Dr. Kurt Gray

Kurt Gray headshot

Dr. Kurt Gray

Professor, Social (Arriving AU25)
He/Him

gray.1750@osu.edu

Areas of Expertise

  • Morality
  • Religion
  • Politics
  • Psychology of AI
  • Social Cognition

Education

  • BSc (Honors), University of Waterloo, 2003
  • PhD, Harvard University, 2010

Kurt Gray is the incoming Weary Family Foundation Endowed Chair in the Social Psychology of Polarization and Misinformation. He is a social psychologist who studies our moral minds and how best to bridge political divides. Gray directs the Deepest Beliefs Lab, which explores the psychology of morality, politics, religion and AI. He also directs the Center for the Science of Moral Understanding, which explores new ways to reduce polarization. He is the author of Outraged: Why we Fight about Morality and Politics and How to Find Common Ground.