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Craig Fox

The New York Times today has an article about the "dream team" of social scientists who advised the Obama campaign.  One team member profiled is Professor Craig Fox of the UCLA Anderson School of Management.

Excerpt:

Late last year Matthew Barzun, an official with the Obama campaign, called Craig Fox, a psychologist in Los Angeles, and invited him to a political planning meeting in Chicago, according to two people who attended the session.

“He said, ‘Bring the whole group; let’s hear what you have to say,’ ” recalled Dr. Fox, a behavioral economist at the University of California, Los Angeles.

So began an effort by a team of social scientists to help their favored candidate in the 2012 presidential election. Some members of the team had consulted with the Obama campaign in the 2008 cycle, but the meeting in January signaled a different direction.

“The culture of the campaign had changed,” Dr. Fox said. “Before then I felt like we had to sell ourselves; this time there was a real hunger for our ideas.” ...

Full article at http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/13/health/dream-team-of-behavioral-scientists-advised-obama-campaign.html

Fox holds the Ho-su Wu chair at Anderson which was once held by yours truly before his retirement.  So I will accept any reflected glory entailed.