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Michael White, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

Department
Management
Office
Pulichino Tong Business Center, Room 317
Email
michael_white@uml.edu
Links

Research Interests

Emotions; Leadership; Ethics; Decision-Making; Prosocial Behavior; Trust; Well-Being

Education

  • Ph.D., Management, Organizational Behavior (2026), Columbia University
  • B.S., Psychology and Philosophy (2018), Elmhurst University

Selected Publications

White, M.W. & Carter, J.T. (2026). When you say it: How the timing of LGBTQ+ allyship displays shapes evaluations of organizations. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 192, 104464.

White, M.W. & Ponce de Leon, R. (2026). Less “awe”-some art: How AI diminishes the empathic power of the arts. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 122, 104840.

Martinez, M.J., White, M.W., Bailey, E.R., Smeallie, E., Hoffman, L., Chapas, A., Lee, N. Iyengar, S., & Rieder, E.A. (2025). Minimally invasive cosmetic procedures increase feelings of authenticity. Dermatologic Surgery, 51(1), 67-71.

Matz, S.C., Beck, E.E., Atherton, O.E., White, M.W., Kim, M., Rauthmann, J.F., Mroczek, D., & Bogg, T. (2024). Personality science in the digital age: The promises and challenges of psychological targeting for personalized behavior change interventions at scale. Perspectives on Psychological Science, 19(6), 1031-1056.

Bailey, E.R., White, M.W., Iyengar, S.S., & Akinola, M. (2024). Americans Misperceive the Frequency and Format of Political Debate. Scientific Reports, 14(1), 5565.

White, M.W., Levine, E.E., & Kristal, A. (2024). Are rules meant to be broken? When and why consistent rule-following undermines versus enhances trust. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 111, 104552.

Jensen, S.L., Levine, E.E., White, M.W., & Huppert, E. (2024). Lying is sometimes ethical, but honesty is the best policy: The desire to avoid harmful lies leads to moral preferences for unconditional honesty. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 153(1), 122-144.

Horton, C.B., White, M.W., & Iyengar, S. (2023). Bias against AI art can enhance perceptions of human creativity. Scientific Reports, 13(1), 19001.

Davidai, S., White, M.W., & Gregorich, G. (2022). The fear of conflict leads people to systematically avoid potentially valuable zero-sum situations. Scientific Reports, 12(1), 17944.

White, M.W., Khan, N., Deren, J., Sim, J.J., & Majka, E.A. (2022). Give a dog a bone: Spending on pets promotes happiness. The Journal of Positive Psychology, 17(4), 589-595.

Majka, E.A., White, M.W., Bowling, L., Garcia, R., Skinner, T., Bennett, K.F., Bernstein, M.J., & Sim, J.J. (2020). The affiliative consequences of same-race and cross-race mimicry. The Journal of Social Psychology, 160(5), 603-612.