Michael Pasek, PhD
Assistant Professor
Social & Personality
Pronouns: He/Him/His
Contact
Building & Room:
1054A BSB
Address:
1007 W. Harrison St.
Office Phone:
Email:
Dr. Pasek is not reviewing applications for fall 2025 Admissions Heading link
For the upcoming 2025 Admissions season, Dr. Pasek will not be reviewing applications for fall 2025.
About
Dr. Michael H. Pasek is an Assistant Professor of Psychology at the University of Illinois Chicago, where he directs the Belief, Identity, and Group Relations Lab. As a social psychologist, Michael studies intergroup relations, with a particular focus on the ways in which religion, as a both a group membership and a system of beliefs, affects moral decision-making, social attitudes, and behaviors in intergroup contexts. Michael also studies group relations along racial, political, and sexual orientation lines, with an emphasis on how social psychological theory can be leveraged to reduce conflict, advance social change, and promote equality.
Education
PhD, Psychology (Social), The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA
MS, Psychology (Social), The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA
BA, Political Psychology (Minor in Religious Studies), Bates College, Lewiston, ME