About Kurt

A social psychologist and an award-winning researcher and teacher, Kurt Gray uses interdisciplinary methods to study our deepest held beliefs and how to bridge moral divides. 

Kurt is currently the Weary Foundation Endowed Chair in the Social Psychology of Polarization and Misinformation at the Ohio State University, where he directs the Deepest Beliefs Lab and the Center for the Science of Moral Understanding. He was appointed to lead the university’s newly established Collaborative for the Science of Polarization and Misinformation (C-SPAM), a pioneering position within the institution. Kurt received his PhD from Harvard University.

Kurt publishes innovative work in high-impact journals and has received millions in funding across agencies and foundations. For scientific impact, Kurt has received the Janet Spence Award for Transformative Early Career Research, the Sage Young Scholar Award, and the Theoretical Innovation Award. For teaching, he has received the Psi Chi Undergraduate Teaching award. His work on bridging divides won The Grand Prize for Best Paper at the FRANK Public Interest and Communication Conference.