Hello, I'm Dave. I study judgment/social cognition, namely how communication guides our inferences, preferences, and reasoning.
I'm an Associate Professor of Social/Personality Psychology in Kingston, Ontario. Before that, I was a Postdoctoral Research Associate at the Dornsife Mind and Society Center at the University of Southern California. I earned my Ph.D. in Social Psychology at the University of Michigan.
My research is funded by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada and by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada. I have been fortunate enough to have been awarded an Association of Psychological Science "Rising Star" (Early Career) Award, Web of Science "highly cited" awards for some of my papers, as well as my department's Undergraduate Teaching Award a few times.
Additionally, I am also an Op-Ed contributor for The Guardian and Medium, and I'm a segment contributor for WNYC. Formerly, I was a data analyst at the New York City Criminal Justice Agency. I earned my B.A. in Psychology from Gettysburg College.
I will be accepting applications for new MSc/PhD students under my supervision in this application season (with a program start date of Fall 2026). If you are interested, please see this page for more details.
I'm an Associate Professor of Social/Personality Psychology in Kingston, Ontario. Before that, I was a Postdoctoral Research Associate at the Dornsife Mind and Society Center at the University of Southern California. I earned my Ph.D. in Social Psychology at the University of Michigan.
My research is funded by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada and by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada. I have been fortunate enough to have been awarded an Association of Psychological Science "Rising Star" (Early Career) Award, Web of Science "highly cited" awards for some of my papers, as well as my department's Undergraduate Teaching Award a few times.
Additionally, I am also an Op-Ed contributor for The Guardian and Medium, and I'm a segment contributor for WNYC. Formerly, I was a data analyst at the New York City Criminal Justice Agency. I earned my B.A. in Psychology from Gettysburg College.
I will be accepting applications for new MSc/PhD students under my supervision in this application season (with a program start date of Fall 2026). If you are interested, please see this page for more details.
