Duane Wegener

Dr. Duane Wegener is a Professor and Department Chair in the Department of Psychology at The Ohio State University, within the College of Arts and Sciences. His academic journey includes roles as Assistant Professor at Yale University, Associate/Professor at Purdue University, and current leadership at Ohio State since 2010. He holds a PhD in Social Psychology from Ohio State (1994), with minors in Quantitative Psychology and Consumer Behavior. His research focuses on attitudes, persuasion, social cognition, and quantitative methods, addressing topics like information processing, attitude ambivalence, and bias correction.

Wegener's honors include the APA Early Career Award (2001), Mid-Career Award (2018), and Fellowships from multiple societies (e.g., APS, SESP). He has served as editor for journals like Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin and Basic and Applied Social Psychology, and contributed to federal policy on energy research. His work bridges theory and practice, emphasizing methodological rigor and real-world applications.

Research interests include the impact of mood/emotion on persuasion, message positioning effects, and extensions to judgment/decision making and stereotyping. He has pioneered frameworks like the Flexible Correction Model and collaborated on influential publications in attitude theory and quantitative methodology.