My research investigates the social psychological concerns underpinning an individual's feelings of threat, concern, and outrage following an injustice. Under what conditions are the deviant attitudes and behaviors of others threatening to an individual's sense of self and identity, and when do those threats elicit feelings of injustice, indignation, and/or a desire for some sanctioning response? My work considers how injustice threatens the self-concept of victims (as well as offenders and third-party observers), and the implications of those threats for understanding preferences for and reactions to various justice-restoring interventions (e.g., compensation, punishment, forgiveness, apologies, restorative conferencing). Notwithstanding this core domain of inquiry, I also conduct research investigating evaluation biases in organizational decision-making, exploring the cognitive, affective, and motivational processes through which the beliefs and attitudes derived from intergroup dynamics (i.e., ingroup preferences, stereotypes, etc.) result in unintentionally biased and unethical decisions.

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Justice restoration / Conflict management:
         > Retributive justice
         > Restorative justice
         > Compensatory justice
         > Forgiveness and justice
         > The victim's experience of injustice

Biased and unethical decision-making:
         > Gender bias in organizations


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