Joshua R.

Bruce
Curriculum Vitae
Updated: August 26, 2015

Sociology Department
Duke University
268 Soc./Psych. Building
Box 90088
Durham, NC 27708
joshua.bruce@duke.edu
www.joshuarbruce.com

Education
Duke University, PhD Student, 2014 Present
Department of Sociology
Advisor: Stephen Vaisey
University of Chicago, MA, 2013
Master of Arts Program in the Social Sciences
Thesis: A Unified Theory of Moral Psychology: Combining the Big Three Ethics, Moral
Foundations Theory, Grid-Group Cultural Theory, and Their Constituent Psychological Bases
Advisor: Richard Shweder
Indiana University, BA, 2012
Political Science with Departmental Honors
Thesis: A Cultural Theory of Judicial Decision Making on the U.S. Supreme Court
Advisor: Eileen Braman

Publications
Joshua R. Bruce. 2015. Power, Economic Inequality, and Moral Psychology. Psychology &
Society 7(1):12-28.
Joshua R. Bruce. 2014. Risky Business: How Social Psychology Can Help Improve Corporate
Risk Management. Business Horizons 57(4):551-557.
Joshua R. Bruce. 2013. Uniting Theories of Morality, Religion, and Social Interaction: GridGroup Cultural Theory, the "Big Three" Ethics, and Moral Foundations Theory. Psychology &
Society 5(1):37-50.
Timothy A. Lemper and Joshua R. Bruce. 2011. The Dilution Defense Congress Never Meant to
Create (and Needs to Fix). Trademark Reporter 101:1580-1598.
Timothy A. Lemper and Joshua R. Bruce. 2010. Beware the Scrivener's Error: Curing the
Drafting Error in the Federal Registration Defense to Trademark Dilution Claims. Texas
Intellectual Property Law Journal 19:169-192.

Presentations
2015. Morality from the Classroom to the Boardroom: Business Students, Moral Foundations,
and Financial Risk. Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association. August 25th
Chicago, IL.

2015. A Durkheimian Theory of Morality and Politics. 6th Annual Mary Douglas Seminar. June
4th University College London.
2015. A Durkheimian Theory of Morality and Politics. Bremen International Graduate School
of Social Sciences. May 19th Bremen, Germany.
2015. Toward A Neo-Durkheimian Sociology of Morality: Cultural Theory, Political Ideology,
and the U.S. Financial Crisis. Annual Meeting of the Southern Sociological Society. March 28th
New Orleans, LA.
2013. Constructing the Moral Self: Understanding the Moral Worldviews People Create and
Embody. Self and Subjectivity Workshop. June 4th University of Chicago.

Grants & Fellowships

Graduate Scholar, Rethinking Regulation Program
Kenan Institute for Ethics, Duke University

2015-2016

Graduate Fellow
Kenan Institute for Ethics, Duke University

2015-2016

Visiting Doctoral Fellowship

Bremen International Graduate School of Social Sciences

2015

Linda K. George Research Grant

Department of Sociology, Duke University

2015

Research & Teaching Experience

Duke University
Research Assistant Martin Ruef
Teaching Assistant Raymond Garrett-Peters
Research Assistant Stephen Vaisey
Research Associate Lynn Smith-Lovin

August 2015 Present

August 2014 May 2015
August December 2014
July September 2014

Indiana University
Research Assistant Steve Sanders
Teaching and Research Assistant Tim Lemper
Research Associate Bruce Jaffee

Memberships & Activities

American Sociological Association Member
Society for Personality and Social Psychology Member
Southern Sociological Society Member
Psychology & Society Ad hoc reviewer

December 2013 May 2014

September 2009 December 2010
September December 2008