Behavioral Scientist’s Notable Books of 2025
Our list of noteworthy behavioral science books published in 2025.
December 23rd, 2025
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October 16th, 2022
The Open Secret of What Works—and What Doesn’t—for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
A new book explores why corporate diversity trainings have endured despite the evidence they aren’t effective, and what does work to make progress on diversity, equity, and inclusion inside organizations.
July 18th, 2022
Research Lead: Friends at First Sniff, Transformation at Burning Man, the Wisdom of Your Inner Crowd, and More
The Research Lead is a monthly digest connecting you to noteworthy academic and applied research from around the behavioral sciences. Here are our picks for July 2022.
June 01st, 2020
We Have a Rare Opportunity to Create a Stronger, More Equitable Society
If things return to the way they were, we will have failed.
February 08th, 2016
Stereotype Threat in Police Encounters: Implications for Miscarriages of Justice
Data from research I recently conducted with Bette Bottoms and Phillip Goff, published in Law and Human Behavior, suggest that the psychological experience of such police encounters is very different for Black as compared to White citizens.
September 03rd, 2014
Why Governor Nixon has to remove prosecutor from Michael Brown Case
We are a long way from knowing precisely what happened in Ferguson, two weeks ago, but one thing is clear: The town’s name has become yet another synonym for the chasm of experience dividing white and black America.
