Mallory K. Roman, PhD
This is the blog, background, and resume/CV of Mallory K. Roman, social psychologist, behavioral researcher, and lab/people manager
Professional Experience
Since 2018, I have been working to apply social science findings and methodologies to impact real world behavior, especially when it comes to voter turnout, voter registration, and political and civic persuasion. In my work, I use my skillset to design surveys, RCTs, quasi-experiments, archival investigations, and mixed methods research that answers important questions about why people act the way they do and what interventions can alter behavior, thoughts, and intentions.
Skills Gained
- Managing of senior-level employees
- Leading work teams and moving team agenda forward
- Input into or management of budget or grant dollars
- Field research and managing very large datasets/samples
- Incorporating org strategy and goals into research design and presentation of findings
- Cross-departmental and cross-org collaboration
- Managing vendors and consultants
- Message and ad testing and development
- Grant applications and reporting
- Donor and stakeholder discussions and presentations
- External translation of scientific concepts (including op-eds)
- VAN and Votebuilder
- Navigating voter file records (mainly TargetSmart)
Academic Experience
I studied psychology and worked in or managed university labs for almost a decade before I began my career in the private sector. My focus has always been on nonconscious influence, consumer psychology, and behavioral interventions. After Trump was elected, I pivoted my work into applied social science within the political sphere (see professional experience).
Skills Gained
- Advanced inferential and descriptive statistics
- Lab and project management
- Methodology (research design) and data story-telling
- Familiarity with wide range of academic literature
- Collaboration on research work
- Interviewing, hiring, managing research assistants
- Ethical research review (IRB navigation)
- Scientific writing
Examples of Work
- Wang, I. M., Roman, M. K., Goldstein, G., & Ackerman, J. M. (2024). Crowding at the ballot box: Germ aversion and voting methods in the 2020 US general election. Political Psychology.
- Roman, Mallory (2018). Interpersonal Protection: How Others May Shield Pursuits from Distraction. Dissertation, Duke University. Retrieved from https://hdl.handle.net/10161/16917.
- Roman, M., & Medvedev, K. (2011). The importance of peer approval in the sartorial purchasing patterns of the university of Georgia students. College Student Journal, 45(1), 164-176.
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