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Robb Willer

Professor | Stanford University

Media

Press Coverage

Podcast Appearances

9/27/24

Los Angeles Review of Books covers our work on moral framing of progressive policies

9/17/24

Discussed pathways out of polarization on The Depolarizers podcast

9/12/24

Our work on political polarization covered in Time

8/26/24

Our research on gossip covered in the New York Times

8/21/24

Our work on masculine overcompensation and politics cited by the New York Times

8/19/24

Vox covers our research on moral framing of progressive candidates

8/19/24

Strengthening Democracy Challenge cited in The Atlantic’s profile of Governor Cox

8/16/24

Derek Thompson cited our work on moral reframing on the Plain English podcast

8/16/24

Adam Grant discussed the Strengthening Democracy Challenge with Trevor Noah on "What Now? With Trevor Noah

8/11/24

Our work on gender and electability covered in The Atlantic

7/17/24

Our field study evaluating the National Governor's Association's bipartisan messaging featured by Yahoo News

7/2/24

Discussed out-partisan misperceptions in Time Magazine

6/4/24

Quoted in the New York Times regarding our work on protest tactics

4/24/24

Strengthening Democracy Challenge discussed in New York Times

4/16/24

Quoted in Washington Post on our work regarding protest tactics

3/23/24

Quoted in Rolling Stone regarding our work on protest tactics

2/7/24

Discussed political persuasion, empathy, and moral reframing on Hidden Brain

8/26/23

Wall Street Journal references Strengthening Democracy Challenge

8/13/23

Our work addressing threats of political violence referenced in AP News

7/31/23

Our research on antiracism covered in the Washington Post

7/19/23

Our research on opposition to antiracism covered in the New York Times

7/13/23

The Strengthening Democracy Challenge cited by Governor Spencer Cox in the Washington Post

5/31/23

Willer featured on PBS Newshour

5/31/23

Willer quoted on polarization in the New York Times

3/29/23

Our research on moral and neural underpinnings of polarization discussed in the New York Times

3/1/23

Strengthening Democracy Challenge covered in Nature

3/1/23

Our work on AI political persuasion covered by Stanford HAI

2/8/23

Strengthening Democracy Challenge discussed in the New York Times

1/7/23

Our work on extreme protest tactics covered by CNN

11/22/22

LA Times article discusses the Strengthening Democracy Challenge

11/12/22

The Guardian discusses our research on activist tactics

11/2/22

Quoted on addressing political polarization by Stanford Business Insights

10/31/22

Our work on democracy discussed in Scientific American

10/21/22

Strengthening Democracy Challenge covered in The Atlantic

10/19/22

Interviewed by Stanford Business Insights on polarization

10/17/22

Our work on dehumanization covered in Insights by Stanford Business

9/23/22

Fast Company discusses a top intervention from the Strengthening Democracy Challenge

9/6/22

Interviewed on Here & Now about the Strengthening Democracy Challenge

9/4/22

Interviewed on The Next Revolution about the Strengthening Democracy Challenge

8/30/22

Willer profiled in Marin Living Magazine

8/29/22

The Strengthening Democracy Challenge covered by the Stanford Report

8/25/22

Interviewed on C-SPAN about the Strengthening Democracy Challenge

8/23/22

Strengthening Democracy Challenge covered by Fast Company

8/18/22

Discussed the Strengthening Democracy Challenge on Morning Joe

7/21/22

Stanford Social Innovation Review covers our work on gender and electability

5/6/22

Our research on encouraging COVID vaccination referenced in the New York Times

4/28/22

Our research on politicians' rising incivility on Twitter covered by the LA Times

3/29/22

Our research on support for partisan violence covered in The Washington Post

2/23/22

Our work studying the effects of elite cues on COVID vaccine intentions covered by Vox

2/18/22

Our research on gender and electability concerns covered by Greater Good Magazine

9/29/21

New York Times discusses our paper on support for democracy

8/18/21

PolitiFact covers our research on the effectiveness of vaccine lotteries

8/4/21

Our research on the effects of vaccine lotteries cited in Science

7/28/21

US News & World Report discusses our research on Republican leadership cues and vaccination

7/20/21

Wired discusses our research on motivating COVID-19 vaccination

7/16/21

Boston Globe covers our research on encouraging vaccination

7/6/21

Vox covers our research on promoting vaccination among Republicans

6/3/21

SPSP News reports on our White House COVID Response Team briefing

5/14/21

Quoted in Salon on COVID-19 vaccination promotion

5/14/21

Our research on promoting vaccination among Republicans covered in Vox

5/11/21

Insights by Stanford Business covers our work on COVID Vaccine Messaging

2/26/21

Our research on race and welfare attitudes referenced in the Washington Post

2/19/21

Our work on extreme protest tactics covered in Insights by Stanford Business

11/1/20

New York Times discusses our research on masculinity and politics

10/29/20

Quoted on having better political conversations in Teen Vogue

9/29/20

Interviewed for the "We Are Not Divided" project

7/3/20

Slate discusses our research on moral framing by presidential candidates

4/16/20

Our research on COVID-19 covered in Science

3/5/20

Our research on gender and electability covered in the New York Times

2/26/20

New York Times covers our research on framing progressive candidates

1/23/20

Quoted in Chronicle of Higher Education on student debt cancellation

12/6/19

Big Think discusses our research on framing progressive policies

11/12/19

Commentary on Hong Kong protests in Washington Post

10/19/19

Salon covers our research on political persuasion

9/23/19

Our research on gossip covered by NBC News

8/19/19

Our new research on Dog-Whistle Messages covered in the Huffington Post

6/28/19

Our framing research discussed in Salon

5/21/19

Our research on framing progressive economic policies in the Pacific Standard

4/8/19

Our research on nonviolent protest featured on Hidden Brain

1/17/19

Our research on nonviolent protest cited in Washington Post

12/30/18

The Atlantic covers our work on political empathy

12/12/18

Our research on masculine overcompensation discussed in Washington Post

11/29/18

Our research on masculinity threats discussed in Washington Post

10/26/18

Our research on violent protest covered in the Boston Globe

8/1/18

Our research on race and welfare featured in Salon

7/2/18

Our research on gossip in The Atlantic

6/26/18

Our research on masculinity featured in The Atlantic

6/7/18

Our new research on race and welfare featured in Vox

6/5/18

The Atlantic discusses our research on racial threats and welfare attitudes

6/4/18

Pacific Standard covers our recent paper on racial threats and welfare attitudes

6/1/18

Our work on racial threats and welfare attitudes featured in New York Magazine

5/30/18

Washington Post covers our research on racial threats and welfare attitudes

5/21/18

Our research on masculine overcompensation cited by Vice News

4/11/18

Our research on political communication covered in Vox

1/31/18

Our research featured by the American Psychological Association

9/27/17

Interviewed by NPR's Marketplace on Republican tax reform plan

7/20/17

The Guardian discusses our research on moral reframing

6/28/17

Huffington Post covers our research on moral reframing

6/27/17

The Atlantic features our work on moral reframing

6/16/17

The New York Times discusses our research on embarrassment

4/21/17

The Atlantic cites research on political effects of terrorism

4/18/17

Our research on protest tactics discussed on NPR

4/7/17

The Stanford report covers our research on morality and cooperation

3/20/17

Vox discusses our research on moral reframing and the Tea Party

2/27/17

The Atlantic covers our research on effective protest tactics

2/18/17

Our research on effective protest tactics referenced in the New York Times

2/1/17

The Atlantic covers our research on moral reframing

12/2/16

Quoted on workplace gossip in Harvard Business Review

11/26/16

Vox covers our research on political communication

11/23/16

Vox covers our research on moral reframing

10/25/16

Business Insider covers our research on moral reframing

9/7/16

Business Insider covers our research on race and the Tea Party

7/26/16

The Conversation covers our research on academic unintelligibility

7/22/16

Discussed political polarization on NPR's Science Friday

7/15/16

Stanford Insights covers our research on the Tea Party

7/14/16

Our research on race and the Tea Party analyzed on NPR

5/27/16

LA Times piece on Trump's campaign and masculine overcompensation

5/13/16

Washington Post covers our research on racial threat and Tea Party support

5/13/16

The Atlantic covers our research on racial threat and the Tea Party

5/6/16

Huffington Post covers our research on racial threat and Tea Party support

12/17/15

Our research on moral reframing analyzed on NPR's Morning Edition

12/11/15

New York Magazine interview about the effect of terrorism on 2016 presidential election

12/11/15

Quoted on politics and racial prejudice in the Washington Post

12/10/15

Q&A with Stanford Report about political effects of terror threats

11/30/15

Our research on embarrassment covered in the Washington Post's Wonkblog

11/23/15

Pacific Standard covers our research on inequality and generosity

11/23/15

LA Times covers our research on inequality and generosity

11/16/15

Our review piece on social forces encouraging cooperation profiled in Stanford Insights

10/20/15

New York Magazine covers our research on how to frame effective political arguments

10/12/15

Stanford Report covers our recent research on moral messaging in politics

2/16/15

New York Magazine covers our research on class and moral reasoning

2/13/15

Our research on gender and charitable giving covered by the Chronicle of Philanthropy

1/27/15

Coverage of our research on gender and charitable giving in Pacific Standard

11/6/14

Coverage of our research on prosocial gossip in The Atlantic

10/27/14

Our research on the moral roots of environmental attitudes cited in Pacific Standard

10/1/14

Our research on environmental messaging covered in New York Magazine

6/14/14

Research on generosity and respect cited in Salon

5/14/14

Coverage of our research on political messaging in New York Magazine

4/18/14

Coverage of our research on effective climate change messaging in The Atlantic

2/6/14

Article on our gossip research in Pacific Standard

7/30/13

Coverage of our research on climate change beliefs in Salon

4/26/13

The Daily Telegraph covers our work on morality and money

3/30/13

Coverage of our research on class and morality in the New York Times

3/8/13

Article on environmental messaging research in Conservation Magazine

12/17/12

New York Times Blog covers our research on environmental message framing

9/19/12

Interviewed by National Journal on leaked Romney video

9/7/12

Interviewed on 20/20 and Nightline about heroism

6/15/12

Gossip research covered in the New York Times

6/4/12

Freecycle research in Atlantic Cities

5/29/12

Washington Post on religion and compassion research

5/17/12

Historian discusses the impact of 2004 terror alerts research

5/6/12

Big Think on religion and compassion research

5/4/12

Religion and generosity research in New York Daily News

5/3/12

Religion and compassion research in the Wall Street Journal

2/28/12

Forbes article on embarrassment research

1/25/12

NPR's Forum with Michael Krasny discussion of the good and bad of gossip

1/21/12

Gossip research in the Wall Street Journal

1/19/12

Gossip research in Time

1/18/12

CNN article on gossip research

1/17/12

Understated coverage of gossip research from io9

11/4/11

Embarrassment research in the San Francisco Chronicle

9/19/11

NPR's Forum with Michael Krasny discussion of whether nice guys finish last

2/7/11

Marketplace interview on global warming research

1/4/11

Nature article on global warming research

12/24/10

San Francisco Chronicle article on generosity research

11/25/10

Generosity research covered on NBC Nightly News

11/18/10

Global warming skepticism research in New York Times' Dot Earth blog

11/16/10

Washington Post article on Global Warming research

12/8/09

Generosity and status research in Scientific American

8/4/05

Masculine overcompensation piece in Science

8/3/05

Rush Limbaugh reviews masculine overcompensation research

8/1/05

AAAS Science Update uses masculine overcompensation research to explain the scientific method

10/19/04

USA Today on terror threat and 2004 election

10/13/04

Washington post covers terror alert research

9/17/24

Discussed pathways out of polarization on The Depolarizers podcast

2/7/24

Discussed political persuasion, empathy, and moral reframing on Hidden Brain

11/28/22

Interviewed about political persuasion on The Great Battlefield

11/8/22

Discussed Democracy on The Gist

11/7/22

Interviewed about the Strengthening Democracy Challenge on The Gist

10/27/22

Discussed Democracy Interventions on Politicology

9/25/22

Interviewed on Opinion Science about the Strengthening Democracy Challenge

8/25/22

Discussed false meta-perceptions on the Stanford Psychology Podcast

3/30/22

Interviewed on the “progressive paradox” by Third Way

12/14/20

Interviewed about the benefits of gossip on You are Not So Smart

9/9/20

Discussed COVID-19 research on Two Psychologists Four Beers

2/19/20

Discussed the replication crisis on Two Psychologists Four Beers

7/2/19

Interviewed about pluralistic ignorance on You Are Not So Smart

4/8/19

Our research on extreme protest tactics featured on Hidden Brain

10/17/17

Discussed political persuasion on TED Radio Hour

6/15/17

Interviewed about political persuasion on The Gist

4/18/17

Our research on extreme protest tactics featured on Hidden Brain

1/3/17

Mike Pesca and Ralph Nader discuss our moral reframing research on Slate's The Gist

11/4/16

Interviewed on the You are Not So Smart podcast

11/28/10

Global warming skepticism research in Scientific American

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