Stephen Garcia is a social psychologist and professor in the Graduate School of Management at the University of California, Davis. He was previously professor of psychology and professor of organizational studies at the University of Michigan, where he also held faculty appointments at the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy and Stephen M. Ross School of Business. Garcia is an expert on the psychology of competition, the psychology of inequality, and judgment and decision-making.
His work has been published in leading journals across the behavioral sciences, including psychology (Psychological Science, Perspectives on Psychological Science), social psychology (Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, Social Psychological and Personality Science), organizational behavior (Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, Journal of Applied Psychology), marketing (Journal of Consumer Research, Journal of Consumer Psychology), judgment and decision making (Journal of Behavioral Decision Making, Judgment and Decision Making) and the law (Journal of Empirical Legal Studies).
His work has likewise been covered by the international press, including The Economist, The Wall Street Journal, New York Times, The Washington Post, The Times (of London), The Globe and Mail, Der Spiegel, Telemundo, The Times of India and more.
Garcia has been invited to give talks at numerous institutions including leading public ones such as Cambridge University, Oxford University, London Business School, and the Max Planck Institute, private universities such as Brown University, Cornell University, Duke University, Princeton University, and Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and land-grant research institutions such as Michigan State University, University of Michigan, University of Illinois, and the University of California.
Garcia currently serves on the editorial boards of the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, where he is also Associate Editor, and the Journal of Behavioral Decision Making. He is an Elected Fellow of the Society of Experimental Social Psychology and Elected Fellow of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology. Garcia is a graduate of Stanford, Harvard, and Princeton.
His work has been published in leading journals across the behavioral sciences, including psychology (Psychological Science, Perspectives on Psychological Science), social psychology (Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, Social Psychological and Personality Science), organizational behavior (Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, Journal of Applied Psychology), marketing (Journal of Consumer Research, Journal of Consumer Psychology), judgment and decision making (Journal of Behavioral Decision Making, Judgment and Decision Making) and the law (Journal of Empirical Legal Studies).
His work has likewise been covered by the international press, including The Economist, The Wall Street Journal, New York Times, The Washington Post, The Times (of London), The Globe and Mail, Der Spiegel, Telemundo, The Times of India and more.
Garcia has been invited to give talks at numerous institutions including leading public ones such as Cambridge University, Oxford University, London Business School, and the Max Planck Institute, private universities such as Brown University, Cornell University, Duke University, Princeton University, and Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and land-grant research institutions such as Michigan State University, University of Michigan, University of Illinois, and the University of California.
Garcia currently serves on the editorial boards of the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, where he is also Associate Editor, and the Journal of Behavioral Decision Making. He is an Elected Fellow of the Society of Experimental Social Psychology and Elected Fellow of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology. Garcia is a graduate of Stanford, Harvard, and Princeton.
