Legacy
Principal Investigators
Liane Young, Ph.D.
Professor › Department of Psychology and Neuroscience
✉ younglw@bc.edu
Boston College
Dr. Young is the director of the Morality Lab. She focuses on...
Gregg R. Sparkman, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor › Department of Psychology and Neuroscience
✉ sparkmag@bc.edu
Boston College
Dr. Sparkman is the director of the Social Influence and Social Change Lab. He focuses on psychology and social change, including research on scalable interventions to address social problems related to the environment, health, and social inequity. He examines motivations to change behavior and how to advocate for change.
Laura J. Steinberg, Ph.D.
Executive Director › Schiller Institute for Integrated Science and Society
Boston College
✉ ljs@bc.edu
Dr. Steinberg is the director of the Schiller Institute. She...
Gordon Kraft-Todd, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Research Fellow › Dept. of Psychology and Neuroscience
Boston College • MIT Sloan School of Management
✉ gordon.krafttodd@gmail.com
Gordon Kraft-Todd is interested in how our social perceptions affect the spread of prosociality. Specifically, he investigates how observers’ judgments of actors’ speech, behavior, motivations, and character influences observers’ moral and normative beliefs as well as their prosocial behavior.
Erez Yoeli, Ph.D.
Research Scientist › MIT Applied Cooperation Team
MIT Sloan School of Management
✉ eyoeli@mit.edu
Erez Yoeli is a research scientist at MIT’s Sloan School of Management. He uses game theory to study puzzling aspects of people's sense of rights, ethics, and altruism, then applies lessons from this work to addressing real-world problems like increasing energy conservation, improving antiobiotic adherance, and reducing smoking in public places.
Senior Reseachers
Stylianos "Stelios" Syropoulos, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Research Fellow › Schiller Institute • Dept. of Psychology and Neuroscience
Boston College
✉ syropoul@bc.edu
Stelios conducts research on how perceptions of past and future generations influence intergenerational, environmental and moral decision-making. Specifically, he is interested in what motivates individuals to engage in prosociality, even when that action comes at a personal cost.
Research Staff
Nathan Liang
Project Manager › Dept. of Psychology and Neuroscience
✉ liangna@bc.edu
Boston College • MIT Sloan School of Management
Nathan Liang is a research coordinator working jointly across the Morality Lab, the Social Influence and Social Change Lab, and the MIT Applied Cooperation Team to facilitate field experiments.
Elizabeth "Lizy" Szanton
Lab Manager › Dept. of Psychology and Neuroscience
✉ szanton@bc.edu
Boston College
Lizy is a lab manager and research specialist working in the Morality Lab.