Lee Jussim

Lee Jussim
Born	(1955-12-02) December 2, 1955 New York City, New York, U.S.
Nationality	American
Alma mater	University of Michigan
Known for	Stereotype accuracy
Awards	1997 Award for Distinguished Scientific Awards for an Early Career Contribution to Psychology from the American Psychological Association
Scientific career
Fields	Social psychology
Institutions	Rutgers University
Thesis	Interpersonal expectations in social interaction: Self-fulfilling prophecies, confirmatory biases, and accuracy (1987)

Lee J. Jussim (born December 2, 1955) is an American social psychologist. He leads the Social Perception Laboratory at Rutgers University. He is known for his scholarly work on social perception and stereotypes, as well as his writings for a popular audience on websites such as Psychology Today and Quillette.

Early life and education

When Jussim was 5 years old, his family moved into a Brooklyn-area public housing where they lived until he was 12. When he was 13, his family moved to Levittown, Long Island, and his mother died of cancer shortly after.

Jussim dropped out of college shortly before he met Lisa Baum whom he would later marry in 1975. They have three children together. Jussim enrolled at the University of Massachusetts Boston in 1979, where he majored in psychology. He completed his doctoral degree at the University of Michigan under the supervision of professor Lerita Coleman. He graduated with a doctorate in social psychology in 1987 and entered a teaching position at Rutgers University that same year.

Career

Jussim runs the Social Perception Lab at Rutgers University, Livingston Campus. The lab studies how people perceive, think about, and judge others. He is a researcher in the fields of person perception, stereotype accuracy and bias and has been integral in the initiative for viewpoint diversity which advocates to correct the inaccuracies in the field of social psychology research.

External links

• Rabble Rouser, Jussim's blog
• Lee Jussim publications indexed by Google Scholar