Affiliated Faculty
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Founding Director, Master of Behavioral and Decision Sciences;
S. J. Patterson Harvie Chair;
Professor of Philosophy, Psychology and Legal Studies (Wharton)
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Associate Professor, Annenberg School for Communication; Director of the Network Dynamics Group; Faculty Associate, Warren Center for Network and Data Sciences; Faculty Associate, School of Engineering
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Annenberg Professor of Natural Sciences; Professor of Psychology; Director of the Center for Neuroscience & Society
![Katherine L. Milkman](/sites/default/files/2024-04/Katy-Milkman.jpg)
James G. Dinan Endowed Professor; Professor of Operations, Information and Decisions
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Professor of Social Policy and of Health & Societies; Senior Fellow in Public Health Director, PhD Program; Director, The Evelyn Jacobs Ortner Center on Family Violence
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Professor, UNESCO Chair in Learning and Literacy; Director, International Literacy Institute and National Center on Adult Literacy; Director, International Educational Development Program; Graduate School of Education
Current Instructors
![Photo of Nazli Bhatia](/sites/default/files/2024-03/Nazli%20Bhatia%20HEADSHOT2024.jpeg)
Associate Professor of Practice in Behavioral and Decision Sciences; Lecturer, The Wharton School
![Photo of Michael Hallsworth](/sites/default/files/2024-03/Michael%20Hallsworth%20Headshot.jpg)
Managing Director, BIT Americas; Distinguished Lecturer, Master of Behavioral and Decision Sciences
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Senior Data Research Scientist, Center for Social Norms and Behavioral Dynamics; Lecturer, Master of Behavioral and Decision Sciences
![Sameera Syed](/sites/default/files/2024-03/Sameera%20Syed%20Picture%20HEADSHOT%202024.jpg)