Will Bennis, Ph.D.
E-mail: Will.Bennis@aauni.edu
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Courses taught: Intro to Psychology
EDUCATION
B.A. in Political Science and Philosophy, Reed College, Portland, OR, USA, 1990 - 1992
M.S. in Neurobiology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA, 1996 - 1997
Ph.D. in Psychology: Human Development, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA, 1997 - 2004
Postdoctoral Fellow, Ma Planck Institute for Human Development, Center for Adaptive Behavior and Cognition, Berlin, Germany, 2004 - 2005
Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Psychology, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA, 2005 - present
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Cognitive processes in decision-making as they depend on environmental structure and design and culture (practices, values, and beliefs as they are distributed and promoted across a community)
Cultural psychology
Moral cognition
Gambling decision making
Czech and post-Communist area studies
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Teacher, Northwestern University, USA, 2007
Teaching Assistant, University of Chicago, USA, 1999 - 2000
Teaching Assistant, University of Southern California, USA, 1997
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
Reviewer, Journal of Gambling Studies, 2006 - 2009
Reviewer, Perspectives on Psychological Science, 2009
Reviewer, Journal of Gambling Issues, 2005 - 2007
Advisory Board Member, Journal of Gambling Issues, 2003 - 2005
PUBLICATIONS
Bennis, W.M. Environmental design and rational choice: The case of casino gambling. Environmental Psychology (under review)
Medin, D.L., Bennis, W.M., & Chandler, M. Culture and the Home-Field Disadvantage. Current Directions in Psychological Science. (in press)
Bennis, W.M., Medin, D.L., & Bartels, D.M., The costs and benedits of calculation and moral rules. Perspectives on Psychological Science. (in press)
Bennis, W.M., & Pachur, T. Fast and frugal heuristics in sports. Psychology of Sports and Exercise, 7, 611 - 629, 2006
Bennis, W.M., Blackjack playing strategies and beliefs: A view from the field. Journal of Gambling Issues, 11, 2004
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