Paul G. Davies is a social psychologist known for his research examining the diverse forms of social identity threat and the cognitive and motivational factors underlying the activation and application of stereotypes. The January 2007 issue of Discover Magazine voted his research with Eberhardt, Purdie-Vaughns, & Johnson (2006) “The look of death: Perceived stereotypicality of black defendants predicts sentencing outcomes” as one of the top 100 most important science stories of 2006. While on faculty at UCLA he was voted “Most Recommended UCLA Professor” in 2005/2006 and 2006/2007 academic years ([1]). He recently joined the psychology faculty at the University of British Columbia.
Professor Davies earned a B.A. in psychology from Simon Fraser University and then went on to do a Ph.D. at the University of Waterloo and a Postdoctoral Fellowship at Stanford University in Social Psychology.