Nathan Cheek

Assistant Professor, Department of Psychological Sciences, Purdue University, Indiana

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Nathan Cheek is assistant professor in the Department of Psychological Sciences at Purdue University in Indiana. He is a social psychologist and studies prejudice, inequality and decision-making.

Written by Nathan Cheek

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COMPASSION AND EMPATHY

Many of us have the wrong idea about poverty and toughness

The ‘thick skin bias’ obscures the reality of hardship. We should check our assumptions about those who are struggling

by Nathan Cheek