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Harvard Kennedy School faculty disseminate their research in working publications and papers that contribute to public knowledge and fuel policy innovation. This list features recent faculty publications, including journal articles, books, edited volumes, research papers, and public testimony.

Faculty Publications

Uncertainty Avoidance

DeWees, Bradley R., and Jennifer S. Lerner. "Uncertainty Avoidance." Encyclopedia of Personality and Individual Differences. Ed. Virgil Zeigler-Hill,and Todd K. Shackelford. Springer, Cham, 2020, 5647-5652.

Emotions and Health Decision-Making: Extending the Appraisal Tendency Framework to Improve Health and Healthcare

Ferrer, R., William Klein, Jennifer Lerner, Valerie Reyna, and Dacher Keltner. "Emotions and Health Decision-Making: Extending the Appraisal Tendency Framework to Improve Health and Healthcare." Behavioral Economics and Public Health. Ed. Christina A. Roberto and Ichiro Kawachi. Oxford University Press, 2015, 101-131.

The Role of Emotions in Foreign Policy Decision Making

Renshon, Jonathan B., and Jennifer S. Lerner. "The Role of Emotions in Foreign Policy Decision Making." Encyclopedia of Peace Psychology. Ed. Daniel J. Christie. Wiley-Blackwell Press, 2012, 313-317.

Emotion

Lerner, Jennifer S. "Emotion." Handbook of Social Psychology, 5th Edition, Volume Two. Ed. Susan T. Fiske, Daniel T. Gilbert, and Gardner Lindzey. Wiley, 2010, 317-352.

Fuel in the Fire: How Anger Impacts Judgment and Decision-Making

Lerner, Jennifer S. "Fuel in the Fire: How Anger Impacts Judgment and Decision-Making." International Handbook of Anger. Ed. Michael Potegal, Gerhardt Stemmler, and Charles Spielberger. Springer, 2010, 287-311.

Accountability and Medical Decision Making

Lerner, Jennifer S. "Accountability and Medical Decision Making." The Encyclopedia of Medical Decision Making. Ed. Michael W. Kattan. Sage, 2009, 8.

Decision Making

Lerner, Jennifer S. "Decision Making." The Oxford Companion to Emotion and the Affective Sciences. Ed. David Sander and Klaus Scherer. Oxford University Press, 2009.

Uncertainty

Lerner, Jennifer S. "Uncertainty." The Oxford Companion to Emotion and the Affective Sciences. Ed. David Sander and Klaus Scherer. Oxford University Press, 2009.

Cognitive Bias

Lerner, Jennifer S. "Cognitive Bias." The Oxford Companion to Emotion and the Affective Sciences. Ed. David Sander and Klaus Scherer. Oxford University Press, 2009.

Accountability and social cognition

Lerner, Jennifer S. "Accountability and social cognition." Encyclopedia of human behavior. Ed. Vilayanur Ramachandran. Academic Press, 1994, 1-10.