Kurt Gray
Gray is an award-winning researcher and expert in how to study people’s deepest beliefs and why they matter for society and organizations. His latest book, “Outraged: Why We Fight About Morality and Politics and How to Find Common Ground,” was released by Penguin Random House in January 2025. Gray is also co-author of “The Mind Club: Who Thinks, What Feels, and Why It Matters,” published by Viking in 2016.
With more than 120 published scientific papers, Gray is the recipient of numerous early-career and best paper awards, and his findings have been featured in The New York Times, The Economist, Scientific American, Wired, and Hidden Brain. He is a regular guest on podcasts and has spoken at multiple TEDx events.
Gray is the Weary Family Foundation Endowed Chair in the Social Psychology of Polarization and Misinformation at Ohio State University. Previously, he was a professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the director of the Center for the Science of Moral Understanding, which explores new ways to reduce polarization. Gray directs the Deepest Beliefs Lab, which explores the psychology of morality, politics, religion, and AI. He received a PhD in Social Psychology from Harvard University.