Updated 10/14/15
Rajen A. Anderson
Department of Psychology
Cornell University
Office: G70
(407) 376-0319
Education
2014-presentPhD in Social/Personality Psychology, Cornell University
Advisor: David Pizarro, Ph.D.
2012-2014MA in Psychology, Wake Forest University
Advisor: E. J. Masicampo, Ph.D.
2007-2011BS in Psychology, Magna cum Laude, University of Florida
Advisor: James Shepperd, Ph.D.
Research Interests
morality, judgment and decision making, person-perception, politics, privacy
Publications
Masicampo, E. J., Martin, S. R., & Anderson, R. A. (2014). Understanding and overcoming self-control depletion. Social and Personality Psychology Compass, 8(11), 638-649.
Manuscriptsin Preparation
Anderson, R. A., & Masicampo, E. J. (in preparation). Protecting the innocence of youth: Moral sanctity values underlie censorship from young children.
Conference Presentations
Anderson, R. A., & Pizarro, D. A. (January, 2016). Moral judgments of online companies. Talk to be presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, San Diego, CA.
Anderson, R. A., & Masicampo, E. J. (February, 2015). Naughty or nice: How people morally perceive children who hold fantastical beliefs. Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Long Beach, CA.
Stone, E., Anderson, R. A., MacDonald Gibson, J., Rowe, A., Bruine de Bruin, & W. (November, 2014). Risk communication: Costs of communicating the uncertainty associated with the risk probabilities. Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society for Judgment and Decision Making, Long Beach, CA.
Anderson, R. A., Costello, C. K., Helzer, E. G., Furr, R. M., & Fleeson, W. (February, 2014). Individual and situational predictors of helping: Results from a 10-week longitudinal study. Talk presented at the Morality and Justice Preconference held at the Annual Meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Austin, TX.
Anderson, R. A., & Masicampo, E. J. (February, 2014). Concerns of moral sanctity drive censoring from young children. Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Austin, TX.
Anderson, R. A., & Masicampo, E. J. (November, 2013). Concerns of moral sanctity drive censoring from young children. Poster presented at the Annual Meeting for the Society for Southeastern Social Psychologists, Augusta, GA.
Anderson, R. A., & Masicampo, E. J. (March, 2013). Concerns of moral purity drive censoring from young children. Poster presented at the annual Wake Forest University Graduate Student & Post Doc Research Day, Winston-Salem, NC.
Grants/Fellowships/Awards
2015Society for Personality and Social Psychology – $500 Graduate Student Travel Award
2013Wake Forest Graduate School – $500 Alumni Travel Award
2013Wake Forest Graduate School – $500Summer Research Support
2012-2014Wake Forest Graduate School –Full Tuition Award
2007-2011Bright Futures Scholarship – Florida Academic Scholars Award
Research Appointments
2013-2014Research Assistant for The Character Project, Wake Forest University
2012-2014Research Assistant for Forecasting ACE, Wake Forest University
2009-2011Research Assistant for James Sheppard, University of Florida
TeachingPositions
2015-presentInstructor for “Introduction to Social Psychology” Writing in the Majors section, Cornell University
2015Teaching Assistant for “The Ethical Mind,” Cornell Adult University
2015Section Instructor for “The Individual in the Social World,” Cornell University
2014Teaching Assistant for “Psychology and Law,” Cornell University
2013-2014Lab Instructor for “Research Methods in Psychology I,” Wake Forest University
Service
2015-presentSONA Administrator, Cornell University
2015Workshop leader for Expand Your Horizons program for promoting science to middle school girls
Memberships
Society for Personality and Social Psychology
Association for Psychological Science
Phi Kappa Phi