Dr. Piff receives 2020 Dean's Award for Inclusionary Excellence

Dr. Piff's manuscript, “Shifting Attributions for Poverty Motivates Opposition to Inequality and Enhances Egalitarianism,” was published in Nature Human Behavior and won the 2020 Dean's Award for Inclusionary Excellence. Drawing on a total sample of 34,442 individuals, he finds that attributing poverty to situational forces is associated with greater concern about inequality, preference for egalitarian policies and inequality-reducing behavior. One of the studies demonstrates that a 10-minute poverty simulation can increase compassion for the poor and equality-enhancing values up to five months later.