MICHAEL KARDAS

Department of Management
Ast Prof

263 BUSINESS BUILDING
STILLWATER, OK 74078-4015
Phone: 405-744-8664

michael.kardas@okstate.edu

Education

• Ph D, University of Chicago, Booth School of Business, Behavioral Science, 2020

Publications

• Kristina Wald, Michael Kardas, and Nicholas Epley. "Misplaced divides?: Discussing political disagreement with strangers can be unexpectedly positive". Psychological Science (Forthcoming).
• Michael Kardas, Amit Kumar, and Nicholas Epley. "Let it go: How exaggerating the reputational costs of revealing negative information encourages secrecy in relationships". Journal of Personality and Social Psychology (Forthcoming).
• Nicholas Epley, Michael Kardas, Xuan Zhao, Stav Atir, and Juliana Schroeder. (2022). "Undersociality: Miscalibrated social cognition can inhibit social connection". Trends in Cognitive Sciences. (26), 5, 406–418.
• Michael Kardas, Juliana Schroeder, and Ed O'Brien. (2022). "Keep talking: (Mis)understanding the hedonic trajectory of conversation". Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. (123), 4, 717–740.
• Michael Kardas, Amit Kumar, and Nicholas Epley. (2022). "Overly shallow?: Miscalibrated expectations create a barrier to deeper conversation". Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. (122), 3, 367–398.
• Nicholas Epley and Michael Kardas. (2021). "Understanding the minds of others: Activation, application, and accuracy of mind perception". Social psychology: Handbook of basic principles. 163–180.
• Michael Kardas, Alex Shaw, and Eugene Caruso. (2018). "How to give away your cake and eat it too: Relinquishing control prompts reciprocal generosity". Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. (115), 6, 1054–1074.
• Michael Kardas and Ed O'Brien. (2018). "Easier seen than done: Merely watching others perform can foster an illusion of skill acquisition". Psychological Science. (29), 4, 521–536.
• Juliana Schroeder, Michael Kardas, and Nicholas Epley. (2017). "The humanizing voice: Speech reveals a more thoughtful mind in the midst of disagreement". Psychological Science. (28), 12, 1745–1762.
• Ed O'Brien and Michael Kardas. (2016). "The implicit meaning of (my) change". Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. (111), 6, 882–894.