Evan Apfelbaum
Associate Professor, Management & Organizations
Evan Apfelbaum is an Associate Professor and Research Director of the HR Policy Institute at the Questrom School of Business at Boston University. Prior to joining BU, he was the W. Maurice Young (1961) Career Development Professor and an Associate Professor of Work and Organization Studies at the MIT Sloan School of Management and the Team and Group Research Fellow at the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University. He received his B.S. in Psychology and Music from Union College and Ph.D. in Social Psychology from Tufts University.
Evan’s research has been featured in leading academic journals including Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Psychological Science, Management Science, and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. He has been recognized by the Gordon Allport Intergroup Relations Prize and is the recipient of the James H. Ferry Jr. Grant for Innovation in Research, an Early Researcher Award from the American Psychological Association, among other research and teaching awards. He was named one of the Top 40 Business Professors Under 40 by Poets & Quants.
For more information, please visit: www.evanapfelbaum.com.
Publications
Apfelbaum, E., Suh, E. (2023). “Transparency about Lagging Diversity Numbers Signals Genuine Progress”, Journal of Experimental Psychology: General
Cheng, D., Suh, E., He, J., Kang, S., Does, S., Gallus, J., Lawson, M., Matz, S., Götz, F., Apfelbaum, E., Norton, M. (2023). “New Pathways to Understanding Barriers to Gender Equality”, Academy of Management Proceedings, 2023 (1)
Suh, E., Apfelbaum, E., Lin, J., Hur, J., Chadha, A., Phillips, L., Lu, J., Zhao, M., Halevy, N. (2023). “How to Promote Diversity and Inclusion: Learning from Field Data”, Academy of Management Proceedings, 2023 (1)
Vinluan, A., McClanahan, K., Agarwal, G., Suh, E., Apfelbaum, E., Birnbaum, H., Chang, E., He, J., Kang, S., Kirgios, E., Shih, M. (2022). “Increasing Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Organizations”, Academy of Management Proceedings, 2022 (1)
Apfelbaum, E., Pauker, K. (2022). “What Happens When Kids Learn That Racism Can’t Be Overcome”,
Pauker, K., Apfelbaum, E., Dweck, C., Eberhardt, J. (2022). “Believing that prejudice can change increases children’s interest in interracial interactions”, Developmental Science, 25 (4)
Meyers, C., Williams, A., Pauker, K., Apfelbaum, E. (2022). “The impact of social norms on navigating race in a racially diverse context”, Group Processes and Intergroup Relations
Amengual, M., Apfelbaum, E. (2021). “True Motives: Prosocial and Instrumental Justifications for Behavioral Change in Organizations”, Management Science
Brown, R., Craig, M., Apfelbaum, E. (2021). “European Americans’ intentions to confront racial bias: Considering who, what (kind), and why”, Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 95 104123-104123
Sullivan, J., Wilton, L., Apfelbaum, E. (2021). “Adults delay conversations about race because they underestimate children’s processing of race.”, Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 150 (2), 395-400
Suh, Y., Apfelbaum, E., Norton, M. (2020). “The Perpetuation of Gender Inequality Through Costly Gender Congruent Choices”, Academy of Management Proceedings, 2020 (1), 19403-19403
Amengual, M., Apfelbaum, E. (2020). “Feel-good messaging won’t always motivate your employees”, Harvard Business Review
Cho, Y., Elias, A., Apfelbaum, E., Birnbaum, H., Castilla, E., Cobb, J., Keller, J., Meuris, J., Nurmohamed, S., Rho, H., Stephens, N., Wrzesniewski, A. (2019). “Labor Market Inequalities: Integrating the Demand-Side and the Supply-Side Perspectives”, Academy of Management Proceedings, 2019 (1), 12282-12282
Wilton, L., Apfelbaum, E., Good, J. (2019). “Valuing Differences and Reinforcing Them: Multiculturalism Increases Race Essentialism”, Social Psychological and Personality Science, 10 (5), 681-689
Gaither, S., Apfelbaum, E., Birnbaum, H., Babbitt, L., Sommers, S. (2018). “Mere Membership in Racially Diverse Groups Reduces Conformity”, Social Psychological and Personality Science, 9 (4), 402-410
Apfelbaum, E. (2017). “The trouble with homogeneous teams”, MIT Sloan Management Review: MIT’s journal of management research and ideas
Duhaime, E., Apfelbaum, E. (2017). “Can Information Decrease Political Polarization? Evidence From the U.S. Taxpayer Receipt”, Social Psychological and Personality Science, 8 (7), 736-745
Apfelbaum, E., Grunberg, R., Halevy, N., Kang, S. (2017). “From ignorance to intolerance: Perceived intentionality of racial discrimination shapes preferences for colorblindness versus multiculturalism”, Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 69 (March), 86-101
Apfelbaum, E. (2016). “Why your diversity program may be helping women but not minorities (or vice versa)”, Harvard Business Review
Apfelbaum, E., Stephens, N., Reagans, R. (2016). “Beyond one-size-fits-all: Tailoring diversity approaches to the representation of social groups.”, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 111 (4), 547-566
Pauker, K., Apfelbaum, E., Spitzer, B. (2015). “When Societal Norms and Social Identity Collide”, Social Psychological and Personality Science, 6 (8), 887-895
Galinsky, A., Todd, A., Homan, A., Phillips, K., Apfelbaum, E., Sasaki, S., Richeson, J., Olayon, J., Maddux, W. (2015). “Maximizing the Gains and Minimizing the Pains of Diversity”, Perspectives on Psychological Science, 10 (6), 742-748
Levine, S., Apfelbaum, E., Bernard, M., Bartelt, V., Zajac, E., Stark, D. (2014). “Ethnic diversity deflates price bubbles”, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 111 (52), 18524-18529
Apfelbaum, E., Phillips, K., Richeson, J. (2014). “Rethinking the Baseline in Diversity Research”, Perspectives on Psychological Science, 9 (3), 235-244
Shteynberg, G., Hirsh, J., Apfelbaum, E., Larsen, J., Galinsky, A., Roese, N. (2014). “Feeling more together: Group attention intensifies emotion.”, Emotion, 14 (6), 1102-1114
Apfelbaum, E., Sommers, S. (2013). “Law and diversity: The legal-behavioral science divide in how to define, assess, and counteract bias”, Oxford Handbook of Diversity and Work
Shteynberg, G., Apfelbaum, E. (2013). “The Power of Shared Experience”, Social Psychological and Personality Science, 4 (6), 738-744
Norton, M., Apfelbaum, E. (2013). “The costs of racial “colorblindness””, Harvard Business Review
Phillips, K., Apfelbaum, E. (2012). “Delusions of homogeneity? Reinterpreting the effects of group diversity”, Research on Managing Groups and Teams
Apfelbaum, E., Norton, M., Sommers, S. (2012). “Racial Color Blindness: Emergence, Practice, and Implications”, Current Directions in Psychological Science, 21 (3), 205-209
Apfelbaum, E., Krendl, A., Ambady, N. (2010). “Age-related decline in executive function predicts better advice-giving in uncomfortable social contexts”, Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 46 (6), 1074-1077
Pauker, K., Ambady, N., Apfelbaum, E. (2010). “Race Salience and Essentialist Thinking in Racial Stereotype Development”, Child Development, 81 (6), 1799-1813
Apfelbaum, E., Pauker, K., Sommers, S., Ambady, N. (2010). “In Blind Pursuit of Racial Equality?”, Psychological Science, 21 (11), 1587-1592
Freeman, J., Pauker, K., Apfelbaum, E., Ambady, N. (2010). “Continuous dynamics in the real-time perception of race”, Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 46 (1), 179-185
Apfelbaum, E., Sommers, S. (2009). “Liberating Effects of Losing Executive Control”, Psychological Science, 20 (2), 139-143
Apfelbaum, E., Sommers, S., Norton, M. (2008). “Seeing race and seeming racist? Evaluating strategic colorblindness in social interaction.”, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 95 (4), 918-932
Apfelbaum, E., Pauker, K., Ambady, N., Sommers, S., Norton, M. (2008). “Learning (not) to talk about race: When older children underperform in social categorization.”, Developmental Psychology, 44 (5), 1513-1518
Sommers, S., Apfelbaum, E., Dukes, K., Toosi, N., Wang, E. (2006). “Race and Media Coverage of Hurricane Katrina: Analysis, Implications, and Future Research Questions”, Analyses of Social Issues and Public Policy, 6 (1), 39-55
Norton, M., Sommers, S., Apfelbaum, E., Pura, N., Ariely, D. (2006). “Color Blindness and Interracial Interaction”, Psychological Science, 17 (11), 949-953
Norton, M., Sommers, S., Apfelbaum, E., Pura, N., Ariely, D. (2006). “Colorblindness and interracial interaction: Playing the political correctness game.”, Psychological Science, 17 (949953.)