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Exp. 2024 Ph.D., Social Psychology, University of Colorado, Boulder
Exp. 2023 Certificate in College Teaching
2023 Certificate in Quantitative Methods
2022 M.A., Social Psychology, University of Colorado, Boulder
2019 B.A., Psychology, Summa Cum Laude, University of Colorado, Boulder
2013 B.S., Biology, minor in Religious Studies, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
Grant, M. D., Flores, A., Pedersen, E. J., Sherman, D. K., Van Boven, L. (2021) When election expectations fail: Polarized perceptions of election legitimacy increase with accumulating evidence of election outcomes and with polarized media. PLoS ONE. 16(12): e0259473. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0259473
Coverage: PsyPost, CU Boulder Today
Ramos, J., Grant, M. D., Flores, A., Pedersen, E. J., Stephan, D., Eom, K., Jiga-Boy, G., Kogut, T., Mayorga, M., Pedersen, J., Pereira, B., Rubaltelli, E., Sherman, D., Slovic, P., Västfjäll, D., & Van Boven, L. (2022). Structured reflection increases intentions to reduce other people’s health risks during COVID-19. PNAS Nexus, pgac218, https://doi.org/10.1093/pnasnexus/pgac218
Grant, M. D., , Flores, A., Pedersen, E. J., & Van Boven, L. (in press). Social Judgment and Decision Making: A tale of diverging and converging literatures. To appear in Carlston, D. (Ed.), The Oxford Handbook of Social Cognition. Oxford, U.K.: Oxford University Press.
Grant, M. D., Markowitz, D., Sherman, D. K., Flores, A., Dickert, S., Eom, K., Jiga-Boy, G. M., Kogut, T., Mayorga, M., Oonk, D., Pedersen, E. J., Pereira, B., Rubaltelli, E., Slovic, P., Västfjall, D., & Van Boven, L. (in prep). Analytical media consumption reduces Covid-19 vaccine hesitancy by increasing trust in science and experts.
Grant, M. D., Loria, R., Wadsworth, L. & Pedersen, E. J. (in prep). Friendship formation and maintenance: A longitudinal study examining the function of gratitude over time.
Grant, M. D., McCullough, M. E., & Pedersen, E. J. (in prep). Tracking opportunities to initiate cooperative partnerships with others in need: A new application of the 'Who Said What' paradigm.
2023 Graduate School Domestic Travel Grant
2023 Summer Institute in Social and Personality Psychology (SISPP), Ohio State University
2019 Women in Affective Science Institute Undergraduate Fellow
2019 Professional and Academic Conference Endowment Award for Society for Personality Social Psychology Convention 2019
2018 Diversity Undergraduate Registration Award for Society for Personality and Social Psychology Convention 2019
2018 Imogene Jacobs Award for Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, CU Boulder
2018 Garner Foundation Scholarship in Arts and Sciences, CU Boulder
2017 Graduating Honors Student Award, Bunker Hill Community College
2017 Rosann Sperduto ’88 Memorial Scholarship, Bunker Hill Community College
2017 Nominee for Presidential Leadership Award, Bunker Hill Community College
2017 ACE Mentor Outstanding Contribution Award
2016 ACE Mentor Outstanding Contribution Award
Grant, M. D., Loria, R., & Pedersen, E. J. (2023, June). Friendship formation and maintenance: A longitudinal study examining gratitude over time. Paper to be presented at 2023 Human Behavior and Evolutionary Society Annual Convention, Palm Springs, California.
Grant, M. D., McCullough, M. E., & Pedersen, E. J. (2022, April). Tracking opportunities to develop cooperative relationships with needy others. Paper presented at 2022 Northeastern Evolutionary Psychology Society (NEEPS) Conference, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Grant, M. D., McCullough, M. E., & Pedersen, E. J. (2021, August). Tracking opportunities to develop cooperative relationships with needy others. Paper presented at 2021 Compassion Week Annual Conference, virtual.
Grant, M. D., Wadsworth, L., Loria, R., & Pedersen, E. J. (2021, July). Contaminated gratitude: How fear expressed by immigrants decreases host citizen willingness to welcome immigrants into their communities. Paper presented at Northeastern Evolutionary Psychology Society (NEEPS) Conference, virtual.
Grant, M. D., McCullough, M. E., & Pedersen, E. J. (2021, July). Tracking opportunities to develop cooperative relationships with needy others. Paper presented at 2021 Human Behavior and Evolution Society Annual Convention, virtual.
Grant, M. D., Van Boven, L., & Pedersen, E. J. (2021, February). Trusting strangers: How attention influences willingness to trust novel others. In M. D. Grant (Chair), The role of attention in judgment and decision-making. Symposium conducted at the Society for Personality and Social Psychology Annual Convention, virtual.
Grant, M. D., Ramos, J., Flores, A., & Van Boven, L. (2021, February). Introspection decreases risky behavior during the COVID-19 pandemic. Paper presented at 2021 Society for Personality and Social Psychology Annual Pre-conference for Judgment and Decision-Making, virtual.
Grant, M. D., Pedersen, E. J., & Van Boven, L. (2020, August). Trusting strangers: How attention influences trust in novel others. Paper presented at 2020 Compassion Week for Decision Research Lab, virtual.
Grant, M. D. (2019, April). How attention influences prosocial behavior. Paper presented at Ekstrand Memorial Mini-Convention, Boulder, Colorado.
Grant, M. D., Pedersen, E. J., Ramos, J., & Van Boven, L. (2022, February). Competing adaptive roles of attention in goal assessment and cooperative behavior. Poster presented at 2022 Society for Personality and Social Psychology Annual Pre-conference for Evolutionary Psychology, San Francisco, California.
Grant, M. D., Ramos, J., Flores, A., Pedersen, E. J., & Van Boven, L. (2021, May). Introspection decreases risky behavior during the COVID-19 pandemic. Poster presented at 2021 Association for Psychological Science Annual Convention, virtual.
Grant, M. D., Wadsworth, L., Loria, R., & Pedersen, E. J. (2021, February). Contaminated gratitude: How Americans perceive immigrant gratitude as insincere when paired with fear expression. Poster presented at 2021 Society for Personality and Social Psychology Annual Pre-conference for Evolutionary Psychology, virtual.
Grant, M. D., Wadsworth, L., Loria, R., & Pedersen, E. J. (2021, February). From stranger to friend: How attention influences trust in strangers. Poster presented at 2021 Society for Judgment and Decision-Making Annual Convention, virtual.
Grant, M. D., Wadsworth, L., Forster, D., McCullough, M., Lieberman, D., & Pedersen, E. J. (2020, February). Gratitude and the formation and maintenance of friendships. Poster presented at 2020 Society for Personality and Social Psychology Annual Convention, New Orleans, Louisiana.
Grant, M. D., Mrkva, K., & Van Boven, L. (2019, February). Effect of mere exposure on memory-based choice and stimulus-based choice. Poster presented at 2019 Society for Personality and Social Psychology Annual Convention, Portland, Oregon.
Grant, M. D., Mrkva, K., & Van Boven, L. (2018, May). Effect of mere exposure on memory-based choice and stimulus-based choice. Poster presented at Undergraduate Research Day 2018, University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, Colorado.
Grant, M. D., & Dubson, M. (2017, April). Feminism and the bitch: A gender pejorative through time and its influence on female identity. Poster presented at 23rd Massachusetts Undergraduate Research Conference, Amherst, Massachusetts.
The University of Colorado-Boulder, Boulder, Colorado
Graduate Part-Time Instructor
Accepted Fall 2023 Introduction to Social Psychology
Graduate Teaching Assistant
Spring 2023 Introduction to Social Psychology
Fall 2022 Introduction to Behavioral Genetics
Spring 2022 Psychological Science I: Statistics
Fall 2021 Psychological Science I: Statistics
Spring 2021 Introduction to Social Psychology
Fall 2020 Advanced Judgment and Decision-Making Seminar
Spring 2020 Advanced Research Methods
Fall 2019 Introduction to Research Methods
Undergraduate Learning Assistant
Spring 2019 Biological Psychology
Fall 2018 Biological Psychology
Bunker Hill Community College, Boston, Massachusettes
Spring 2017 Undergraduate Teaching Assistant: Introduction to Research Methods
Spring 2017 Senior Achievement, Cultural competency and Engagement (ACE) Mentor
Fall 2016 Senior ACE Mentor
Summer 2016 Course ACE Mentor: Introduction to Computer Science
Spring 2015 Course ACE Mentor: Introduction to Computer Science
Fall 2015 Course ACE Mentor: Introduction to Computer Science
Summer 2020-21 Co-organizer of Compassion Group Monthly Collaborator Meetings through Decision Research Institute, Eugene, Oregon.
Spring 2021 Co-organizer for Compassion Mini-Week Virtual Convention through Decision Research Institute, Eugene, Oregon.
Ad hoc reviewing: Journal of Philanthropy and Marketing, Evolutionary Behavioral Sciences
2021 Northeastern Evolutionary Psychology Society
2020 American Association of University Women
2019 Climate Advocacy Lab
2019 Society for Judgment and Decision Making
2019 Society for Psychological Study of Social Issues
2019 Human Behavior and Evolution Society
2018 Association for Psychological Science
2018 Society for Personality and Social Psychology
2018 American Association for Psychological Science
2017 Psi Chi International Honor Society in Psychology
2017 American Psychology Association-Personality and Social Psychology
2016 Phi Theta Kappa Honors Society