Dr. Andrew Hales

Dr. Hales is an Assistant Professor of psychology and directs the Social Connections and Influence lab. He completed his PhD in Social Psychology at Purdue University, and a postdoc at the University of Virginia. Andy’s research addresses three main topics: the psychology of social ostracism, the ways in which people influence each other, either directly or indirectly, and the curious tendency to overlook subtraction as a way to make things better.