John Jost
American social psychologist (born 1968) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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John Thomas Jost (born 1968)[1] is a social psychologist best known for his work on system justification theory and the psychology of political ideology. Jost received his AB degree in Psychology and Human Development from Duke University (1989), where he studied with Irving E. Alexander, Philip R. Costanzo, David Goldstein, and Lynn Hasher, and his PhD in Social and Political Psychology from Yale University (1995), where he was the last doctoral student of Leonard Doob and William J. McGuire.[2][3] He was also a doctoral student of Mahzarin R. Banaji and a postdoctoral trainee of Arie W. Kruglanski.
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John T. Jost | |
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Born | 1968 (age 55–56) |
Nationality | American |
Education | Duke University, University of Cincinnati, Yale University |
Alma mater | Walnut Hills High School, Cincinnati, Ohio |
Known for | Political behavior, intergroup relations |
Spouse |
Orsolya Hunyady (m. 2001) |
Children | 2 children |
Awards | Kurt Lewin Award (2023), Carol & Ed Diener Award (2020), Career Trajectory Award (2010), Morton Deutsch Award (2007), Erik Erikson Award (2004) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Social psychology Political psychology |
Institutions | New York University |
Doctoral advisor | William J. McGuire |
Other academic advisors | Mahzarin R. Banaji, Arie W. Kruglanski |
Notable students | Aaron Kay, Jaime Napier, Jojanneke van der Toorn, Aleksandra Cichocka, Erin Hennes, H. Hannah Nam, Chadly Stern, Joanna Sterling, V. Badaan |
Jost has contributed extensively to the study of stereotyping, prejudice, intergroup relations, social justice, political psychology, and social media. In collaboration with Mahzarin R. Banaji, he proposed a theory of system justification processes in 1994, and in collaboration with Jack Glaser, Arie Kruglanski, and Frank Sulloway he proposed a theory of political ideology as motivated social cognition in 2003. Since 2003, he has been on the faculty of New York University, where he is Professor of Psychology, Politics (Associated Appointment), Sociology (Affiliated Appointment), and Data Science (Affiliated Appointment). Jost is a member of numerous editorial boards and professional organizations and societies, and he was President of the International Society of Political Psychology from 2015 to 2016.[3] He is the Editor of a book series on Political Psychology for Oxford University Press (https://global.oup.com/academic/content/series/s/series-in-political-psychology-sppsy/?lang=en&cc=us). Jost received honorary doctorates from the University of Buenos Aires in Argentina in 2018 and the Eötvös Lorand University (ELTE) in Budapest, Hungary in 2021. He delivered the Aaron Wildavsky Lecture in the Goldman School of Public Policy at UC Berkeley in 2022 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vb2UHmoSQaQ&t=1s).
Jost's writings have been translated into several languages, including Spanish, Italian, French, Portuguese, German, Hungarian, Polish, and Japanese.