Brittany Solomon
Thomas A. and James J. Bruder Assistant Professor of Administrative Leadership
Management & Organization
574-631-5395
346 Mendoza College of Business
- Biography
- Background
- Publications
Brittany Solomon is an assistant professor in Mendoza's Management & Organization Department and a co-manager of the Politics, Organizations, and Psychology (POP) Lab. She received her Ph.D. in Social-Personality Psychology from Washington University in St. Louis. Professor Solomon's research interests are broadly centered around bias, social perceptions, and social influence. Her work has appeared in top journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Human Behaviour, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Psychological Science, Organization Science, Academy of Management Journal, Journal of Applied Psychology, and Personnel Psychology.
Education
Ph D, Washington University in St. Louis
MA, Washington University in St. Louis
BA, University of Arizona
Areas of Expertise
bias suppression
political ideology and sociopolitical spillover
identity and social perception
individual differences and partner effects
"From free speech advocates to critics: The Trump Administration’s new rhetoric promotes support for censorship among Trump voters", (With Matthew Hall, Tyler Leigh), Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - Accepted (awaiting publication)
"Reply to Malka and Druckman: Durable Tests Already Account for Countermessaging and Additional Countermessaging is Unlikely", (With Matthew Hall, Jan Voelkel, James Chu, Robb Willer), Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2026
"The overlooked threat of democratic neutrality", (With Matthew Hall, Tyler Leigh), Nature Human Behaviour - Accepted (awaiting publication)
"Political Plausible Deniability: Political Difference Can Divert Attributions of Socially Unacceptable Bias", (With Hannah Waldfogel, Matthew Hall), Journal of Personality and Social Psychology
"Liberal versus Conservative Distrust: A Construal-Level Approach to Dissimilarity in the Workplace", Journal of Applied Psychology, 2025
"Employee Free Speech vs. Organizational Censorship on Social Media: Balancing the Tension Between Free Expression and Safeguards to Foster Psychological Safety", (With Alexandra Scott, Matthew Hall), Organization Science
"Durably Reducing Partisan Animosity through Multiple Scalable Treatments", (With Matthew Hall, Jan Voelkel, Nick Stagnaro, James Chu, Robb Willer), Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2025
"Illusory Interparty Disagreement: Partisans Agree on What Hate Speech to Censor but Don't Know It", (With Matthew Hall, Abigail Hemmen, James Druckman), Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2024
"When (Non)Differences Make a Difference: The Roles of Demographic Diversity and Ideological Homogeneity in Overcoming Ideologically Biased Decision Making", (With Matthew Hall), Organization Science, 2023
"When and Why Bias Suppression Is Difficult to Sustain: The Asymmetric Effect of Intermittent Accountability", (With Matthew Hall, Cindy Muir), Academy of Management Journal, 2022
"Why disagreeableness (in married men) leads to earning more: A theory and test of social exchange at home", (With Matthew Hall, Cindy Muir, Elizabeth Campbell), Personnel Psychology, 2022
"Does educational attainment promote job satisfaction? The bittersweet trade-offs between job resources, demands, and stress", (With Boris Nikolaev, Dean Shepherd), Journal of Applied Psychology, 2022
"Knowledge of identity and reputation: Do people have knowledge of others' perceptions?", (With Simine Vazire), Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 2016
"The long reach of one’s spouse: Spousal personality influences occupational success", (With Joshua Jackson), Psychological Science, 2014
"Why does personality predict divorce? Three possible pathways", (With Joshua Jackson), Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 2014
"You are so beautiful… to me: Seeing beyond bias and achieving accuracy in romantic relationships", (With Simine Vazire), Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 2014
"A randomized, controlled trial of acceptance and commitment therapy and cognitive-behavioral therapy for chronic pain", (With Julie Wetherell, Niloo Afari, J. Sorrell, J. Stoddard, Andrew Petkus, D. Lehman, L. Liu, A. Lang, J. Atkinson), Pain, 2011