Below are links to selected popular press articles, policy reports and blog posts featuring my research.
2022
“These Psychologists Want to Put Societal Problems at the Center of Research. Here’s Why”
“America Created Its Own Booster Problem”
“The Subtle Psychology of ‘Nudging’ During a Pandemic”
“Calling Omicron ‘Mild’ Is Wishful Thinking”
2021
“You’re Boosted! Now What?”
“A Better Name for Booster Shots”
“Vaccines Are Like Sunscreen… No, Wait, Airbags… No, Wait…”
“Cornell experts working to increase vaccine acceptance”
2020
“How Science Beat the Virus (And what it lost in the process)”
“COVID-19 is not the great equalizer; it’s hitting black communities hardest.”
“The Problem That Psychology Can’t Shake: Ten years after a seminal paper laid bare psychology’s white, affluent, Western skew, not much has change.”
2019
“Disadvantaged Students and Higher Education”
“The Adults Who Treat Reading Like Homework”
“There are ways to combat racism that don’t rely on implicit bias”
2018
“Mobile communication lab lets any person participate in any study”
“5 ways to boost community college completion rates”
“Improving community college completion rates by addressing structural and motivational barriers.”
2017
“In Retirement, It’s Save Now or Pay (a Lot) Later”
2016
“The Truth Behind Why We Procrastinate”
2015
“The Mechanics of Preventing Procrastination”
“You Have Just 14,600 Days to Save for Your Pension”
Neil Lewis, Jr. 