William J. Brady

@william__brady

Associate prof @NorthwesternU @KelloggSchool studying emotion, morality, social networks, AI, psych of tech. #firstgen college graduate

williamjbrady.com Joined February 2010

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William J. Brady @william__brady May 27

✨New paper out @SpringerNature✨ For 8 weeks around the 2024 US election, we randomly assigned 2,000 people to use social media algos we custom-built. Do engagement-based algorithms amplify intergroup, moral & emotional content + does that distort how we see political norms? 🧵

William J. Brady @william__brady Feb 24

We're excited about the upcoming Computational Psychology preconference at @SPSPnews this Thursday. See our action-packed full day agenda below! Featuring 3 keynote talk themes with related early-career speakers, data blitz session, panel discussion. Don't miss it! #SPSP

William J. Brady @william__brady Feb 23

Very honored by this one! Thanks to all my mentors, students and colleagues who made it possible! And congrats to all the recipients for their amazing work.

Association for Psychological Science @PsychScience Feb 23

Congratulations to the 2026 APS Spence Award Recipients! @DorsaAmir, @william__brady, @esfinn, @danieljamesyon, @YuanChangLeong, Andrew Grotzinger

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William J. Brady @william__brady Nov 11, 2025

✨New preprint! Why do people express outrage online? In 4 studies we develop a taxonomy of online outrage motives, test what motives people report, infer for in- vs. out-partisans, and how motive inferences shape downstream intergroup consequences. led by @felix_chenwei 🧵👇

William J. Brady @william__brady Oct 20, 2025

Last call for data-blitz and poster submission for the Computational Psychology preconference
@SPSPnews! See thread below for details and hope to see you in Chicago!

William J. Brady @william__brady Sep 29, 2025

The computational psych preconference is back @SPSPnews for a full day! This year's lineup:

👉theory-driven modeling: @hyogweon
👉data-driven discovery: Clemens Stachl
👉application: me
👉 panel: Stephen Read, Sandra Matz, Mark Thorton, @WilCunningham

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