Betsy Levy Paluck Explained

Betsy Levy Paluck
Workplaces:	Kahneman-Treisman Center for Behavioral Science & Policy, Princeton University
Education:	Yale University (BS) Yale University (PhD)

Elizabeth (Betsy) Levy Paluck is a professor in the department of psychology and the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University, where she also serves as deputy director of the Center for Behavioral Science & Policy. She is known for her work on prejudice, social norms and conflict reduction. She is best known for creating large-scale field experiments utilizing theoretical social psychology strategies and tools to formulate effective and practical methods for reducing conflict and discrimination. Due to her extensive work investigating the influences of the Rwandan genocide and her work with high school bullying,^{[1] [2]} Paluck is considered a leading authority on field-tested methods of changing intolerant and aggressive social behavior.^[3]

In 2017, Paluck won the MacArthur Fellow Award, known as the "Genius Grant" for "[u]nraveling how social networks and norms influence our interactions with one another and identifying interventions that can change destructive behavior."^[4]

Paluck has published over 50 academic papers^[5] and has been profiled, quoted and interviewed in the New Yorker,^[6] Slate,^[7] NPR,^[8] the Cut and various Psychology magazines.^{[9] [10] [11]}

Advisory positions and distinctions

• Ideas 42, Senior Researcher, Advisory Board^[12]
• Princeton University Old Dominion Faculty Fellow
• Princeton University Experiments in Governance and Politics, Executive Committee (EGAP)^[13]
• Consortium for Police Leadership in Equity
• Affiliate, Crime Lab New York, Urban Labs, University of Chicago^[14]

Select awards

• 2017 MacArthur Award Winner, "Genius Grant"^[15]
• 2013 The Sage Young Scholars Award from the Society of Personal and Social Psychology^[16]
• 2010 Cialdini Prize for Field Research^[17]

Selected articles

• Paluck, E. L. (2006). Diversity training and intergroup contact: A call to action research. Journal of Social Issues, 62(3), 577–595.
• Paluck, E. L. (2009). Reducing intergroup prejudice and conflict using the media: a field experiment in Rwanda. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 96(3), 574–587.
• Paluck, E. L., & Green, D. P. (2009). Deference, dissent, and dispute resolution: An experimental intervention using mass media to change norms and behavior in Rwanda. American Political Science Review, 103(4), 622–644.
• Paluck, E. L., & Green, D. P. (2009). Prejudice reduction: What works? A review and assessment of research and practice. Annual Review of Psychology, 60, 339–367.
• Paluck, E. L., & Shepherd, H. (2012). The salience of social referents: A field experiment on collective norms and harassment behavior in a school social network. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 103(6), 899–915.

External links

• • Psychologist Betsy Levy Paluck | 2017 MacArthur Fellow
• Arguing the right way | Robert Wright & Betsy Levy Paluck (The Wright Show)
• Slate: Radio Reconciliation
• The CUT: Why Doesn’t Spending Time With Women Make Men Less Sexist?
• The CUT: Want to End Bullying? Get the Popular Students to Help

Notes and References

1. Paluck. Elizabeth Levy. 2009. Reducing intergroup prejudice and conflict using the media: A field experiment in Rwanda.. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. en. 96. 3. 574–587. 10.1037/a0011989. 19254104. 1939-1315. 10.1.1.315.5706.
2. Paluck. Elizabeth Levy. Shepherd. Hana. 2012. The salience of social referents: A field experiment on collective norms and harassment behavior in a school social network.. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 103. 6. 899–915. 10.1037/a0030015. 22984831. 1939-1315. 10.1.1.303.3551.
3. Web site: University of Chicago, Urban Labs.
4. Web site: MacArthur Fellows Program: Betsy Levy Paluck. 2017. MacArthur Foundation.
5. Web site: Google Scholar.
6. News: How Norms Change. Konnikova. Maria. October 11, 2017. The New Yorker.
7. News: Radio Reconciliation Rwanda's radio programming fueled the country's infamous genocide in 1994. Pesca. Mike. Jan 9, 2018. Slate.
8. News: 'Genius Grant' Winner Used A Soap Opera To Prove A Point About Prejudice. Singh. Maavi. Oct 11, 2017. NPR.
9. News: One potential solution to bullying—social psychology. September 2, 2016. Phys.org.
10. News: 4 questions for Betsy Levy Paluck. Brown. Robin Terry. December 2017. American Psychological Association.
11. News: Betsy Levy Paluck Named 2017 MacArthur Fellow. Nesterak. Evan. October 12, 2017. Behavioral Science magazine.
12. Web site: ideas 42: Advisors. Ideas 42.
13. Web site: EGAP Members. Evidence in Governance and Politics (EGAP).
14. Web site: Crime Lab: New York. University of Chicago.
15. Web site: 2017 MacArthur Fellows. MacArthur Foundation.
16. Web site: SAGE Scholar Award. Society of Personality and Social Psychology.
17. Web site: Cialdini Prize for a Single Outstanding Contribution. Society for Personal and Social Psychology.