I am an assistant professor at Northwestern's Kellogg School of Management in the Management and Organizations department.
This is my vitae.
Selected publications:
Waytz, A., Zaki, J., & Mitchell, J.P. (in press). Response of dorsomedial prefrontal cortex predicts altruistic behavior. Journal of Neuroscience
Gray, K., Young, L., & Waytz, A. (in press). Mind perception is the essence of morality. Psychological Inquiry. [Target Article]
Haque, O.S.*, & Waytz, A.* (in press). Dehumanization in medicine: causes, solutions, and functions. Perspectives on Psychological Science. *Equal authorship.
Waytz, A., & Epley, N. (in press). Social connection enables dehumanization. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology.
Waytz, A., & Young, L. (in press). The group member mind tradeoff: Attributing minds to groups versus group members. Psychological Science.
Waytz, A., & Mitchell, J.P. (2011). Two mechanisms for simulating other minds: Dissociations between mirroring and self-projection. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 20, 197-200.
Waytz, A., Morewedge, C.K., Epley, N., Monteleone, G., Gao, J-H, & Cacioppo, J.T. (2010). Making sense by making sentient: Effectance motivation increases anthropomorphism. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology,99, 410-435.
Waytz, A., Gray, K., Epley, N., & Wegner, D.M (2010). Causes and consequences of mind perception. Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 14, 383-388.
Caruso, E., Waytz, A., & Epley, N. (2010). The intentional mind and the hot hand: Perceiving intentions makes streaks seem likely to continue. Cognition, 116, 149-153.
Waytz, A., Cacioppo, J. T., & Epley, N. (2010). Who sees human? The stability and importance of individual differences in anthropomorphism. Perspectives on Psychological Science, 5, 219-232.
Waytz, A., Epley, N., & Cacioppo, J. T. (2010). Social cognition unbound: Psychological insights into anthropomorphism and dehumanization. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 19, 58-62.
Epley, N., & Waytz, A. (2009). Mind perception. In S.T. Fiske, D.T. Gilbert, & G. Lindzey (Eds.), The Handbook of Social Psychology (5th ed., pp. 498-541). New York: Wiley.
Epley, N., Waytz, A., Akalis, S., Cacioppo, J. T. (2008). When we need a human: Motivational determinants of anthropomorphism. Social Cognition, 26, 143-155.
Epley, N., Akalis, S., Waytz, A., & Cacioppo, J. T. (2008). Creating social connection through inferential reproduction: Loneliness and perceived agency in gadgets, gods, and greyhounds. Psychological Science, 19, 114-120.
Epley, N., Waytz, A., & Cacioppo, J. T. (2007). On seeing human: A three-factor theory of anthropomorphism. Psychological Review, 114, 864-886.