Dr. Leslie A. Zebrowitz is a
social psychologist
Social psychology is the methodical study of how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors are influenced by the actual, imagined, or implied presence of others. Although studying many of the same substantive topics as its counterpart in the field of ...
who studies the effects of the way people look on others' attitudes towards them. Her research has shown conclusively that babyfaced and angularly faced individuals are viewed differently. Among the effects, babyfaced individuals are seen as physically weaker, more submissive and less competent and, as Zebrowitz argued in a 2005 paper in ''Science'', this may explain why politicians with more mature faces are more likely to win elections.
She is the author of ''Reading Faces'' as well as many scholarly articles.
Zebrowitz is
Professor Emerita
''Emeritus/Emerita'' () is an honorary title granted to someone who retirement, retires from a position of distinction, most commonly an academic faculty position, but is allowed to continue using the previous title, as in "professor emeritus".
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of Social Relations at
Brandeis University
Brandeis University () is a Private university, private research university in Waltham, Massachusetts, United States. It is located within the Greater Boston area. Founded in 1948 as a nonsectarian, non-sectarian, coeducational university, Bra ...
. She received her
Ph.D. from
Yale University
Yale University is a Private university, private Ivy League research university in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Founded in 1701, Yale is the List of Colonial Colleges, third-oldest institution of higher education in the United Stat ...
in 1970.
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Leslie Zebrowitz, Professor Emerita of Social Relations, Brandeis University
American women psychologists
American social psychologists
Yale Graduate School of Arts and Sciences alumni
Brandeis University faculty
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
21st-century American psychologists
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