My research examines people's perceptions of social and political phenomena. I'm interested in questions like:

1) What factors shape how people perceive their social and political reality?

2) How do people's social and political perceptions relate to their attitudes and behavior?

3) What changes people's social and political perceptions?

Publications

Waldfogel, H. B., Sheehy-Skeffington, J., Hauser, O. P., Ho, A. K., & Kteily, N. S. (2021). Ideology selectively shapes attention to inequality. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 118(4), doi: https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2023985118. PDF 

• Open data and code: https://osf.io/a4zbp/ | Select media coverage: Kellogg Insight

Levine, C. S., Atkins, A. H., Waldfogel, H. B., & Chen, E. (2016). Views of a good life and allostatic load: Physiological correlates of theories of a good life depend on the socioeconomic context. Self and Identity, 15 (5), 536-547. doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/15298868.2016.1173090

In Revision/Under Review

Waldfogel, H. B., Dittmann, A. G., & Birnbaum, H. J. Social class and construals of the duty to vote.

Waldfogel, H. B., Ho, A. K., & Kteily, N. S. Candidate ideology shapes observer perceptions of their race.

Working Papers/In Preparation

Waldfogel, H. B., Ho, A. K., & Kteily, N. S. Recalibrating inaccurate perceptions of inequality.

Waldfogel, H. B. & Shafir, E. Perceptions of occupational inequality & support for redistribution.

Waldfogel, H. B. & Shafir, E. Reflecting on inequality.

Wiwad, D., Waldfogel, H. B., Shariff, A., & Kteily, N. S. Partisan tradeoffs.

Select Research in Progress

When instrumentality for diversity backfires (w/ H. Birnbaum, E. Apfelbaum, & A. Waytz)

Motivating voter turnout by emphasizing voting as a duty to others (w/ A. Dittmann & H. Birnbaum)

The 'victim's' perspective in being identified (w/ S. Kassirer & M. Kouchaki)

Detecting gender inequality (w/ B. Solomon)

Motivated sampling of information about inequality (w/ N. Kteily, A. Ho, & R. Bergh)