{"id":9878,"date":"2024-08-06T16:34:47","date_gmt":"2024-08-06T20:34:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/questrom\/profiles\/evan-apfelbaum\/"},"modified":"2026-07-17T16:17:18","modified_gmt":"2026-07-17T20:17:18","slug":"evan-apfelbaum","status":"publish","type":"profiles","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/questrom\/profiles\/evan-apfelbaum\/","title":{"rendered":"Evan Apfelbaum"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull profile__standard-wrapper has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns profile__columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-b2e659ba wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column profile__left-column is-layout-flow wp-container-core-column-is-layout-986eed52 wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><figure class=\"profile__image wp-block-post-featured-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Evan Apfelbaum\" style=\"object-fit:contain\" class=\"wp-post-image\" src=\"http:\/\/questromapps.bu.edu\/images\/facstaff\/ApfelbaumEvan.jpg\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<aside class=\"profile__contact profile__contact--api wp-block-amp-profile-contact\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/Person\">\n  <h5>Contact<\/h5>\n  <div class=\"profile__contact-row\">\n          <div class=\"profile__contact-cell profile__contact-cell--phone\">\n        <h6 class=\"wp-block-heading has-h-8-font-size\" style=\"font-weight: 500; text-transform: uppercase; margin-top: 0px;\">\n        Phone\n      <\/h6>\n      <p class=\"has-p-2-font-size\" itemprop=\"telephone\">\n        617-353-4288      <\/p>\n    <\/div>\n              <div class=\"profile__contact-cell profile__contact-cell--email\">\n        <h6 class=\"wp-block-heading has-h-8-font-size\" style=\"font-weight: 500; text-transform: uppercase; margin-top: 0px;\">\n        Email\n      <\/h6>\n      <p class=\"has-p-2-font-size\">\n        <a href=\"mailto:epa1@bu.edu\" itemprop=\"email\">\n          epa1@bu.edu        <\/a>\n      <\/p>\n    <\/div>\n          <\/div>\n\n      <div class=\"profile__contact-buttons\">\n              <div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-primary-button\">\n          <a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"http:\/\/questromapps.bu.edu\/faculty\/uploadFiles\/cvUploadsProfile\/MO_Apfelbaum_Evan_CV.pdf\">\n            Download CV\n          <\/a>\n        <\/div>\n                    <div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-primary-button\">\n          <a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"http:\/\/www.evanapfelbaum.com\/\" itemprop=\"url\">\n            Visit Website\n          <\/a>\n        <\/div>\n          <\/div>\n  \n      <div class=\"profile__contact-row\">\n\n              <div class=\"profile__contact-cell profile__contact-cell--office\">\n          <h6 class=\"wp-block-heading has-h-8-font-size\" style=\"font-weight: 500; text-transform: uppercase; margin-top: 0px;\">\n          Office\n        <\/h6>\n        <p class=\"has-p-2-font-size\" itemprop=\"workLocation\">\n          560        <\/p>\n      <\/div>\n                    <div class=\"profile__contact-cell profile__contact-cell--bu\">\n          <h6 class=\"wp-block-heading has-h-8-font-size\" style=\"font-weight: 500; text-transform: uppercase; margin-top: 0px\">\n            Boston University <br \/>\n            Questrom School of Business\n          <\/h6>\n                        <p class=\"has-p-2-font-size\" itemprop=\"address\">\n                Rafik B. Hariri Building <br \/>\n                595 Commonwealth Avenue <br \/>\n                Boston, MA 02215\n              <\/p>\n                  <\/div>\n          <\/div>\n  <\/aside><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column profile__right-column is-layout-flow wp-container-core-column-is-layout-986eed52 wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group profile__header-container has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-0f22d0a1 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"padding-right:0;padding-left:0\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group profile__header-content has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\"><h1 class=\"wp-block-post-title\">Evan Apfelbaum<\/h1>\n\n\n<div class=\"alignfull wp-block-amp-profile-position\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"has-text-align-left has-text-transform-uppercase has-p-2-font-size\" style=\"text-transform: uppercase; font-weight: 600\">\n\t\t\tProfessor, Management and Organizations\t\t<\/p>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-amp-profile-bio\">\n\t<p>Evan Apfelbaum is a Professor of Management &amp; Organizations 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. <\/p>\n<p>Evan&#8217;s research has been featured in leading academic journals including <i>Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Psychological Science, Management Science, Organization Science, and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences<\/i>. 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 &amp; Quants. <\/p>\n<p>For more information, please visit: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.evanapfelbaum.com\/\">www.evanapfelbaum.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-amp-profile-data profile-data\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group profile__data-section has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained wp-block-amp-profile-presentations\">\n\t<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"font-weight: 500\">\n\tSelected Research Presentations\t<\/h5>\n\n\t<div class=\"wp-block-group profile__data-row has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n\t\t<p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Apfelbaum, E. Belief in a Diversity-Meritocracy Tradeoff, Tuck School, Darmouth College, 2025<\/p>\t\t<\/p>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group profile__data-section has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained wp-block-amp-profile-publications\">\n\t<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"font-weight: 500\">\n\tPublications\t<\/h5>\n\n\t<div class=\"wp-block-group profile__data-row has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n\t<p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Apfelbaum, E., Suh, E., Wu, Y. (In Press). &#8220;Belief in a Diversity-Meritocracy Tradeoff&#8221;, <i>Journal of Personality and Social Psychology<\/i><\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Mazar, N., Apfelbaum, E. (2024). &#8220;From Disney Magic to Entrepreneurial Dreams: A BU Alum&#8217;s Journey.&#8221;, <i>Insights@Questrom<\/i><\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Suh, E., Apfelbaum, E., Halevy, N. (2024). &#8220;Generational Differences in Responses to Diversity Rationales&#8221;, <i>Academy of Management Proceedings<\/i>, <i>2024<\/i> (1)<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Apfelbaum, E., Suh, E. (2023). &#8220;Transparency about Lagging Diversity Numbers Signals Genuine Progress&#8221;, <i>Journal of Experimental Psychology: General<\/i><\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Cheng, D., Suh, E., He, J., Kang, S., Does, S., Gallus, J., Lawson, M., Matz, S., G\u00f6tz, F., Apfelbaum, E., Norton, M. (2023). &#8220;New Pathways to Understanding Barriers to Gender Equality&#8221;, <i>Academy of Management Proceedings<\/i>, <i>2023<\/i> (1)<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Suh, E., Apfelbaum, E., Lin, J., Hur, J., Chadha, A., Phillips, L., Lu, J., Zhao, M., Halevy, N. (2023). &#8220;How to Promote Diversity and Inclusion: Learning from Field Data&#8221;, <i>Academy of Management Proceedings<\/i>, <i>2023<\/i> (1)<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Akinola, M., Apfelbaum, E., Duberley, J., G\u00fcndemir, S., Hoever, I., Homan, A., Ng, E. (2023). &#8220;Promoting Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) in Academia: A Multi-Institutional Exploration&#8221;, <i>Academy of Management Proceedings<\/i>, <i>2023<\/i> (1)<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Vinluan, A., McClanahan, K., Agarwal, G., Suh, E., Apfelbaum, E., Birnbaum, H., Chang, E., He, J., Kang, S., Kirgios, E., Shih, M. (2022). &#8220;Increasing Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Organizations&#8221;, <i>Academy of Management Proceedings<\/i>, <i>2022<\/i> (1)<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Apfelbaum, E., Pauker, K. (2022). &#8220;What Happens When Kids Learn That Racism Can&#8217;t Be Overcome&#8221;, <\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Pauker, K., Apfelbaum, E., Dweck, C., Eberhardt, J. (2022). &#8220;Believing that prejudice can change increases children&#8217;s interest in interracial interactions&#8221;, <i>Developmental Science<\/i>, <i>25<\/i> (4)<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Meyers, C., Williams, A., Pauker, K., Apfelbaum, E. (2022). &#8220;The impact of social norms on navigating race in a racially diverse context&#8221;, <i>Group Processes and Intergroup Relations<\/i><\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Amengual, M., Apfelbaum, E. (2021). &#8220;True Motives: Prosocial and Instrumental Justifications for Behavioral Change in Organizations&#8221;, <i>Management Science<\/i><\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Brown, R., Craig, M., Apfelbaum, E. (2021). &#8220;European Americans&#8217; intentions to confront racial bias: Considering who, what (kind), and why&#8221;, <i>Journal of Experimental Social Psychology<\/i>, <i>95<\/i> 104123-104123<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Sullivan, J., Wilton, L., Apfelbaum, E. (2021). &#8220;Adults delay conversations about race because they underestimate children\u2019s processing of race.&#8221;, <i>Journal of Experimental Psychology: General<\/i>, <i>150<\/i> (2),  395-400<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Amengual, M., Apfelbaum, E. (2020). &#8220;Feel-good messaging won\u2019t always motivate your employees&#8221;, <i>Harvard Business Review<\/i><\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Wilton, L., Apfelbaum, E., Good, J. (2019). &#8220;Valuing Differences and Reinforcing Them: Multiculturalism Increases Race Essentialism&#8221;, <i>Social Psychological and Personality Science<\/i>, <i>10<\/i> (5),  681-689<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Gaither, S., Apfelbaum, E., Birnbaum, H., Babbitt, L., Sommers, S. (2018). &#8220;Mere Membership in Racially Diverse Groups Reduces Conformity&#8221;, <i>Social Psychological and Personality Science<\/i>, <i>9<\/i> (4),  402-410<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Apfelbaum, E. (2017). &#8220;The trouble with homogeneous teams&#8221;, <i>MIT Sloan Management Review: MIT&#8217;s journal of management research and ideas<\/i><\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Duhaime, E., Apfelbaum, E. (2017). &#8220;Can Information Decrease Political Polarization? Evidence From the U.S. Taxpayer Receipt&#8221;, <i>Social Psychological and Personality Science<\/i>, <i>8<\/i> (7),  736-745<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Apfelbaum, E., Grunberg, R., Halevy, N., Kang, S. (2017). &#8220;From ignorance to intolerance: Perceived intentionality of racial discrimination shapes preferences for colorblindness versus multiculturalism&#8221;, <i>Journal of Experimental Social Psychology<\/i>, <i>69<\/i> (March),  86-101<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Apfelbaum, E. (2016). &#8220;Why your diversity program may be helping women but not minorities (or vice versa)&#8221;, <i>Harvard Business Review<\/i><\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Apfelbaum, E., Stephens, N., Reagans, R. (2016). &#8220;Beyond one-size-fits-all: Tailoring diversity approaches to the representation of social groups.&#8221;, <i>Journal of Personality and Social Psychology<\/i>, <i>111<\/i> (4),  547-566<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Pauker, K., Apfelbaum, E., Spitzer, B. (2015). &#8220;When Societal Norms and Social Identity Collide&#8221;, <i>Social Psychological and Personality Science<\/i>, <i>6<\/i> (8),  887-895<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Galinsky, A., Todd, A., Homan, A., Phillips, K., Apfelbaum, E., Sasaki, S., Richeson, J., Olayon, J., Maddux, W. (2015). &#8220;Maximizing the Gains and Minimizing the Pains of Diversity&#8221;, <i>Perspectives on Psychological Science<\/i>, <i>10<\/i> (6),  742-748<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Levine, S., Apfelbaum, E., Bernard, M., Bartelt, V., Zajac, E., Stark, D. (2014). &#8220;Ethnic diversity deflates price bubbles&#8221;, <i>Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences<\/i>, <i>111<\/i> (52),  18524-18529<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Apfelbaum, E., Phillips, K., Richeson, J. (2014). &#8220;Rethinking the Baseline in Diversity Research&#8221;, <i>Perspectives on Psychological Science<\/i>, <i>9<\/i> (3),  235-244<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Shteynberg, G., Hirsh, J., Apfelbaum, E., Larsen, J., Galinsky, A., Roese, N. (2014). &#8220;Feeling more together: Group attention intensifies emotion.&#8221;, <i>Emotion<\/i>, <i>14<\/i> (6),  1102-1114<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Apfelbaum, E., Sommers, S. (2013). &#8220;Law and diversity: The legal-behavioral science divide in how to define, assess, and counteract bias&#8221;, <i>Oxford Handbook of Diversity and Work<\/i><\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Shteynberg, G., Apfelbaum, E. (2013). &#8220;The Power of Shared Experience&#8221;, <i>Social Psychological and Personality Science<\/i>, <i>4<\/i> (6),  738-744<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Norton, M., Apfelbaum, E. (2013). &#8220;The costs of racial &#8220;colorblindness&#8221;&#8221;, <i>Harvard Business Review<\/i><\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Phillips, K., Apfelbaum, E. (2012). &#8220;Delusions of homogeneity? Reinterpreting the effects of group diversity&#8221;, <i>Research on Managing Groups and Teams<\/i><\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Apfelbaum, E., Norton, M., Sommers, S. (2012). &#8220;Racial Color Blindness: Emergence, Practice, and Implications&#8221;, <i>Current Directions in Psychological Science<\/i>, <i>21<\/i> (3),  205-209<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Pauker, K., Ambady, N., Apfelbaum, E. (2010). &#8220;Race Salience and Essentialist Thinking in Racial Stereotype Development&#8221;, <i>Child Development<\/i>, <i>81<\/i> (6),  1799-1813<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Apfelbaum, E., Krendl, A., Ambady, N. (2010). &#8220;Age-related decline in executive function predicts better advice-giving in uncomfortable social contexts&#8221;, <i>Journal of Experimental Social Psychology<\/i>, <i>46<\/i> (6),  1074-1077<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Apfelbaum, E., Pauker, K., Sommers, S., Ambady, N. (2010). &#8220;In Blind Pursuit of Racial Equality?&#8221;, <i>Psychological Science<\/i>, <i>21<\/i> (11),  1587-1592<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Freeman, J., Pauker, K., Apfelbaum, E., Ambady, N. (2010). &#8220;Continuous dynamics in the real-time perception of race&#8221;, <i>Journal of Experimental Social Psychology<\/i>, <i>46<\/i> (1),  179-185<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Apfelbaum, E., Sommers, S. (2009). &#8220;Liberating Effects of Losing Executive Control&#8221;, <i>Psychological Science<\/i>, <i>20<\/i> (2),  139-143<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Apfelbaum, E., Sommers, S., Norton, M. (2008). &#8220;Seeing race and seeming racist? Evaluating strategic colorblindness in social interaction.&#8221;, <i>Journal of Personality and Social Psychology<\/i>, <i>95<\/i> (4),  918-932<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Apfelbaum, E., Pauker, K., Ambady, N., Sommers, S., Norton, M. (2008). &#8220;Learning (not) to talk about race: When older children underperform in social categorization.&#8221;, <i>Developmental Psychology<\/i>, <i>44<\/i> (5),  1513-1518<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Sommers, S., Apfelbaum, E., Dukes, K., Toosi, N., Wang, E. (2006). &#8220;Race and Media Coverage of Hurricane Katrina: Analysis, Implications, and Future Research Questions&#8221;, <i>Analyses of Social Issues and Public Policy<\/i>, <i>6<\/i> (1),  39-55<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Norton, M., Sommers, S., Apfelbaum, E., Pura, N., Ariely, D. (2006). &#8220;Color Blindness and Interracial Interaction&#8221;, <i>Psychological Science<\/i>, <i>17<\/i> (11),  949-953<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Norton, M., Sommers, S., Apfelbaum, E., Pura, N., Ariely, D. 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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. <\/p>\n\n<p>Evan's research has been featured in leading academic journals including <i>Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Psychological Science, Management Science, Organization Science, and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences<\/i>. 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. 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(2017). \"From ignorance to intolerance: Perceived intentionality of racial discrimination shapes preferences for colorblindness versus multiculturalism\", <i>Journal of Experimental Social Psychology<\/i>, <i>69<\/i> (March),  86-101","Apfelbaum, E. (2016). \"Why your diversity program may be helping women but not minorities (or vice versa)\", <i>Harvard Business Review<\/i>","Apfelbaum, E., Stephens, N., Reagans, R. (2016). \"Beyond one-size-fits-all: Tailoring diversity approaches to the representation of social groups.\", <i>Journal of Personality and Social Psychology<\/i>, <i>111<\/i> (4),  547-566","Pauker, K., Apfelbaum, E., Spitzer, B. (2015). \"When Societal Norms and Social Identity Collide\", <i>Social Psychological and Personality Science<\/i>, <i>6<\/i> (8),  887-895","Galinsky, A., Todd, A., Homan, A., Phillips, K., Apfelbaum, E., Sasaki, S., Richeson, J., Olayon, J., Maddux, W. 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