Charles Chu

Charles Chu is an Assistant Professor of Management and Organizations at Boston University Questrom School of Business. His research has focused on how social structures, such as contract work and other modern work arrangements influence people’s sense of identity and meaning in life. Charles has also examined how challenges to the existing racial hierarchy create disruptions to Americans’ experiences of meaning in life, and how those effects might be mitigated.

Education

• Stanford University Graduate School of Business - Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Organizational Behavior 2017 - 2022
• Indiana University–Purdue University Indianapolis - Master of Science - MS, Industrial and Organizational Psychology 2015 - 2017
• Yale University - Bachelor of Arts - BA, Economics 2008 - 2012

Selected Publications

• Chu, C., Ashburn-Nardo, L. (2022). "Black Americans' perspectives on ally confrontations of racial prejudice", Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 101 104337-104337
• Chu, C., Martin, A. (2021). "The primacy of communality in humanization", Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 97 104224-104224
• Pietri, E., Johnson, I., Majid, S., Chu, C. (2021). "Seeing What’s Possible: Videos are more Effective than Written Portrayals for Enhancing the Relatability of Scientists and Promoting Black Female Students’ Interest in STEM", Sex Roles, 84 (1-2), 14-33
• Chu, C., Lowery, B. (2020). "The Role of Shared Future Selves and Self-Continuity in Promoting the Presence of Meaning in Life", Academy of Management Proceedings, 2020 (1), 21320-21320
• Greer, L., Chu, C. (2020). "Power struggles: when and why the benefits of power for individuals paradoxically harm groups", Current Opinion in Psychology, 33 162-166