USC Marshall School of Business

Nathanael Fast's award-winning research explores how people shape and are shaped by hierarchy, roles, and culture. His work draws from and contributes to research in the following areas: power and status; social influence; judgment and decision making; roles and the self; and cultural transmission. His findings have been published in leading journals such as Psychological Science and the Journal of Experimental Social Psychology. Popular accounts of his research have appeared in ABC News, CNN, Discover, Forbes, New York Times, Newsweek, Time, U.S. News & World Report, and the Washington Post.