Professor of Psychology and Law, University of Minnesota, 1997-present

Professor of Psychology, University of Minnesota, 1987-present

Morse-Alumni Distinguished Professor of Psychology, University of Minnesota, 1996-present

Fesler-Lampert Chair in Urban and Regional Affairs, University of Minnesota, 2002-2003

Chair, Council of Chairs, College of Liberal Arts, University of Minnesota, 1998-1999

Chair, Department of Psychology, University of Minnesota, 1996-1999

Associate Dean and Executive Officer, College of Liberal Arts, University of Minnesota, 1992-1995

Adjunct Professor of Political Science, University of Minnesota, 1988-present

Adjunct Professor of Law, University of Minnesota, 1985-1991

Associate Professor of Psychology, University of Minnesota, 1981-1986

Co-Director, Center for Research in Law and Psychology, University of Minnesota, 1989-1996

Founding Co-Director, Center for the Study of Political Psychology, University of Minnesota 1995-present

Director of Graduate Studies, Political Psychology Ph.D. Minor, University of Minnesota, 2000-2001, 2003-2004

Director, Social Psychology Ph.D. Program, University of Minnesota, 1984-85;  1987-88, 1990-91, 1992-93, 1994-95, 2000-2001, 2004-2005, Fall 2005, 2016-17; 2018-19; 2024-25.

Visiting Associate Professor of Psychology, University of Toronto, 1982

Assistant Professor of Psychology, University of Minnesota, 1976-81

Research Assistant, Research Center for Group Dynamics, Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan, 1973-1976

Research Assistant, American Institutes for Research, Washington, DC, 1971-72

High Honors in Psychology, Wesleyan University, 1971

Walkley Prize for Psychological Research, Wesleyan University, 1971

NIMH Trainee in Social Psychology, University of Michigan, 1972-1976

Faculty Summer Research Fellow, University of Minnesota, 1980

Bush Foundation Sabbatical Fellowship, 1988-1989

Distinguished Teacher Award, College of Liberal Arts, University of Minnesota, 1989

Morse-Amoco Award for Outstanding Contributions to Undergraduate Education, University of Minnesota, 1988-1989

The Heinz Eulau Award, 1989, American Political Science Association

Fellow, Division 8 (SPSP), Division 9 (SPSSI), Division 41 (Psychology and Law), and Division 1 (General Psychology), American Psychological Association

Ford Foundation Interdisciplinary Fellowship, Summer, 1990

The Gordon Allport Intergroup Relations Prize (with L.A. Rudman), APA, 1994

Fellow and Charter Member, Association for Psychological Science (APS), 1997

Scholar of the College, College of Liberal Arts, University of Minnesota, 2000-2003

Fesler-Lampert Chair in Urban and Regional Affairs, University of Minnesota, 2002-2003

Academy of Distinguished Teachers, University of Minnesota (inducted 2005)

Charter Fellow, Midwestern Psychological Association, 2009

2013 Distinguished Service Award, Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues (Division 9, APA)

2012 Elected Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

2014 J.R. Kantor Memorial Lecture (Invited), Denison University

2016-21 Vice-President-Elect, Vice President, Past Vice President, Board of Directors, Federation of Associations in Behavioral and Brain Sciences

Society for Experimental Social Psychology

American Psychological Association

Association for Psychological Science

Midwestern Psychological Association

Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues

Society for Personality and Social Psychology

American Psychology-Law Society

Judgment/Decision Making Society

International Society of Political Psychology

American Association for the Advancement of Science

Law and Society Association

Minnesota Psychological Association

Horace Rackham Dissertation Grant, University of Michigan, 1975-1976.

Cognitive biases in the jury deliberation process.  Graduate School of the University of Minnesota, 1976-1977, $4,000.

The effects of prior sexual history of the victim and implied victim consent on rape prosecution.  Graduate School of the University of Minnesota, 1977-1978, $3,500.

Evidence in rape trials:  A socio-legal analysis. National Institute of Mental Health, 1977-1980, $116,837.

Entrapment and equity:  The effects of judicial instruction.  Graduate School of the University of Minnesota, 1979-1980.

Impact assessment of project TYRO (Teaching Youth with Real Offenders).  Graduate School of the University of Minnesota, Summer 1980; 1980-1981.  Center for Urban and Regional Planning, University of Minnesota, 1980-1981, $7,100.

Protocol analysis of juror decision making.  Graduate School of the University of Minnesota, 1983-1984, $6,500.

Ideological constraint, issue voting, and the nature of political reasoning.  National Science Foundation, 1984-1987, $195,000 (with J.L. Sullivan & J.H. Aldrich).

Ideological constraint, issue voting, and the nature of political reasoning.  Graduate School of the University of Minnesota, 1984-1985, $9,600.

Is voter decision-making candidate centered?  A multi-method approach.  Graduate School of the University of Minnesota, 1987-88, $4,000.

Children as witnesses in cases of child sexual abuse.  National Center on Child Abuse and Neglect (U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services), 1987-1990; Subcontract with the NCJW Center for the Child, New York, $28,000.

Unrelated living kidney donation.  National Institutes of Health.  1988-1993, $246,399.

The Minnesota Recycling Project.  Center for Urban and Regional Affairs, University of Minnesota, and the Hennepin County Board of Commissioners, 1988-1989, $12,000 (with M. Snyder).

Assessing the effects of news media in the courtroom:  A field experiment.  National Science Foundation, 1990-1992, $150,000 (with S.D. Penrod).

Extended media effects of courtroom coverage:  A field experiment.  Graduate School of the University of Minnesota, 1992-1993, $10,000.

Noncompliance in kidney transplantation:  Assessment and intervention.  National Institutes of Health.  1992-1997, $189,233 (with M.H. Gonzales).

Sexual harassment in academia: Procedural justice issues in informal versus formal dispute resolutions, 1992-1993.  Conflict and Change Center, HHH Institute, University of Minnesota, $1,900.

The media, the law, and highly publicized trials:  Assessing the effects of the OJ Simpson trial on knowledge of and attitudes about the justice system.  Sept., 1994, SPSSI Grant-in-Aid, $1,000.

Scientific evidence in sex discrimination litigation.  U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.  1995-1999, $30,000.

Electronic networks: Enhancing civic life or diverting scarce resources?  Center for Urban and Regional Affairs, Program for Interactive Research, University of Minnesota, 1996-1997, $45,000 (with J.L. Sullivan).

Electronic networks: Enhancing civic life or diverting scarce resources?  National Science Foundation, 1997-1999, $100,358 (with J.L. Sullivan).

Electronic networks and civic life: A longitudinal study.  National Science Foundation, 2000-2004, $400,487 and $71,000, College of Liberal Arts, University of Minnesota (with J.L. Sullivan).

SPSSI 2000 Convention: Social issues for the 21^st Century: Setting the agenda. CLA (College of Liberal Arts) Scholarly Events Fund, June 15-18, 2000, $3,000.

Expanding Undergraduate Research Opportunities, Center for the Study of Political Psychology, University of Minnesota, 2001-2002. Civic Engagement Task Force ($5,000) and the Graduate School, University of Minnesota ($7,500) (with J.L. Sullivan).

Research assessment of the National High School Civic Engagement Coalition, Project 540, The Pew Charitable Trusts, 6/1/02-3/31/04, $390,000 (with J. Farr).

Understanding attitudes toward tobacco harm reduction. NIH Cancer Center and University of Minnesota Transdisciplinary Tobacco Use Research Center (TTURC), $15,000 in 2002-2003, $13,500 in 2003-2004 (NCI/NIDA P50 DA-13333).

Self-interest, symbolic attitudes, and time. Center for the Study of Political Psychology, University of Minnesota, Summer 2005, $2,733 (with S. Chaiken).

Subtle influences, significant effects: Understanding arbitration decision-making in order to guard against bias. National Academy of Arbitrators, 2009-2010, $23,995.

Volunteerism among private-land owners for detection of invasive species. National Science Foundation, Decision, Risk and Management Sciences Program, $680,000, May 1, 2011- April 31, 2014 (with D. Andow, Entomology, and T. Hurley, Applied Economics).

NSF REU Supplement. Volunteerism among private-land owners for detection of invasive species. National Science Foundation, Decision, Risk and Management Sciences Program, $6,000, June 1, 2011 – May 31, 2012. NSF/SES-1060821 AMD 1 (with D. Andow, Entomology, and T. Hurley, Applied Economics).

Tobacco Harm Reduction Network. Tobacco Control Research Branch, National Cancer Institute, $11,200, 2011-2012 (with D. Hatsukami, Psychiatry).

NSF REU Supplement. Volunteerism among private-land owners for detection of invasive species. National Science Foundation, Decision, Risk and Management Sciences Program, $6,000, June 1, 2013-May 31, 2014. NSF/SES-1060821 AMD 1 (with D. Andow, Entomology, and T. Hurley, Applied Economics).

NIH/NCI Administrative Supplement for Tobacco Regulatory Research on the Public Display of Harmful and Potentially Harmful Constituents (HPHC) Information. “Consumer perceptions of smokeless tobacco constituents as a function of public display format.” Total costs = $310,368 ([I. Stepanov (PI), E. Borgida (Co-I), B. Loken (Co-I), and D. Hatsukami (Co-I)]. 2015-2016.

Collaborative research: The influence of racial phenotypicality on key discretionary criminal and civil justice decisions. National Science Foundation: Law and Social Sciences (E. Borgda, PI, Judge Mark Bennett, Co-PI, Lauren Clatch, Co-PI). Invited Revise and Resubmit for 8/1/19 NSF submission. Declined 12/19; Revise and resubmit for 8/1/20. Declined, December 2020.

Association for Psychological Science

Social Science Research Council

Executive Committee, Society of Experimental Social Psychology

International Advisory Board, European Commission

Federation of Associations in Behavioral & Brain Sciences

Society for Personality and Social Psychology

Advisory Board, Center for the Study of Political Psychology, University of Minnesota

Student Conflict Resolution Center, University of Minnesota

Editorial Service

Associate Editor, Psychological Documents, 1981-1985
Editorial Board, Cognitive Therapy and Research, 1983-1985
Consulting Editor, Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 1986-1988
Editorial Board, Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 1987-1990
Associate Editor, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology/Attitudes and Social Cognition, 1990-1993
Editorial Board, Law and Human Behavior, 1993-1996; 1996-1999; 1999-2002
Editorial Board, Psychology, Public Policy, & Law, 1999-2002
Editorial Committee, Annual Review of Psychology, 2001-2005
Associate PI, Time-Sharing Experiments for the Social Sciences (TESS),2001-2006.

Editorial Consultant: American Journal of Political Science, Psychological Bulletin, American Psychologist, Psychological Review, American Political Science Review, Social Cognition, Journal of Applied Psychology, Journal of Applied Social Psychology, Law and Human Behavior, Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, PANAS, Psychological Science; Psychology, Public Policy, and Law, Tobacco Control, Nicotine & Tobacco Research, Psychological Science.

Reviewer for NSF Social/Developmental Program, NSF Law & Social Sciences   Program

Guest Editor, JPSP/ASC, 2016-17.

Editorial Board, Routledge Studies in Political Psychology, 2011-present
Editorial Board, Policy Insights From the Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 2018-present.

Professional Service

NSF Science Faculty Review Panel, 1979
NIMH Criminal and Violent Behavior Review Committee, 1980
Special Review Committee, N.I.H., 1984
Convention Program Committee, APA Division 8, 1979, 1985, 1988, 1989
Membership Chair, APA Division 41 (Psychology and Law), 1980-1984
Metropolitan Council, Criminal Justice Advisory Committee, 1983-1985
Program Committee, Midwestern Psychological Association, 1984-1987
SPSSI (Div. 9, APA) Policy Council, 1990-1993
Society for Experimental Social Psychology (SESP), Executive Committee, 1991-1994
Kurt Lewin Award Committee, APA Division 9, 1998
Member-at-Large, Society of Personality and Social Psychology, Executive Committee, 1998-2000
Chair, SPSP Selection Committee for the Donald T. Campbell Award for Distinguished Research in Social Psychology, 1998-2001
Publications Committee, American Psychological Society, 1998-2000
Advisory Panel, Social Psychology Program, National Science Foundation, 1997-2000
Board of Directors, Association for Psychological Science, 1999-2002
Conference Co-Chair, SPSSI (APA Division 9) 2000 Biennial Conference Board of Directors, Social Science Research Council, 2000-2006
Co-Chair, Publications Committee, SPSSI (APA Division 9), 2003-2005
Member, Caregiver Bias Working Group and Family Responsibility Discrimination (FRD) Class Action Working Group, Center for Worklife Law, University of California Hastings College of Law, 2005-2010
President, SPSSI, 2009-2010 (APA, Division 9; President-Elect 2008-2009; Past President 2010-2011)
SESP Executive Committee, 2009-2011
Board member, International Advisory Board (IAB), European Commission, “Processes influencing democratic ownership and participation.” 2009-2012.
Advisory Board, Center for the Study of Political Psychology, University of Minnesota, 2009-present.
Chair, SPSSI Distinguished Service Award Committee, 2014-15.
Elected Member-at-Large, Board of Directors, Federation of Associations in Behavioral & Brain Sciences. 2015-2016
Vice President-Elect, Federation of Associations in Behavioral & Brain Sciences (FABBS), 2016-17.
Vice President, Federation of Associations in Behavioral & Brain Sciences (FABBS), 2017-19.
Past-Vice President, Federation of Associations in Behavioral & Brain Sciences (FABBS), 2019-21.

APA Council of Representatives, Elected Representative for APA Division 8 (2020-2023).
APA Dissertation Research Award Committee, 2019.
APA Advocacy Coordinating Committee, Appointed by APA Board of Directors, 2021-2023.