especially as it pertains to
police shootings
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. For example, he was the lead author of a 2007 study which showed that police officers' decisions to shoot were less influenced by the race of a suspect than were those of civilians. The study had 157 Denver police officers, 113 police officers from other parts of the country, and 245 Denver-area civilians play a video game which simulated confrontations with armed and unarmed individuals of various races.
References
External links
Faculty page
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American social psychologists
Living people
University of Colorado Boulder faculty
University of Chicago faculty
University of Colorado Boulder alumni
Year of birth missing (living people)