Nathan Kuncel

Nathan Kuncel headshot
Psychology
College of Liberal Arts
Twin Cities

Award Year
2024
University Award
Distinguished McKnight University Professors

, Location 15

What leads to success in school, work, and life and how do we measure it accurately?

Nathan Kuncel has substantially widened and deepened our understanding of how personal characteristics affect success in school, work, and life in general. At the same time, he has demonstrated that many common practices in admissions and hiring are both ineffective and biased, which has led to the identification of better practices in these two critical domains.