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Dr. Calvin Lai is an Associate Professor of Psychology and Criminal Justice at Rutgers University, with a dual appointment as Director of the Diversity Science Lab at Washington University in St. Louis. He holds a PhD in Social Psychology from the University of Virginia and completed postdoctoral training at Harvard University. His research focuses on implicit biases, interventions to reduce discrimination, and the role of hidden biases in policing and hiring practices. He has received prestigious awards including the SAGE Early Career Trajectory Award and Janet Taylor Spence Award.
Education: BA in Psychology & Sociology (Rutgers University), MA/PhD in Social Psychology (University of Virginia), Postdoc at Harvard University (Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics).
Research interests include implicit bias mechanisms, diversity science, and bias mitigation strategies. Notable contributions include studies on interventions to reduce anti-fat prejudice, policing bias training efficacy, and AI-driven bias analysis in large language models.
Grants include funding from the Center for the Study of Race, Ethnicity & Equity and NSF GRFP. Students led projects on topics like defensiveness in anti-bias feedback and immigrant wellbeing perceptions.
Labs: Directs the Diversity Science Lab, collaborating with Project Implicit on bias research. Co-authored over 50 publications, with recent focus on AI ethics and cognitive bias patterns.
