Alexander Jordan

Alex Jordan is an Adjunct Assistant Professor of Business Administration at the Tuck School of Business and serves on the faculty of the Master of Health Care Delivery Science (MHCDS) program at Dartmouth College. He teaches an MBA ethics elective and provides leadership development coaching to MHCDS students and participants in Tuck’s Leadership and Strategic Impact executive education program. His research has been funded by the National Science Foundation and has been featured in media outlets such as the New York Times and the Harvard Business Review. A licensed psychologist, Professor Jordan also holds a faculty appointment at McLean Hospital/Harvard Medical School and owns a private practice. Previously he served as the PTSD Expert Evaluator for the $45 million federally funded VA-DoD Consortium to Alleviate PTSD.

Current Research Topics

• Behavior change in clinical and non-clinical settings
• Self-enhancement and psychological entitlement
• Social norms and social networks
• Moral judgment and behavior

Professional Activities

Academic positions

• Tuck School of Business, 2009–present
• Faculty, Master of Health Care Delivery Science Program, Dartmouth College, 2011–present
• Instructor in Psychology, 2017–present, Clinical Fellow in Psychiatry, 2012–13, Harvard Medical School
• Clinical Research Psychologist, 2015–17, Clinical Research Fellow, 2013–15, Boston VA Research Institute
• Assistant Professor of Psychiatry (Research), 2015–2017, Teaching Fellow, 2012–14, Boston University School of Medicine
• Senior Lecturer in Psychology, Suffolk University, 2015–16  
• Instructor in Psychology, 2007–08, Teaching Assistant, 2006–08, Stanford University

Nonacademic positions

• Staff Psychologist, McLean Hospital, 2017–present
  • Clinical Psychologist, Private Practice, 2015–present
  • Intern in Clinical Psychology, National Center for PTSD, VA Boston Healthcare System, 2012–13

Editorial positions

• Ad Hoc Reviewer, American Journal of Political Science, Basic and Applied Social Psychology, European Journal of Social Psychology, Journal of Abnormal Psychology, Journal of Adolescent Health, Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Journal of Traumatic Stress, Management Science, Motivation and Emotion, Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, Philosophical Psychology, Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy, Social Psychological and Personality Science

Awards

• Benton Junior Faculty Fellowship, Dartmouth College, 2009–12
• National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowship, 2005–08
• Stanford University Graduate Research Opportunities Grant, 2008
• Regina Casper Graduate Fellowship, Stanford University, 2004–07
• Gordon W. Allport Thesis Prize, Harvard University, 2003
• Phi Beta Kappa, Harvard University, 2003
• National Merit Scholarship, 1999–2003

### Selected Publications

• With E. Eisen, E. Bolton, W.P. Nash, and B.T. Litz, “Distinguishing War-Related PTSD Resulting from Perpetration- and Betrayal-Based Morally Injurious Events,” Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy, in press
• With E.M. Zitek, “Narcissism Predicts Support for Hierarchy (at Least When Narcissists Think They Can Rise to the Top),” Social Psychological and Personality Science, 7, 2016
• With A.M. Kleinbaum and P.G. Audia, “An Alter-Centric Perspective on the Origins of Brokerage in Social Networks: How Perceived Empathy Moderates the Self-Monitoring Effect,” Organization Science, 26, 2015
• With E.M. Zitek, “Marital Status Bias in Perceptions of Employees,” Basic and Applied Social Psychology, 34, 2012
• With B.J. Lovett and S.S. Wiltermuth, “Individual Differences in the Moralization of Everyday Life,” Ethics and Behavior, 22, 2012
• With P.G. Audia, “Self-Enhancement and Learning from Performance Feedback,” Academy of Management Review, 37, 2012
• With B. Monin, C.S. Dweck, B.J. Lovett, O.P. John, and J.J. Gross, “Misery Has More Company than People Think: Underestimating the Prevalence of Others’ Negative Emotions,” Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 37, 2011
• With B.J. Lovett, “Levels of Moralization: A New Conception of Moral Sensitivity,” Journal of Moral Education, 39, 2010
• With E.M. Zitek, B. Monin, and F.R. Leach, “Victim Entitlement to Behave Selfishly,” Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 98, 2010
• With B. Monin, “From Sucker to Saint: Moralization in Response to Self-Threat,” Psychological Science, 19, 2008
• With S. Schnall, J. Haidt, and G. Clore, “Disgust as Embodied Moral Judgment,” Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 34, 2008