Nicholas Epley, Ph.D.

Nicholas Epley, Ph.D.

John Templeton Keller Distinguished Service Professor of Behavior Science at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business

Nicholas Epley, Ph.D. is the John Templeton Keller Distinguished Service Professor of Behavior Science and Faculty Director of the Roman Family Center for Decision Research at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. He studies social cognition—how thinking people think about other thinking people—to understand why smart people so routinely misunderstand each other. His research has appeared in more than two dozen empirical journals, and has been featured by the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, CNN, Wired, and National Public Radio, among many others. He is the author of Mindwise: Why We Misunderstand What Others Think, Believe, Feel, and Want.