Asking the Deep Questions with Kurt Gray

Kurt Gray, Professor and Weary Foundation Endowed Chair in Social Psychology at the Ohio State University, talks about his research on morality, political division, beliefs, and polarization. He discusses his novel, Outraged: Why we Fight about Morality and Politics and How to Find Common Ground, in which he makes conclusions about division, common morals, and possible ways to bridge gaps between opposing groups. Gray also delves into his work with the Deepest Beliefs Lab and the Collaborative on the Science of Polarization and Misinformation, where he works with graduate and undergraduate students from all across the College of the Arts and Sciences.

How Did U.S. Supreme Court Justices Divide Along Party Lines? Lawrence Baum Knows

We tend to think of a Supreme Court in which Justices divide along party lines as the way it’s always been. But that’s not the case, according to legal scholar Lawrence Baum, whose research points to these party-line divisions as being a relatively recent phenomenon.