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Hire Dr. Gordon K.

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Partner at Ker-twang | Data Science & Behavioral Strategy for Social Impact | PhD in Psychology from Yale

Profile Summary

Yale-trained behavioral scientist with expertise in applying data science and experimental methods to drive social impact. My research focuses on understanding and optimizing human behavior through rigorous quantitative analysis, with 25+ peer-reviewed publications garnering 4600+ citations. As a partner at Ker-twang consultancy, I lead data-driven projects for government agencies, nonprofits, and research institutions.

Subject Matter Expertise

• ☆ Data Analysis
• ☆ Cluster Analysis
• ☆ Machine Learning
• ☆ Natural Language Processing
• ☆ Statistics
• ☆ Social Statistics
• ☆ Meta-Analysis
• ☆ Regression Analysis
• ☆ Multivariate Analysis
• ☆ Correlation Analysis
• ☆ Survey Design
• ☆ Study Design
• ☆ Statistical Review
• ☆ Human Behavior & Psychology
• ☆ Applied Psychology
• ☆ Social Psychology
• ☆ Python
• ☆ STATA
• ☆ R
• ☆ Hypothesis
• ☆ Peer Review
• ☆ Research Methodology
• ☆ Survey Design & Methodology
• ☆ User Research
• ☆ Quantitative User Research
• ☆ Qualitative User Research
• ☆ Meta-Research
• ☆ Literature Search
• ☆ Technical & Scientific Writing
• ☆ Journal Selection
• ☆ Manuscript & Journal Article Writing
• ☆ Experimental Protocols
• ☆ Science Communication
• ☆ Literature Review
• ☆ Traditional/Narrative Literature Review
• ☆ Systematic Literature Review
• ☆ Scientific Proofreading & Editing
• ☆ Proofreading & Editing
• ☆ Grant Writing
• ☆ Behavioural Economics
• ☆ Market Research

Services

• Writing
• Research
• Consulting
• Data & AI
• Product Development

Writing Technical Writing, General Proofreading & Editing

Research User Research, Meta-Research, Feasibility Study, Gap Analysis, Scientific and Technical Research, Systematic Literature Review

Consulting Digital Strategy Consulting, Healthcare Consulting, Operations Consulting, Scientific and Technical Consulting

Data & AI Predictive Modeling, Statistical Analysis, Data Visualization, Data Mining, Data Cleaning, Data Processing, Data Insights

Product Development Product Evaluation, Product Validation, Concept Development, Product Launch Support, Prototyping

Work Experience

Partner

Ker-twang

October 2024 - Present

Senior Researcher

Boston College

January 2022 - September 2024

Postdoctoral Researcher

Boston College

September 2019 - December 2022

Education

Ph.D., Experimental Psychology

Yale University

September 2014 - May 2019

BA

Harvard University

September 2003 - May 2007

Certifications

• none

  n/a

  January 2025 - January 2025

Publications

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Stylianos Syropoulos, Kyle Fiore Law, Gordon Kraft-Todd, Liane Young (2025). Impartial Intergenerational Beneficence: The Psychology of Feeling (Equal) Intergenerational Concern for All Future Generations . Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin.

Gordon T. Kraft-Todd, Max Kleiman-Weiner, Liane Young (2023). Assessing and dissociating virtues from the ‘bottom up’: A case study of generosity vs. fairness . The Journal of Positive Psychology.

Gordon T. Kraft-Todd, Max Kleiman-Weiner, Liane Young (2023). Virtue Discounting: Observability Reduces Moral Actors’ Perceived Virtue . Open Mind.

Rachel E. Solnick, Grace Chao, Ryan D. Ross, Gordon T. Kraft‐Todd, Keith E. Kocher, Lalena M. Yarris (2021). Emergency Physicians and Personal Narratives Improve the Perceived Effectiveness of COVID‐19 Public Health Recommendations on Social Media: A Randomized Experiment . Academic Emergency Medicine.

Gordon T. Kraft-Todd, Mollie A Ruben, Diego A. Reinero, John M. Kelley, Andrea S. Heberlein, Lee Baer, Helen Riess(2017). Empathic nonverbal behavior increases ratings of both warmth and competence in a medical context . PLOS ONE. 12. (5). p. e0177758. Public Library of Science ({PLoS})

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Stylianos Syropoulos, Kyle Fiore Law, Gordon Kraft-Todd, Andrea Mah, Ezra Markowitz, Liane Young (2023). Responsibility to Future Generations: A Strategy for Combatting Climate Change Across Political Divides .

Stylianos Syropoulos, Gordon Kraft-Todd, Andrea Mah, Ezra Markowitz, Liane Young (2023). Responsibility to Future Generations: A Moral Reframing Strategy for Combatting Climate Change .

Stylianos Syropoulos, Kyle Fiore Law, Gordon Kraft-Todd, Liane Young (2023). Impartial Intergenerational Beneficence: The Psychology of Feeling (Equal) Intergenerational Concern for All Future Generations .

Gordon Kraft-Todd, Michael I Norton, David Gertler Rand (2022). Setting a Price for Charitable Giving Increases Donations .

Gordon Kraft-Todd, Max Kleiman-Weiner, Liane Young (2022). Virtue Discounting: Observability Reduces Moral Actors’ Perceived Virtue .

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Aditi Kodipady, Gordon Kraft-Todd, Gregg Sparkman, Blair Hu, Liane Young(2021). Beyond Virtue Signaling: Perceived Motivations for Pronoun Sharing . Center for Open Science

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Gordon Kraft-Todd, Max Kleiman-Weiner, Liane Young(2020). Differential discounting of virtue signaling: Public virtue is perceived less favorably than private virtue for generosity but not impartiality . Center for Open Science

OTHER

Gordon Kraft-Todd, David Gertler Rand(2020). Practice what you preach: Credibility-enhancing displays and the growth of open science . Center for Open Science