Dr. Cox received his Ph.D. in Social Psychology at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. His contributions to basic and translational research on stereotyping and bias reduction were recently recognized by National Institute of General Medical Sciences at NIH in the form of a Maximizing Investigator’s Research Award. His work has been featured several times on NPR and WPR, and has appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, CNN, Vanity Fair, and other major outlets.
Most recently, Dr. Cox has founded the nonprofit organization Inequity Agents of Change, which seeks to promote evidence-based approaches to reducing bias and creating inclusion throughout the public domain.