Molly Crockett, professor of psychology and the University Center for Human Values at Princeton University, is one of two recipients of this year’s Troland Research Award from the National Academy of Sciences. The award provides $75,000 each to two early-career researchers in honor of their achievements and empirical research in experimental psychology.
Dr. Crockett was honored for their research on moral cognition. Leveraging perspectives from cognitive science, social psychology, philosophy, science and technology studies, and data science, Dr. Crockett’s lab investigates relationships between self and society, power and knowledge, and technology and culture.
“I am especially honored to receive the Troland Research Award during a time when scientific research faces serious threats, resulting from the same political dynamics my lab has investigated over the past decade,” said Dr. Crockett. “This recognition will support my team’s future work exploring how systems of power shape the ways we understand the world, including the work we do as scientists.”
Prior to joining the Princeton faculty in 2022, Dr. Crockett was an associate professor of psychology at Yale University, an associate professor of experimental psychology at the University of Oxford, and a fellow at Oxford’s Jesus College.
A summa cum laude graduate of the University of California, Los Angeles, Dr. Crockett received a Ph.D. in experimental psychology from the University of Cambridge and completed postdoctoral research at the University of Zurich and University College London.