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Brad Bushman
Brad Bushman is a professor at The Ohio State University and the Margaret Hall and Robert Randal Rinehart Chair of Mass Communication. He received his Ph. D...more
Roy Baumeister
Roy Baumeister is Francis Eppes Professor of Psychology at Florida State University. He earned his MA at Duke University and his PhD at Princeton. His...more