Mina Cikara

Cikara is a professor of psychology at Harvard University.

Recent Articles

Don’t Be Afraid to Virtue Signal — It Can Be a Powerful Tool

The murders of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, and Rayshard Brooks offer new reminders of ongoing anti-black violence, and have outraged millions. This time, though, calls for justice have spread further than usual—around the...

By Jamil Zaki and Mina Cikara

The Science of Mob Aggression

The reports of mobs of men sexually assaulting women in Germany on New Year’s Eve–and the mobs of rioters targeting Pakistani and Syrian immigrants–have left many wondering how so many people could commit such horrific...

By Mina Cikara
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