Alex Van Zant

Alex Van Zant is an Associate Professor with tenure in the Department of Management & Global Business at Rutgers Business School. His research uses insights and theory from social psychology to understand how people can enhance their ability to manage impressions in interpersonal interactions and make decisions more consistent with their ethical values. It has been published or accepted for publication in journals such as Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Journal of Applied Psychology, Psychological Science, Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, and Journal of Experimental Social Psychology.

Professor Van Zant holds a Ph.D. in Business Administration from the Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley.  Prior to joining the faculty at Rutgers Business School, he was a postdoctoral research fellow in the Wharton School’s Center for Risk Management and Decision Processes. He teaches Management Skills.