David DeSteno

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DAVID DESTENO is a professor of psychology at Northeastern University, where he directs the Social Emotions Group. He is a fellow of the Association for Psychological Science and the American Psychological Association, for which he serves as editor-in-chief of the journal <em>Emotion</em>. His work has been repeatedly funded by the National Science Foundation and has been regularly featured in the media, including the <em>New York Times</em>, the <em>Wall Street Journal</em>, CBS <em>Sunday Morning</em>, NPR's <em>Radiolab </em>and <em>Talk of the Nation</em>, and <em>USA Today</em>. He is the author of <em>The Truth About Trust </em>(featured in articles and videos at <em>Harvard Business Review</em>) and coauthor of the <em>Wall Street Journal </em>spotlight psychology bestseller <em>Out of Character</em>. He frequently writes about his research for the <em>New York Times, </em>the <em>Boston Globe, Harvard Business Review, Pacific Standard, </em>and the <em>Atlantic.</em> At the broadest level, his work examines the mechanisms of the mind that shape vice and virtue. Studying hypocrisy and compassion, pride and punishment, cheating and trust, his work continually reveals that human moral behavior is much more variable than most would predict.<BR />