Cynthia Cryder

Assistant Professor of Marketing

Research interests:

Judgment and Decision Making; Prosocial Behavior; Incentives; Field and Internet Research Methodology;

Selected Publications:

• "Misery is not miserly: Sad and self- focused individuals spend more," Psychological Science, Issue 19, 525-530, with R. Dahl, J. Gross, and J. Lerner, 2008
• "Tightwads and Spendthrifts," Journal of Consumer Research, Issue 34, 767-782, with G. Loewenstein, and S. Rick, 2008
• "Uncertainty," in Short summary for The Oxford Companion to the Affective Sciences, D. Sander and K. Scherer, Ed., with J. Lerner, Oxford University Press, In Press

Awards/honors:

Herbert A. Simon Distinguished Dissertation Award, Carnegie Mellon University, 2009
Travel Award, Society for Judgment and Decision Making Pre-conference: Using Human Nature to Improve Human Life, 2008
Research Fellowship, Carnegie Mellon University Office of Advancement, 2007-2009
Research Grant, The Hewlett Foundation, Co-Investigator: George Loewenstein, 2007
Small Grant, Center for Behavioral Decision Research at Carnegie Mellon, 2007
Travel Award, Judgment and Decision Making Pre-Conference at the Society for Personality and Social Psychology Meeting, 2006, 2008
Honorable Mention, National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program, 2006
Research Fellowship, Central Blood Bank of Pitsburgh, 2006
Small Grant, Center for Behavioral Decision Research at Carnegie Mellon, 2006
Scholarship, The Battelle Corporation, 2000-2004
Scholarship, National Merit Scholarship Program, 2000-2004