Daniel E. Forster
I am an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychological Sciences
at the University of San Diego.
I teach courses in statistics, research methods, and social psychology.
My research centers on the social, emotional, and cognitive processes
that drive people to initiate, maintain, and repair interpersonal
relationships. Prior to my role at USD, I served as a civilian research
psychologist at the Army Research Laboratory, investigating the impact
of artificial intelligence on team dynamics, including trust,
cohesion, and performance.
My research interests include the roles of gratitude, forgiveness, and
interpersonal trust in fostering cooperative interactions. I employ
experimental techniques and advanced quantitative methods to explore
the causes and consequences of cooperation. My work aims to refine
methods for measuring abstract constructs such as emotions and
attitudes, and to model causal relationships between these variables
and experimental manipulations.
I have published in esteemed journals including Journal of Personality
and Social Psychology, Psychological Science, Scientific Reports, and
Evolution and Human Behavior. I have presented my work at major
conferences such as the Society for Personality and Social Psychology
and the Human Behavior and Evolution Society. I am dedicated to open
science practices, including pre-registering studies and sharing study
materials, data, and peer-reviewed reports. Many of my projects are
available on the Open Science Framework at https://osf.io/grifu/.