Director of the Assumption Lab, an experimental psychology lab aimed at understanding the causal assumptions underlying prejudice, intelligence/decision making, and Metascience (the science of how science is done).
We are open to discussing research assistantships with students with no previous research experience.
3 Most Recent:
Protzko, J. (In Press). Invariance: What Does Measurement Invariance Allow Us to Claim? Educational and Psychological Measurement,
Topete, A., He, C., Protzko, J., Schooler, J., & Hegarty, M. (2024). How is GPS used? Understanding navigation system use and its relation to spatial ability. Cognitive research: principles and implications, 9(1), 16.
Szkody, E., Spence, A., Özdoğru, A., Tushir, B., Chang, F., AKKA, H.,...Protzko, J., .... Cascalheira, C. J. (2024). Social Support and Help-Seeking Worldwide. Current Psychology,
3 of the Most Cited:
Protzko, J., & Schooler, J. W. (2019). Kids these days: Why the youth of today seem lacking. Science Advances, 5(10), eaav5916.
Protzko, J. (2015). The environment in raising early intelligence: A meta-analysis of the fadeout effect. Intelligence, 53, 202-210.
Protzko, J., Ouimette, B., & Schooler, J. (2016). Believing there is no free will corrupts intuitive cooperation. Cognition, 151, 6-9.
3 Hidden Gems:
Zedelius, C. M., Protzko, J., & Schooler, J. W. (2021). Lay theories of the wandering mind: Control-related beliefs predict mind wandering rates in-and outside the lab. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 47(6), 921-938.
Protzko, J., & Colom, R. (2021). Testing the structure of human cognitive ability using evidence obtained from the impact of brain lesions over abilities. Intelligence, 89, 101581.
Landry, A. P., Ihm, E., Protzko, J., & Schooler, J. W. (2022). Essentially subhuman: Psychological essentialism facilitates dehumanization. Peace and Conflict: Journal of Peace Psychology, 28(2), 167.
Professor of the Year, 2021-2022
Excellence in Teaching Honor Roll, 2022-2023
Professor of the Year, 2023-2024
CT Board of Regents Outstanding Research Award
Psychological Science Accelerator - Associate Director
Research Methods (Undergraduate and Graduate)
History & Systems of Psychology
Social Psychology