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Nathan Cheek

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

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.

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Written by Nathan Cheek

People of varying ages queue before a temporary table in a church. Food is being handed out to them

Compassion and empathy

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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