Behavioral & Social Scientist, Faculty Member, Pardee RAND Graduate School
Miriam Matthews was a post-doctoral researcher with the Centre for Anthropology and Mind at the University of Oxford. Her research involves applying social psychological models to the understanding of intergroup and intragroup attitudes, emotions, and behaviors.
In previous research, she has examined the effects of threats on political attitudes, the factors that influence support for anti-Western jihad, the influence of acculturation ideologies on intergroup attitudes, the factors that contribute to negative intergroup attitudes and emotions among Americans and Middle Easterners, and the role of ritual in intergroup and intragroup relations.
Dr. Miriam Matthews now continues her work as an associate researcher at the nonprofit global policy thinktank RAND corporation (website).