# Joshua Correll

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**Joshua "Josh" Correll** is an American social psychologist and associate professor in the Department of Psychology and Neuroscience at the [University of Colorado-Boulder](/source/University_of_Colorado-Boulder).

## Education and career

Correll received his Ph.D. from the University of Colorado-Boulder in 2005 under the supervision of [Bernadette Park](/source/Bernadette_Park). He became an assistant professor at the [University of Chicago](/source/University_of_Chicago) the same year. In August 2012, he joined the University of Colorado-Boulder as associate professor.[1][2]

## Research

Correll is known for studying the psychology of [racial bias](/source/Racial_bias), especially as it pertains to [police shootings](/source/Police_shootings).[3][4][5][6] For example, he was the lead author of a 2007 study which showed that police officers' decisions to shoot were less influenced by the race of a suspect than were those of civilians. The study had 157 Denver police officers, 113 police officers from other parts of the country, and 245 Denver-area civilians play a video game which simulated confrontations with armed and unarmed individuals of various races.[7]

## References

1. ["Joshua Correll CV"](https://experts.colorado.edu/vitas/151728.pdf). Retrieved 23 April 2017.

1. ["Racial 'hierarchy of bias' drives decision to shoot armed, unarmed suspects, CU-Boulder study finds"](http://www.colorado.edu/today/2012/10/24/racial-hierarchy-bias-drives-decision-shoot-armed-unarmed-suspects-cu-boulder-study-finds). *CU Boulder Today*. 24 October 2012. Retrieved 23 April 2017.

1. Peralta, Eyder (20 March 2012). ["Trayvon Martin Shooting: What If Shooter Was Black?"](https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2012/03/20/149006684/trayvon-martin-shooting-what-if-shooter-was-black). *NPR*. Retrieved 23 April 2017.

1. ["Colorado Researcher Says Bias Is Hard to Shake"](http://denver.cbslocal.com/2014/12/04/colorado-researcher-says-bias-is-hard-to-shake/). *CBS Denver 4*. 4 December 2014. Retrieved 23 April 2017.

1. Gibson, Lydialyle (2007). ["Shooter's choice"](https://magazine.uchicago.edu/0778/investigations/shooters_choice.shtml). *University of Chicago Magazine*. Retrieved 23 April 2017.

1. Walton, Alice (11 June 2015). ["Shoot, or don't shoot?"](http://review.chicagobooth.edu/magazine/summer-2015/shoot-or-dont-shoot). *Chicago Booth Review*. Retrieved 23 April 2017.

1. Carey, Benedict (2 June 2007). ["Study Finds Police Training Plays Key Role in Shootings"](https://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/02/us/02police.html). *The New York Times*. Retrieved 23 April 2017.

## External links

- [Faculty page](http://www.colorado.edu/psych-neuro/josh-correll)
- [Correll Lab](http://psych.colorado.edu/~jclab/index.html)

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