Resources Faculty & Staff Directory Faculty & Staff Directory A B C H L (-) S T (-) W Facet Last Name - Directory Faculty Facet Person Type - Directory Domestic Policy & Politics Economics Political Science Education Environmental Policy Leadership Advocacy Health Policy International and Global Affairs National Security Public Administration Racial Justice and Equity (-) Social Psychology Facet Area of Focus - Directory Facet UVA Partner - Directory Facet Batten Department - Directory Abigail Scholer Batten Family Bicentennial Distinguished Leadership Professor of Public Policy; Professor of Public Policy and Psychology hyf6dz@virginia.edu Garrett Hall Abigail Scholer is Batten Family Bicentennial Distinguished Leadership Professor of Public Policy and professor of public policy and psychology at the Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy at the University of Virginia. Scholer studies fundamental and basic processes related to goal pursuit, decision-making, social regulation, motivated social cognition, and behavior change, with an aim for understanding how these basic processes can be leveraged to address societal challenges and improve people’s lives. 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
Abigail Scholer Batten Family Bicentennial Distinguished Leadership Professor of Public Policy; Professor of Public Policy and Psychology hyf6dz@virginia.edu Garrett Hall Abigail Scholer is Batten Family Bicentennial Distinguished Leadership Professor of Public Policy and professor of public policy and psychology at the Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy at the University of Virginia. Scholer studies fundamental and basic processes related to goal pursuit, decision-making, social regulation, motivated social cognition, and behavior change, with an aim for understanding how these basic processes can be leveraged to address societal challenges and improve people’s lives. 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