As well as being a Cognitive Science faculty member, he is affiliated with the Psychology department. His research spans a variety of fields including judgement and decision-making, social psychology, and consumer behavior. He focuses on understanding how people perceive themselves, make judgements of others, and make economic and moral decisions. He strives to make contributions with clear applications to both business and public policy. He is currently on the editorial boards of the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology: Attitudes & Social Cognition and Social Psychological and Personality Science. In 2015, the Foundation for Personality and Social Psychology honored him with the Sage Young Scholar Award.