The Project Implicit Team

We are committed to challenging organizational and institutional disparities through data-driven research and education.

Project Implicit is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization and international collaborative of researchers who are interested in implicit social cognition. 

The mission of Project Implicit is to educate the public about bias and to provide a “virtual laboratory” for collecting data on the internet. Project Implicit scientists produce high-impact research that forms the basis of our scientific knowledge about bias and disparities.

Project Implicit was founded in 1998 by three scientists – Dr. Tony Greenwald (University of Washington), Dr. Mahzarin Banaji (Harvard University), and Dr. Brian Nosek (University of Virginia). Project Implicit Health (formerly Project Implicit Mental Health) launched in 2011 and is led by Dr. Bethany Teachman (University of Virginia) and Dr. Matt Nock (Harvard University). 

Board of Directors

Brian Nosek, Ph.D.
President & Co-Founder
He/Him

Executive Director
Center for Open Science
University of Virginia

Kate Ratliff, Ph.D.
Treasurer
She/Her

Associate Professor
Department of Psychology
University of Florida

Jarvis Idowu
Member
He/Him

Director of Programs and Partnerships
Justice Innovation Lab

Keith Maddox, Ph.D.
Member
He/Him

Professor
Department of Psychology
Tufts University

Bayeté Ross Smith
Member
He/Him

Columbia Law School A-I-R
Presidential Leadership Scholar
TED Resident

Project Implicit Staff

Amy Jin Johnson
Executive Director
She/Her

Andrew Dzikiewicz
Director, Technology
He/Him

Nicole Frost
Director, Education Services
She/Her

Jack White
Director, Research Programming
He/Him

Scientific Advisory Board

Jordan Axt, Ph.D.
Chair, Scientific Advisory Board
He/Him

Assistant Professor
Department of Psychology
McGill University

Yoav Bar-Anan, Ph.D.
Head of Research Technology
He/Him

Professor
School of Psychological Sciences
Tel-Aviv University

Heidi Vuletich, Ph.D.
Head of International Sites
She/Her

Assistant Professor
Department of Psychology
University of Denver

Benedek Kurdi, Ph.D.
Member-at-Large
He/Him

Assistant Professor
Department of Psychology
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

Calvin Lai, Ph.D.
Member-at-Large
He/Him

Assistant Professor
Department of Psychological
& Brain Sciences
Washington University at St. Louis

Ryan Lei, Ph.D.
Member-at-Large
He/Him

Assistant Professor
Department of Psychology
Haverford College

Brian O’Shea, Ph.D.
Member-at-Large
He/Him

Assistant Professor
School of Psychology
University of Nottingham

Curtis Phills, Ph.D.
Member-at-Large
He/Him

Associate Professor
Department of Psychology
University of North Florida

Jennifer Steele, Ph.D.
Member-at-Large
She/Her

Associate Professor
Department of Psychology
York University

Colin Tucker Smith, Ph.D.
Member-at-Large
He/Him

Assistant Professor
Department of Psychology
University of Florida

Response Team

Jackeyln Avila
Response Team Member
She/Her

Graduate Student
Department of Psychology
University of Florida

Jennifer Beatty
Response Team Member
She/Her

Graduate Student
Department of Psychological
& Brain Sciences
Washington University in St. Louis

Grace Drake
Response Team Member
She/Her

Graduate Student
Department of Psychological
& Brain Sciences
Washington University in St. Louis

Selin Toprakkiran
Response Team Member
She/Her

Graduate Student
Department of Psychological
& Brain Sciences
Washington University in St. Louis

Support & Tech Team

Ronen Hershman
Support & Tech Team

Graduate Student
Department of Brain &
Cognitive Science
Ben-Gurion University

Elad Zlotnick
Support & Tech Team

Graduate Student
Department of Psychology
Tel-Aviv University

International Collaborators

Joel Anderson
International Collaborator
He/Him


Senior Research Fellow
Institute for Positive Psychology and Education
Australian Catholic University

Yashpal Jogdand
International Collaborator
He/Him

Assistant Professor
Indian Institute of Technology Delhi

Brian O’Shea
International Collaborator
He/Him

Assistant Professor
School of Psychology
University of Nottingham

Hermann Swart
International Collaborator
He/Him

Associate Professor
Department of Psychology
Stellenbosch University

Yoav Bar-Anan
International Collaborator
He/Him

Professor
Tel Aviv University