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Management & Organizations

Morris and Alice Kaplan Chair in Ethics and Decision Management

Professor of Management & Organizations

Professor of Psychology, Weinberg College of Arts & Sciences (Courtesy)

Portrait of Adam Waytz, Faculty at the Kellogg School of Management

Adam Waytz is the Morris and Alice Kaplan Chair in Ethics and Decision Management and professor of Management and Organizations. His research uses methods from social psychology and cognitive neuroscience to study how people think about other minds and to investigate processes related to ethics, intergroup processes, and the psychological consequences of technology. Professor Waytz's research has been published in leading journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, and Psychological Review. In recognition of his work, Professor Waytz received the 2008 and 2013 Theoretical Innovation Award from the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, the SAGE Foundation Young Scholar Award, and the International Social Cognition Network's Early Career Award. He was also a visiting scholar at the Russell Sage Foundation from 2018-2019. Professor Waytz received his BA in Psychology from Columbia University, his PhD in social psychology from the University of Chicago, and received a National Service Research Award from the National Institute of Health to complete a post-doctoral fellowship at Harvard University.

About Adam
Research interests
  • Ethics and morality
  • Mind perception
  • Dehumanization
  • Social connection
  • Meaning-making
  • Social influence
  • Human-Technology Interaction
Teaching interests
  • Values-based LeadershipLeadership in OrganizationsEthics and Executive Leadership
  • Ph.D., 2009, Psychology, University of Chicago
    M.A., 2006, Psychology, University of Chicago
    B.A., 2003, Psychology, Columbia University, Summa Cum Laude
  • Associate Professor, Management and Organizations, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, 2015-2020
    Assistant Professor, Management and Organizations, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, 2011-2015
    NIH Ruth L. Kirschstein Postdoctoral Fellow, Psychology, Harvard University, 2009-2011
  • HBR Prize Finalist (for "Beware a Culture of Busyness"), Harvard Business Review
    Pedagogy Competition Award, Dispute Resolution Research Center, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University
    Chair's Core Course Teaching Award, Kellogg School of Management
    Sidney J Levy Teaching Award, Kellogg School of Management
    Northwestern University's Martin E. and Gertrude G. Walder Award for Research Excellence
    Chair's Core Course Teaching Award, Kellogg School of Management
    Profiled for Faculty Excellence In Research for Northwestern Research magazine
    Outstanding Case on Anti-Corruption (with Vasilia Kilibarda), North American Case Research Association
    Sage Young Scholar Award, Society for Personality & Social Psychology & the Foundation for Personality & Social Psychology
    Early Career Award, International Social Cognition Network
    Theoretical Innovation Prize, Society for Personality and Social Psychology
    Named to the Best 40 B-School Profs Under the Age of 40, Poets and Quants
    Participant in Edge.org Annual Question, edge.org
    Theoretical Innovation Prize, Society for Personality and Social Psychology
  • Associate Editor, Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 2020
    Editorial Board, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 2017
    Editorial Board Member, Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 2015

Micro-Organizational Research Methods (MORS-526-1)

This course provides an introduction to research designs and methods for "micro" research in organizations. The purpose to develop students' skill at designing, executing, interpreting, and evaluating micro-organizational and social psychological research. The course addresses both theoretical and practical considerations of research methods, with a special focus on the role of laboratory experiments and other common methods in behavioral research.