Balbir Singh, Ph.D.
Welcome! I am a social-cognitive psychologist.
I am an Assistant Professor at Mount Holyoke College.
I am interested in how people perceive faces and how this may impact downstream social processes. Scroll down for more information!
Some questions I ask
in my research
How do people perceive faces?
How do people learn cross-race identities?
How can we reduce bias in decision making?
Why do people misrecognize cross-race faces?
They are my friend, do I still see their racial category?
How can we reduce bias in Police Decisions’ to Shoot?
Publications and CV
Teaching Philosophy
I see my role as a guide. In my classes, students will learn the material, and they will be challenged to critically analyze why.