# Professor Jonathan Haidt's research on political affiliations within the field of social psychology is cited

1 Faculty News March 31, 2016 ![Wall Street Journal logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/wsjlogo.jpg?itok=5Qt0z3WX)>

Excerpt from [The Wall Street Journal](http://www.wsj.com/articles/the-one-kind-of-diversity-colleges-avoid-1459464676) -- "... a recent study by [Jonathan Haidt](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/jonathan-haidt) of New York University showed that 96% of social psychologists identify as left of center, 3.7% as centrist/moderate and only 0.03% as right of center."

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