Curriculum Vitae
Personal Data
Position
Associate Professor of Behavioral Science University of Chicago, Booth School of Business
Office Address Office Phone
The University of Chicago 773.834.2187
Booth School of Business
5807 South Woodlawn Avenue Office Fax
Chicago, Illinois 60637 773.753.0561
Website E-mail
http://faculty.chicagobooth.edu/jane.risen/ jane.risen@chicagobooth.edu
Education
Cornell University
Ph.D. in Social and Personality Psychology, 2007
Dissertation: “Why people are reluctant to tempt fate: The effect of negativity and accessibility on belief and behavior”
Graduate advisor: Thomas Gilovich Harvard University
B.A. in Psychology, Summa cum laude, 2001
Thesis: “One away: The prediction and experience of regret in close-call situations”
Undergraduate advisor: Daniel T. Gilbert
Fellowships and Grants
William Ladany Faculty Scholar, 2014-2015, 2015-2016 Neubauer Family Faculty Fellow, 2011-2012
William S. Fishman Faculty Research Scholar, 2008-2009
Templeton Foundation Grant, “Human Nature / Human Potential,” 2007-2009 National Science Foundation, Graduate Research Fellowship, 2003-2006 Sage Graduate Fellowship, Cornell University, 2002-2003, 2006-2007 Institute of Humane Studies, Humane Studies Fellowship, 2003-2004
Publications
Journal Articles and Chapters
Risen, J. L. (2015). Believing what we don’t believe: Acquiescence to superstitious beliefs and other powerful intuitions. Psychological Review.
Schroeder, J., & Risen, J. L. (2015). Befriending the enemy: Outgroup friendship longitudinally predicts intergroup attitudes in a co-existence program for Israelis and Palestinians. Group Processes and Intergroup Relations.
Zhang, Y., & Risen, J. L. (2014). Embodied motivation: Using a goal systems framework to understand the preference for social and physical warmth. Journal of
Personality and Social Psychology, 107, 965-977.
Critcher, C. R., & Risen, J. L. (2014). If he can do it, so can they: Incidental exposure to counterstereotypically-successful exemplars prompts automatic inferences.
Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 106, 359-379.
Zhang, Y., Risen, J. L, & Hosey, C. (2013). Reversing one’s fortune by pushing away bad luck. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 143, 1171-1184.
Converse, B. A., Risen, J. L., & Carter, T. J. (2012). Investing in Karma: When wanting promotes helping. Psychological Science, 23, 923-930.
Risen, J. L., & Critcher, C. R. (2011). Visceral fit: While in a visceral state, associated states of the world seem more likely. Journal of Personality and Social
Psychology, 100, 777-793.
• Selected as Editors’ Choice by Science (April 2011).
Chen, M. K., & Risen, J. L. (2010). How choice affects and reflects preferences: Revisiting the free-choice paradigm. Journal of Personality and Social
Psychology, 99, 573-594.
• The two authors contributed equally to the manuscript. Authorship order was
determined by a coin flip.
Risen, J. L. & Chen, M. K. (2010). How to study choice-induced attitude change:
Strategies for fixing the free-choice paradigm. Social and Personality Psychology
Compass, 4, 1151-1164.
Hove, M. J., & Risen, J. L. (2009). It's all in the timing: Interpersonal synchrony increases affiliation. Social Cognition, 27, 949-961.
Chen, M. K., & Risen, J. L. (2009). Is choice a reliable predictor of choice? A comment on Sagarin and Skowronski. Journal of Experimental and Social Psychology, 45,
425-427.
Risen, J. L., & Gilovich, T. (2008). Why people are reluctant to tempt fate. Journal of
Personality and Social Psychology, 95, 293-307.
Risen, J. L., & Gilovich, T. (2007). Another look at why people are reluctant to exchange lottery tickets. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 93, 12-22.
Risen, J. L., & Gilovich, T. (2007). Target and observer differences in the acceptance of questionable apologies. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 92, 418-433.
Risen, J. L., & Gilovich, T., Dunning, D. (2007). One-shot illusory correlations and stereotype formation. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 33,
1492-1502.
• Awarded Honorary Mention for the Society for Personality and Social
Psychology’s 2007 Student Publication Award
Risen, J. L., & Gilovich, T. (2007). Informal logical fallacies. In R. J. Sternberg, H. Roediger III, & D. Halpern (Eds.), Critical Thinking in Psychology (pp. 110-130). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Risen, J. L. (2007). Visceral Influences. In R. F. Baumeister & K. D. Vohs (Eds.),
Encyclopedia of Social Psychology. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage publications.
Gilbert, D. T., Morewedge, C. K., Risen, J. L., and Wilson, T. D. (2004). Looking forward to looking backward: The misprediction of regret. Psychological Science, 15, 346-350.
Manuscripts under Review or in Revision
Brooks, A. W., Schroeder, J., Risen, J. L., Gino, F., Galinsky, A., Norton, M. I., & Schweitzer, M. E. Don’t stop believing: Rituals decrease anxiety and increase
performance.
Hosey, C., & Risen, J. L. Moralizing goals: Consequences for moral judgment and goal
pursuit.
Kim, T., Sezer, O., Schroeder, J., Risen, J. L., Gino, F., & Norton, M. I. Group rituals
improve group performance.
Schroeder, J., & Risen, J. L., Gino, F., & Norton, M. I. Handshaking promotes cooperative
dealmaking.
Woolley, K., & Risen, J. K. Avoiding information to protect a strong intuitive preference. Woolley, K., Risen, J. L., McGill, A. L. Word-of-mouth for deal purchases: Signaling
competence while saving money.
Invited Talks
Stanford University (November, 2006) University of Missouri (November, 2006) Michigan State (November, 2006)
Wake Forest University (November, 2006) University of California Irvine (December, 2006) University of California Davis (December, 2006) University of Kansas (December, 2006)
University of Chicago, GSB (January, 2007) The Ohio State University (January, 2007) Washington University (January, 2007)
Northwestern University (November, 2007)
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (November, 2007) University of Chicago (May, 2008)
University of Waterloo (September, 2008)
Kellogg School of Management: Management (April, 2009) University of Illinois, Chicago (April, 2009)
Wharton, University of Pennsylvania (April, 2010)
Haas School of Business, University of California Berkeley (April, 2010) Kellogg School of Management: Marketing (February, 2011)
Cornell University (March, 2011)
Wharton, University of Pennsylvania (October, 2015) UCLA Anderson School of Management (December, 2015)
Press Coverage
ABCNews.com (October, 2010) ABC News digital (Dec, 2013) Associated Press (Dec, 2103) APA Monitor (June, 2007) APS Observer (October, 2008)
Capital Ideas ( Winter 2014, Summer 2014, Fall 2014, Winter 2015)
Chicago Booth Magazine (Summer, 2011; Winter 2013; Winter, 2014; Winter 2015) Chicago Maroon (February, 2011; December, 2015)
Daily Planet, Discovery Channel Canada (October, 2013) Financial Times (July 2012)
Huffington Post (October, 2013) Metro (October, 2013)
msnNow (October, 2013)
NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams (Dec, 2013)
New York Times (April, 2008, May, 2008, January, 2010, February, 2011, April 2012, October 2013, August 2014, October 2015)
NPR “Talk of the Nation” interview (August, 2008) NPR Weekend Edition (October, 2013)
Psychology Today (May-June, 2007) Psychologies (December, 2008) PhysOrg.com (February, 2011)
Science and Religion Today.com (February, 2011) Science World Report (October 2013)
Scientific American (May 2012) ScienceBlog.com (October, 2013) Times Higher Education (August 2012)
Washington Post (February, 2007 and June, 2007) WNPR “Where We Live” interview (June, 2008) WBEZ “Morning Shift” interview (October, 2015) Yahoo News (October, 2013)
Professional Presentations
Chaired Symposia
Risen, J. L., Woolley, K., Oster, E., Howell, J., & Shepperd, J. A. (2016). Don’t tell me, I
don’t want to know: The protective role of information avoidance. Symposium to
be conducted at the Society for Personality and Social Psychology Conference, San Diego, CA.
Hosey, C., Risen, J. L., Young, S. G., & Wennekers, A. (2013). New takes on approach
and avoidance. Symposium conducted at the Society for Personality and Social
Psychology Conference, New Orleans, LA.
Risen, J. L., Critcher, C. R., Purdie-Vaughns, V., Jost, J. T. (2011, January). Beyond the
rhetoric: Empirical insights into current hot-button political issues. Symposium
conducted at the Society for Personality and Social Psychology Conference, San Antonio, TX.
Risen, J. L., Pronin, E., Savitsky, K., Tykocinski, O. E. (2007, January). Magical thinking:
When everyday thought processes lead to fantastical beliefs. Symposium
conducted at the Society for Personality and Social Psychology Conference, Memphis, TN.
Conference Presentations
Risen, J. L., & Woolley, K. (2016, January). Avoiding information to protect a strong
Intuitive Preference. Paper to be presented at the Society for Personality and
Social Psychology Conference, San Diego, CA.
Risen, J. L., & Woolley, K. (2015, November). Avoiding information to protect a strong
Intuitive Preference. Paper to be presented at the at the annual meeting of the
Society of Judgment and Decision Making, Chicago, IL.
Tian, D., Schroeder, J., Häubl, G., Risen, J.L., Norton, M.I., & Gino, F. (2015, November). Rituals promote self-control. Paper to be presented at the at the annual meeting of the Society of Judgment and Decision Making, Chicago, IL.
Woolley, K., & Risen, J. L., & McGill, A. L. (2015, October). Consumers expect favorable
evaluations and generate more WOM when buying on deal. Paper presented at
the annual meeting of the Association for Consumer Research, New Orleans, LA. Schroeder, J., Risen, J. L., Gino, F., & Norton, M. I. (2015, June). Handshaking promotes
cooperative dealmaking. Paper presented at the International Association for
Conflict Management, Clearwater, FL.
Schroeder, J., Risen, J. L., Gino, F., & Norton, M. I. (2015, May). Handshaking promotes
cooperative dealmaking. Paper presented at the Association of Psychological
Woolley, K., & Risen, J. L. (2015, May). Avoiding information to protect an intuitive
belief. Paper to be presented at the 85th annual meeting of the Midwestern
Psychological Association, Chicago, IL.
Woolley, K., & Risen, J. L. (2015, February). Avoiding information to protect an intuitive
belief. Paper to be presented as part of the “Data Blitz” at the 10th annual
Judgment and Decision Making Preconference at the meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Long Beach, CA.
Schroeder, J., & Risen, J. L. (2015, February). Befriending the enemy: Outgroup
friendships longitudinally predict intergroup attitudes in a neutral-setting youth intervention program. Paper to be presented at the Group Processes and
Intergroup Relations Preconference at the meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Long Beach, CA.
Wheeler, N. M., & Risen, J. L. (2014, November). Karmic punishment: What goes around
comes around. Poster presented at the at the annual meeting of the Society of
Judgment and Decision Making, Long Beach, CA.
Schroeder, J., Risen, J. L., Gino, F., & Norton, M. I. (2014, August). Handshaking
promotes cooperative dealmaking. Paper presented at the Academy of
Management, Philadelphia, PA.
Schroeder, J., & Risen, J. L. (2014, July). Befriending the enemy: Outgroup friendships
longitudinally predict intergroup attitudes in a neutral-setting youth
intervention program. Paper presented at the European Association of Social
Psychology Conference, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Schroeder, J., & Risen, J. L. (2014, May). Predictors of intergroup attitudes in a Middle
East co-existence program. Poster presented at the Association for Psychological
Science Convention, San Francisco, CA.
Schroeder, J.. & Risen, J. L. (2014, May). Predictors of intergroup attitudes in a Middle
East co-existence program. Paper presented at the 84th annual meeting of
Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL.
Hosey, C., & Risen, J. L. (2014, February). Moralizing goals enhances goal commitment. Poster presented at the Society for Personality and Social Psychology
Conference, Austin, TX.
Wheeler, N. M., & Risen, J. L. (2014, February). Karmic punishment: What goes around
comes around. Poster presented at the Society for Personality and Social
Psychology Conference, Austin, TX.
Woolley, K., Risen, J. L., & McGill, A. (2014, February). High expectations: People
anticipate favorable evaluations when getting a deal. Poster presented at the
Society for Personality and Social Psychology Conference, Austin, TX.
Hosey, C., & Risen, J. L. (2013, November). Moralizing long-term goals enhances goal
commitment. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society of Judgment
Zhang, Y., & Risen, J. L., & Hosey, C. (2013, August). Reversing one’s fortune by
pushing away bad luck. Paper presented at the annual Academy of Management
Conference, Orlando, FL.
Brooks, A. W., Schroeder, J., Risen, J. L., Galinsky, A., Gino, F., Schweitzer, M. (2013, August). Don’t stop believing: Coping with anxiety through rituals. Paper presented at the annual Academy of Management Conference, Orlando, FL. Hosey, C., & Risen, J. L. (2013, May). Moralizing long-term goals enhances goal
commitment. Paper presented at the 83rd annual meeting of the Midwestern
Psychological Association, Chicago, IL.
Wheeler, N. M., Risen, J. L, & Tennant, R. J. (2013, May). Karmic predictions. Paper presented at the 83rd annual meeting of the Midwestern Psychological
Association, Chicago, IL.
Hosey, C., Zhang, Y., & Risen, J. L. (2013, January). Reversing one’s fortune by pushing
away bad luck. Paper presented at the Society for Personality and Social
Psychology Conference, New Orleans, LA.
Hosey, C. & Risen, J. L. (2013, January). Moralizing long-term goals enhances goal
commitment. Paper presented as part of the “Data Blitz” for the Self-regulation
pre-conference at the Society for Personality and Social Psychology Conference, New Orleans, LA.
Schroeder, J., Brooks, A. W., Risen, J. L., Galinsky, A., Gino, F., Schweitzer, M. (2012, November). Don’t stop believing: Coping with anxiety through rituals. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Society of Judgment and Decision Making, Minneapolis, MI.
Wheeler, N. M., Risen, J. L, & Tennant, R. J. (2012, November). Karmic predictions. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society of Judgment and Decision Making, Minneapolis, MI.
Risen, J. L., Zhang, Y., & Hosey, C. (2012, October). Rituals for reversing one’s fortune. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Consumer
Research, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
Schroeder, J., & Risen, J. L. (2012, July). Evaluation of a peace intervention program
among Middle Eastern teenagers. Poster presented at the International Congress
of Psychology, Cape Town, South Africa.
Brooks, A. W., Schroeder. J., Risen, J. L., Galinsky, A., Gino, F., Norton, M. I., &
Schweitzer, M. (2012, June). Don’t stop believing: Coping with anxiety through
rituals. Paper presented at the Behavioral Decision Research in Management
Conference, Boulder, CO.
Hosey, C., Zhang, Y., & Risen, J. L. (2011, May). Superstitious belief and embodied
cognition: Why people knock on wood. Paper presented at the 81st annual
Risen, J. L., & Critcher, C. R. (2011, January). Ambient temperature influences belief in
global warming. Paper presented at the Society for Personality and Social
Psychology Conference, San Antonio, TX.
Hosey, C., Zhang, Y., & Risen, J. L. (2011, January). Superstitious belief and embodied
cognition: Why people knock on wood to undo bad luck. Poster presented at the
Society for Personality and Social Psychology Conference, San Antonio, TX. Tennant, R., & Risen, J. L. (2010, May). Immoral actions lead to exaggerated
perceptions of risk. Paper presented at the 80th annual meeting of the
Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL.
Converse, B. A., & Risen, J. L. (2010, January). Investing in karma: When wanting
increases helping. Poster presented at the Society for Personality and Social
Psychology Conference, Las Vegas, NV.
Critcher, C. R., Risen, J. L., & Ferguson, M. (2010, January). If he can do it, so can they:
Exposure to successful Black exemplars unintentionally shifts explanations for racial disparities. Paper presented at the Society for Personality and Social
Psychology Conference, Las Vegas, NV.
Critcher, C. R., & Risen, J. L. (2009, October). The influence of visceral states on
forecasts of future events. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the
Association for Consumer Research, Pittsburgh, PA.
Risen, J. L., & Gilovich, T. (2009, February). Promoting valued behavior through a
shared belief in tempting fate: Paper presented at the Society for Personality and
Social Psychology Conference, Tampa, FL.
Risen, J. L., & Chen, M. K. (2008, November). How choice affects and reflects
preferences. Paper presented at the Judgment and Decision Making Conference,
Chicago, IL.
Hove, M. & Risen, J. L. (2008, November). It’s all in the timing: Interpersonal synchrony
increases affiliation. Paper presented at the Auditory, Perception, Cognition, and
Action Meeting, Chicago, IL.
Risen, J. L., & Gilovich, T. (2008, October). Causes and consequences for a belief in
tempting fate: Paper presented at the Association for Consumer Research
Conference, San Francisco, CA.
Kruger, J., Risen, J. L., Savitsky, K., & Gilovich, T. (2008, November). Why does calling
attention to success seem to invite failure? Paper presented at the Association
for Consumer Research Conference, San Francisco, CA.
Risen, J. L. (2008, April). Visceral states priming: The effect of ambient temperature on
belief in global warming. Paper presented at the Social Psychologists of Chicago
annual conference, Chicago, IL.
Risen, J. L. (2007, May). One-shot Illusory correlations and stereotype formation. Paper presented at the 78th annual meeting of the Midwestern Psychological
Association, Chicago, IL.
Risen, J. L., & Gilovich, T. (2007, January). Tempting fate: The effect of negativity and
accessibility on judgments of likelihood. Paper presented (as symposium chair)
at the Society for Personality and Social Psychology Conference, Memphis, TN. Savitsky, K., Kruger, J., Risen, J. L., & Gilovich, T. (2007, January). Don’t mention your
chickens before they hatch: Why does calling attention to success seem to invite failure? Paper presented at the Society for Personality and Social Psychology
Conference, Memphis, TN.
Risen, J. L., & Gilovich, T. (2006, May). Exchanged lottery tickets are judged more likely
to win. Poster presented at the 18th annual meeting of the Association for
Psychological Science, New York, NY.
Risen. J. L. (2006, May). Now or never: A critical period for rationalization. Paper presented at the 77th annual meeting of the Midwestern Psychological
Association, Chicago, IL.
Risen, J. L., & Gilovich, T., Dunning, D. (2006, January). One-shot illusory correlations
and stereotype formation. Poster presented at the 7th annual meeting of the
Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Palm Springs, CA.
Risen. J. L., & Gilovich, T. (2005, May). Believing what we know we shouldn’t. Paper presented at the 77th annual meeting of the Midwestern Psychological
Association, Chicago, IL.
Risen, J. L., & Gilovich. (2005, January). Not soon enough: A critical period for
rationalization processes. Poster presented at the 6th annual meeting of the
Society for Personality and Social Psychology, New Orleans, LA.
Risen, J. L., & Gilovich, T. (2004, January). “Say you’re sorry!” Reactions to spontaneous
and coerced apologies. Poster presented at the 5th annual meeting of the Society
for Personality and Social Psychology, Los Angeles, CA.
Research Interests
Judgment and decision-making Intuitive belief formation Magical thinking
Embodied cognition Causal inference
Choice-induced attitude change
Stereotyping, prejudice, and conflict resolution
Professional Activities
Editorial Board Member: Journal of Experimental Psychology: General Editorial Board Member: Journal of Experimental Social Psychology Ad Hoc Reviewer for American Journal of Political Science
Ad Hoc Reviewer for Cognition
Ad Hoc Reviewer for European Journal of Social Psychology
Ad Hoc Reviewer for International Journal for the Psychology of Religion Ad Hoc Reviewer for Israeli Science Foundation Grant Panel
Ad Hoc Reviewer for Journal of Applied Social Psychology Ad Hoc Reviewer for Journal of Behavioral Decision Making Ad Hoc Reviewer for Journal of Economic Psychology
Ad Hoc Reviewer for Journal of Experimental Psychology: General Ad Hoc Reviewer for Journal of Experimental Social Psychology Ad Hoc Reviewer for Journal of Personality
Ad Hoc Reviewer for Journal of Personality and Social Psychology: Attitudes and Social Cognition
Interpersonal Relations and Group Processes Ad Hoc Reviewer for Journal of Socio-Economics Ad Hoc Reviewer for Judgment and Decision Making Ad Hoc Reviewer for Memory and Cognition
Ad Hoc Reviewer for National Science Foundation (NSF) Grant Panel
Ad Hoc Reviewer for Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes Ad Hoc Reviewer for Personality and Individual Differences
Ad Hoc Reviewer for Personality and Social Psychology Review Ad Hoc Reviewer for Psychological Science
Ad Hoc Reviewer for Psychonomic Bulletin & Review Ad Hoc Reviewer for Social Cognition
Ad Hoc Reviewer for Social Psychology
Ad Hoc Reviewer for Social and Personality Psychology Compass Ad Hoc Reviewer for Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council
Professional Affiliations
American Psychological Association American Psychological Society
Midwestern Psychological Association Phi Beta Kappa, Harvard Chapter
Society for Judgment and Decision Making Society for Personality and Social Psychology
Teaching
Current Academic Year
38002: Managerial Decision Making, Winter 2016 38601: Workshop in Behavioral Science, Fall 2015
Experience
38002: Managerial Decision Making, Winter 2013, Winter 2014, Spring 2015 38802-92: Managerial Decision Making, XP, Summer 2013
Winter 2010, Autumn 2010, Spring 2012
38901: Current Topics in Behavioral Science I, Winter 2012, Fall 2013 38902: Current Topics in Behavioral Science II, Spring 2010
38903: Current Topics in Behavioral Science III, Spring 2009
38601: Workshop in Behavioral Science, Spring 2008 and 2010, Fall 2012 Psychology 280: Introduction to Social Psychology, Summer 2006
Psychology 103: The Psychology of Expectations and Predictions, Fall 2004 Casablanca American School, fifth grade class, 2001-2002