Biography

Dr. Jason Okonofua is a social psychologist in the Department of Cognitive and Psychological Sciences at Brown University. His interest in science-based and scalable strategies to combat inequity in society spans contexts such as education, criminal justice, and business. It investigates how negative stereotypes can contribute to disparities in life outcomes and how that process can be dismantled. This information is used to scientifically test feasible solutions. For example, he investigates how bias can be sidelined in pivotal real-world contexts such that historical and pervasive societal issues can be addressed:

Education

Criminal Justice

Dr. Okonofua's work is situated to inform psychological theory, field experimentation, and public policy.

Science interests: behavioral economics, cost-efficient organizational solutions, social psychology

Learn more at: empathicinstruction.org