Department of Psychology, Harvard University
33 Kirkland St., Cambridge, MA 02138
EDUCATION
Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
Ph.D., June 2008. Social Psychology.
Advisor: Daniel M. Wegner.
Dissertation: How Agency Shapes the Perception of Time
Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
Master of Arts, June 2004. Social Psychology
Advisor: Mahzarin R. Banaji
Master’s Project: Beyond Implicit Prejudice as Antipathy
Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, PA
Bachelor of Arts, with High Honors, June 2002. Phi Beta Kappa.
Advisor: Andrew H. Ward
Major in Psychology, Minor in Computer Science, Concentration in Cognitive Science
Honors Thesis: When Arousal Reduces Aggression
FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS
CUE Certificate of Distinction in Teaching, Fall 2008, Spring 2009
George W. Goethals Teaching Award for Sophomore Tutorial, 2005-06, Fall 2008, Spring 2009
Graduate Society Dissertation Completion Fellowship, 2007-08
National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship, 2004-07
Harvard University Graduate Fellowship, 2002-04
High Honors, Swarthmore College, 2002
Phi Beta Kappa, Swarthmore College, 2002
Solomon Asch Award, Department of Psychology, Swarthmore College, 2002
Sigma Xi Scientific Research Society, Swarthmore College, 2001
Swarthmore Scholar Award, Swarthmore College, 1998
National Merit Finalist, 1998
TEACHING AND ADVISING EXPERIENCE
Harvard University, Department of Psychology, Cambridge, MA Departmental Writing Fellow, 2009-10
Am assisting psychology concentrators on major writing projects, helping them to write effectively within the conventions of the discipline; have designed in-class workshops and exercises to address common writing problems before they happen
Harvard University, Department of Psychology, Cambridge, MA Instructor, Junior Tutorial: Thinking About Others: Perception, Prejudice, and Intergroup Conflict, Spring 2010
Will design and teach a weekly seminar that examines, from a variety of perspectives, the psychological causes of prejudice, discrimination, and intergroup conflict, as well as effective techniques for reducing each
Harvard University, Department of Psychology, Cambridge, MA Sophomore Tutor, Sophomore Tutorial in Psychology, 2005-06, 2006-07, Fall 2008, Spring 2009 [syllabus]
Designed and twice taught yearlong seminar covering topics such as psychology of law, decision-making, and cooperation; emphasized how to read, think, and write about scientific research; also taught three sections of a one-semester version of the course
Harvard University Summer School, Cambridge, MA Teaching Fellow, Introduction to Psychology, Summer 2009 (Prof. Adam Wenzel)
Taught three sections; led discussions, gave guest lecture titled "We Know Not Why We Do: The Unconscious Causes of Social Behavior"
Harvard University, Department of Psychology, Cambridge, MA Teaching Fellow, Social Psychology, Spring 2004 (Prof. Daniel Wegner), Spring 2009 (Prof. Joshua Greene)
Taught two sections per semester; led discussions, wrote exam questions, and supervised students’ empirical research projects Teaching Fellow, Introduction to Psychology, Fall 2003 (Prof. Daniel Gilbert)
Taught one section, leading small group discussions on key course topics
Harvard University, Department of Psychology, Cambridge, MA Concentration Advisor, 2005-06 Honors Thesis Advisor, 2004-05, of N. A. Thomas, Hoopes Prize recipient Supervisor, 2003-2009, of undergraduate researchers: 910r (Supervised Research), 985 (Junior Tutorial), 2530r (Mental Control Research Seminar)
RESEARCH AREAS
Consequences of believing in free will vs. determinism; moral hypocrisy; perception of agency and time; implicit social cognition and prejudice; self-control and aggression
PUBLICATIONS AND MANUSCRIPTS
Ebert, J. P., & Wegner, D. M. (in press). Bending time to one’s will. In W. P. Sinnott-Armstrong and L. Nadel (Eds). Conscious will and responsibility: A tribute to Benjamin Libet. New York: Oxford University Press.
Ebert, J. P., & Wegner, D. M. (2009). Time warp: Authorship shapes the perceived timing of actions and events. Consciousness and Cognition. doi:10.1016/j.concog.2009.10.002. [link]
Ward, A., Mann, T., Westling, E. H., Creswell, J. D., Ebert, J. P., & Wallaert, M., (2008). Stepping up the pressure: Arousal can be associated with a reduction in male aggression. Aggressive Behavior, 34, 584-592. [link]
Olsson, A., Ebert, J. P., Banaji, M. R., Phelps, E. A. (2005). The role of social groups in the persistence of learned fear. Science, 29, 785-787. [link]
Ebert, J. P. (unpublished). Subliminally priming white supremacist images heightens implicit anti-black bias.
Ad Hoc Reviewer: Cognition, Philosophical Psychology
TALKS AND CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
Ebert, J. P., & Wegner, D. M. (2007). The measurement-induced distortion of primed mental states. Presented at the 8th annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology. [link]
Ebert, J. P. (2006). Subliminally priming ‘white supremacist’ images heightens anti-black bias. Presented at the 7th annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology. [link]
Thomas, N. A., Ebert, J. P., & Banaji, M. R. (2006). An experimental test of policies designed to promote and prevent affirmative action. Presented at the 7th annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology. [link]
Ebert, J. P., Olsson, A., Phelps, E., & Banaji, M. (2005). Classical conditioning effects during extinction as a measure of race bias. Presented at the 6th annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology.
Olsson, A., Ebert, J. P., Brennan, W., Banaji, M. R., Phelps, E. A. (2005). The influence of race on extinction of conditioned fear. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Neuroscience Society.
Ebert, J. P. (2004). Knowing what others know: Second-order implicit social cognition. Social Psychology Research Workshop, Harvard University.
Ebert, J. P. (2004). Beyond implicit prejudice as antipathy. 2nd-Year Talk, Harvard University.
Ebert, J. P., & Banaji, M. R. (2004). Positive implicit attitudes toward women predict sexist beliefs. Presented at the 5th annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology.
Ebert, J. P. (2003). The interplay of stereotypes, group membership, and attitudes. Social Psychology Research Workshop, Harvard University