The University of Chicago
Department of Psychology
5848 South University Ave.
Chicago, IL, 60637
Office Phone: (773) 834-3704
Office: Psy Gr 415
Joshua Correll
Biography
Joshua Correll joined the faculty of the University of Chicago in 2005. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Colorado at Boulder and his M.A. from the University of Waterloo. Generally, his work involves intergroup relations, stereotyping and prejudice. His primary line of research uses a videogame simulation of a police encounter to examine bias in shoot/don't-shoot decisions.
Research Interests
Racial bias in the decision to shoot
- Stereotypic associations between Black people and danger
- The moderating effects of training/expertise on bias
Intergroup conflict and conflict over scarce resources
The psychological value of group membership
Selected Publications
Correll, J. (in press). 1/f noise and effort on implicit measures of racial bias. Journal of Personality & Social Psychology.
Correll, J., Park, B., Judd, C. M., & Wittenbrink, B. (in press). The influence of stereotypes on decisions to shoot, European Journal of Social Psychology.
Correll, J., Park, B., Judd, C.M., Wittenbrink, B., Sadler, M. S., & Keesee, T. (2007). Across the thin blue line: Police officers and racial bias in the decision to shoot. Journal of Personality & Social Psychology, 92, 1006-1023.
Correll, J., Urland, G. L., & Ito, T. A. (2006). Event-related potentials and the decision to shoot: The role of threat perception and cognitive control. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 42, 120-128.
Correll, J. & Park, B. (2005). A model of the ingroup as a social resource. Personality & Social Psychology Review, 9, 341-359.
Correll, J., Park, B., Judd, C. M., & Wittenbrink, B. (2002). The police officer's dilemma: Using ethnicity to disambiguate potentially threatening individuals. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 83, 1314-1329.
