Hunter College congratulates Associate Psychology Prof. Jason Randolph Young on receiving a Fulbright Specialist Award for a project in Trinidad & Tobago at University of the West Indies.
“What contributes to the public’s fear of crime?” Young asked. “I will be assisting a nationwide project examining perceptions of safety, social support, police fairness and effectiveness, and government crime-prevention policies to help Trinidad tackle a recent surge in crime.”
Young runs Hunter's Experimental Social Psychology Laboratory, conducting research on emotion, judgment, and decision-making. Recent projects have focused on how personality traits, such as “intolerance of uncertainty,” influence perceptions of risk and how math anxiety influences decisions about personal finances. His teaching interests include Social Psychology, attitudes and persuasion, the Psychology of prediction, and Evolutionary Psychology.
The Fulbright Program is the flagship international educational exchange program sponsored by the U.S. government and is designed to build lasting connections between the people of the United States and the peoples of other countries. The Fulbright Specialist Program aims to exchange knowledge and establish partnerships benefiting participants, institutions, and communities in the U.S. and overseas through educational and training activities. It sends more than 400 U.S. citizens abroad each year, who share expertise with host institutions.
