Faculty & Research Faculty Faculty A B C (-) H S T (-) W Facet Last Name - Faculty Political Science Domestic Policy & Politics Economics Education Advocacy Global Politics & International Relations Health Policy International Development Public Administration Racial Justice and Equity (-) Social Psychology Facet Area of Focus - Faculty Department of Psychology Facet UVA Partner - Faculty Facet Batten Department - Faculty Gerald Higginbotham Assistant Professor of Public Policy and Psychology ghigginbotham@virginia.edu Garrett Hall Gerald Higginbotham is an assistant professor of public policy and psychology at the Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy at the University of Virginia. Utilizing social and cultural psychological insights, Higginbotham researches the imprint of history on people’s modern social perceptions and policy attitudes, and the psychological underpinnings of how people perceive history and its consequences. Read full bio Timothy Wilson Sherrell J. Aston Professor Emeritus of Psychology tdw@virginia.edu 434-924-0674 Timothy Wilson is Sherrell J Aston Professor Emeritus of Psychology at the University of Virginia. Wilson has conducted research showing the limits of introspection as a source of self-knowledge, the dangers of engaging in too much introspection about why we do what we do, the difficulty in predicting our future emotional reactions, as well as the pleasures we can derive from “just thinking.” He has also conducted research on applications of social psychology to address social problems. Read full bio
Gerald Higginbotham Assistant Professor of Public Policy and Psychology ghigginbotham@virginia.edu Garrett Hall Gerald Higginbotham is an assistant professor of public policy and psychology at the Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy at the University of Virginia. Utilizing social and cultural psychological insights, Higginbotham researches the imprint of history on people’s modern social perceptions and policy attitudes, and the psychological underpinnings of how people perceive history and its consequences. Read full bio
Timothy Wilson Sherrell J. Aston Professor Emeritus of Psychology tdw@virginia.edu 434-924-0674 Timothy Wilson is Sherrell J Aston Professor Emeritus of Psychology at the University of Virginia. Wilson has conducted research showing the limits of introspection as a source of self-knowledge, the dangers of engaging in too much introspection about why we do what we do, the difficulty in predicting our future emotional reactions, as well as the pleasures we can derive from “just thinking.” He has also conducted research on applications of social psychology to address social problems. Read full bio