He received his doctorate in social psychology from the University of Texas at Austin in 2003, where he also completed two years of postdoctoral training in behavioral neuroscience with the Texas Consortium for Behavioral Neuroscience. Prior to joining the ASU faculty in 2007, Dr. Newman served as a visiting professor at Bard College; he has also held faculty positions at the University of Texas and Southwestern University. Dr. Newman is widely published, and his work has appeared in such peer-reviewed professional journals as the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Psychological Science, Journal of Adolescence, Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, Hormones and Behavior, and American Psychologist.