A. David Nussbaum
Curriculum Vitae
Contact Information
Office Address
Department of Psychology
University of Waterloo
200 University Avenue West
Waterloo, Ontario, N2L 3G1
Telephone
650.799.0201
Website
http://www-psych.stanford.edu/~davenuss/index.htm
E-mail
davenuss@psych.stanford.edu
Office Fax
773.753-0561
Academic History
University of Waterloo
SSHRC Post-Doctoral Scholar, July 2008-present
Advisor: Steven Spencer
Stanford University
Ph.D. in Social Psychology, June 2008
Graduate Advisors: Claude Steele, Carol Dweck
Yale University
B.A. in Psychology and Ethics, Politics, & Economics, cum laude, 2001
Grants and Fellowships
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (Canada) Post-doctoral Fellowship, 2008-2010
Graduate Fellow, Center for Comparative Study in Race and Ethnicity, 2007-2008
Gerhard Casper Stanford Graduate Fellowship, 2002-2004
Graduate Fellow, Stanford Center on International Conflict and Negotiation, 2003-2004
Mellon Undergraduate Research Award, Yale University, 2001
Undergraduate Research Grant, Department of Ethics, Politics, & Economics, Yale University, 2001
Richter Fellowship Fund Grant, Yale University, 2000
Tsuzuki International Fellowship, Fukuoka Daiichi High School, Fukuoka, Japan, 1995-1996
Publications and Manuscripts
Journal Articles
Nussbaum, A. D., & Steele, C. M. (2007). Persistence in the face of adversity. Journal of Experimental
Social Psychology, 43, 127-134.
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Young, S. D., Nussbaum, A. D., & Monin, B. (2007). Potential moral stigma and reactions to
sexually transmitted diseases: Evidence for a disjunction fallacy. Personality and Social
Psychology Bulletin, 33, 789-799.
Nussbaum, A. D., & Dweck, C. S. (2008). Defensiveness vs. remediation: Self-theories and modes of
self-esteem maintenance. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 34, 127-134.
Nussbaum, A. D., Bryan, C. J., Brest, P., & Krieger, L. H. (in press). Belief revision: Learning from
mistakes. In P. Brest & L. H. Krieger, Problem Solving, Decision Making, and Professional
Judgment: A Guide for Lawyers and Policymakers.
Bryan, C. J., Nussbaum, A. D., Brest, P., & Krieger, L. H. (in press). Social Influence. In P. Brest & L. H.
Krieger, Problem Solving, Decision Making, and Professional Judgment: A Guide for Lawyers
and Policymakers.
Manuscripts under Review
Nussbaum, A. D., & Steele, C. M. (under review). Confronting stereotype threat: The motivation to
disprove and avoid confirming stereotypes. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology.
Sherman, D. K., Cohen, G. L., Nelson, L. D., Nussbaum, A. D., Bunyan, D. P., & Garcia, J. P. (under
review). Affirmed yet unaware: The role of awareness in the process of self-affirmation.
Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, revise and resubmit.
Manuscripts in Preparation
Bryan, C. J., Nussbaum, A. D. (in preparation). A sheep in wolf’s clothing: How partisanship
constrains political judgments.
Nussbaum, A. D., & Bryan, C. J. (in preparation). No smoking gun necessary: Jurors’ persistence in
verdicts despite the discrediting of critical evidence.
Nussbaum, A. D., & Dweck, C. S. (in preparation). The effects of superiors’ theory of intelligence on
performance in sunk cost scenarios.
Professional Presentations
Chaired Symposia
Nussbaum, A. D., Shaver, P. R., Spencer, S. J., & Critcher, C. R. (2009, February). Healing a skinned
knee with a kiss on the cheek: Flexibility in responding to self-threat. Symposium to be held at
the Society for Personality and Social Psychology Conference, Tampa, FL.
Nussbaum, A. D., Cacioppo, J. T., Cohen, G. L, & Winkielman, P. (2009, May). Psychology as a hub
science II: Navigating early career interdisciplinary collaboration. Symposium to be held at the
Association for Psychological Science Conference, San Francisco, CA.
Papers
Nussbaum, A. D., & Dweck, C. S. (2009). Managing Self-Esteem: Implicit Theories and Responses to
Negative Feedback. Paper to be presented at the Society for Personality and Social Psychology
Conference, Tampa, FL.
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Nussbaum, A. D. (2009). Navigating early career interdisciplinary collaboration: A conversation
with young faculty. Panel discussant at the Association for Psychological Science Conference, San
Francisco, CA.
Nussbaum, A. D. (2007, August). Coping with intersubjective threat: Approach and avoidance
motivations in cross-race tutoring. Paper presented at Expanding Horizons of Cultural
Psychology: Advances in Research and Teaching, Stanford University.
Nussbaum, A. D., & Dweck, C. S. (2005, April). Managing self-esteem: An implicit theories perspective.
Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Western Psychological Association, Portland, OR.
Posters
Nussbaum, A. D., & Steele, C. M. (2007). Escaping accusation: An intersubjective perspective. Poster
presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Memphis,
TN.
Steele, C. M., Murphy, M., Nussbaum, A. D., Jones, V., & Jackson, M. (2005, January). Academic
disidentification: A longitudinal study of minority students’ academic outcomes. Poster presented
at the annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, New Orleans, LA.
Young, S., Nussbaum, A. D., & Monin, B. (2005, January). Defensive processing of stigmatized health
information. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social
Psychology, New Orleans, LA.
Nussbaum, A. D., & Steele, C. M.(2004, April). Adaptive disengagement: Preliminary support for an
effective coping mechanism. Poster presented at the Claremont Symposium on Applied Social
Psychology, Claremont, CA.
Young, S., & Nussbaum, A. D. (2004, January). Defensive processing of negative health information:
Denying a health threat when it is associated with a stigmatized behavior. Poster presented at the
annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Austin, TX.
Nussbaum, A. D., & Armor, D. A. (2002, February). The effects of self-affirmation on preference for
challenge. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social
Psychology, Savannah, GA.
Media Coverage
“The many errors in thinking about mistakes” New York Times, Business Section, November 24, 2007
“Why learn and grow on the job? It’s easier to feign infallibility” Wall Street Journal, January 22, 2008
Research Interests
Self-Image Maintenance
Stereotype Threat
Judgment and Decision Making
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Constraint Satisfaction
Professional Affiliations
American Psychological Association
Association for Psychological Science
Society for Personality and Social Psychology
Western Psychological Association
Professional Activities and Skills
Organized Stanford-Berkeley Social Psychology Conference (Spring, 2004)
Ad Hoc Reviewer for Identity: An International Journal of Theory and Research
Ad Hoc Reviewer for Journal of Applied Social Psychology
Ad Hoc Reviewer for Journal of Experimental Social Psychology
Graduate Student Mentor, Stanford Psychology Honors Program (2005-2006)
Graduate Admissions, Stanford Psychology Department (Winter, 2004)
Conversationally Fluent in French, Hebrew and Polish; intermediate Japanese
Teaching
Courses Taught
Co-instructor. Public Policy 205: Judgment and Decision Making for Public Policy, Fall 2007
Instructor. Psychology 116: Self and Identity, Summer 2007
Co-instructor. Psychology 108: Social Psychology, Summer 2005
Students Mentored
Sean Drake, Honors Student (2006-2007)
Stephanie Potter (2003-2007)
Maya Guendelman, Honors Student (2003-2007)
Jocelyn Ross, Honors Student (2003-2007)
Drew Jacoby-Senghor, Honors Student (2005-2007)
Melanie Thomas (2005-2007)
Katie Lingras, Masters Student (2004-2007)
Teaching Assistantships
TA, Introduction to Psychology (2003). James Gross.
TA, Introduction to Psychology (2004). Benoit Monin.
TA, Statistics (2004). Ewart Thomas.
TA, Cultural Psychology (2004). Hazel Markus.
TA, Social Psychology (2004). Joseph Brown.
TA, Honors Program, full year (2005-2006). Phil Zimbardo.
TA, Research Methods (Winter 2006). Mark Lepper.
Grading TA, Emotions (Fall 2007). Bob Zajonc.
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References
Claude Steele
Department of Psychology
Jordan Hall, Building 420
Stanford University
Stanford, CA 94305-2130
(650) 725-9849
steele@casbs.stanford.edu
Carol Dweck
Department of Psychology
Jordan Hall, Building 420
Stanford University
Stanford, CA 94305-2130
(650) 724-9063
dweck@psych.stanford.edu
Hazel Markus
Department of Psychology
Jordan Hall, Building 420
Stanford University
Stanford, CA 94305-2130
(650) 723-4404
hmarkus@psych.stanford.edu
Steven Spencer
Psychology Department
University of Waterloo
200 University Avenue West
Waterloo, Ontario, Canada N2L 3G1
(519) 888-4567 x33046
sspencer@watarts.uwaterloo.ca