I’m an Assistant Professor of Psychology at Brooklyn College and the CUNY Graduate Center, where I co-direct the PsyPhi Lab.

My research is focused on moral psychology—how people judge what is right and wrong, and what they do with those judgments. I seek the hidden traces of our moral values in places we might not expect them, including: how people use and abuse societal rules, the allure of villains and antiheroes, care labor, and sexual violence prevention.

Prior to joining CUNY, I was a postdoctoral researcher at the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs. I completed my BA in Philosophy at Harvard University and my PhD in Social Psychology at New York University. My writing has appeared in The New York Times, Scientific American, and elsewhere.

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RECENT PUBLICATIONS

The psychology of state punishment. Wylie, J., Chiu, C., Dakin, N., Cunningham, W., & Gantman, A. P. (2025).European Journal of Social Psychology.

Cooperation, Domination: Twin functions of third party punishment. Wylie, J. & Gantman, A. P. (2024). 18, e12992

Is feminized labor antithetical to profitable labor? Flores-Robles, G., & Gantman, A. P. (2024). Psychology of Women Quarterly.

Preventing Sexual Violence — A Behavioral Problem Without a Behaviorally-Informed Solution. Porat, R., Gantman, A. P., Green A. A., Pezzuto, J. H., & Paluck, E. P. (2024). Psychological Science in the Public Interest, 25, 4-29. With expert commentary by Lopez & Koss.