Psychology Faculty

Mattitiyahu Zimbler

Lecturer

Department

Psychology

Profile

Prof. Zimbler is a Social Psychologist who teaches a number of courses related to systematic inequality and/or close relationships. As a researcher, Dr. Zimbler's interests focused on romantic relationships, relational power, and deception. His doctoral work explored how perceptions of fairness concerning heterosexual newlyweds division of household labor mediated martial satisfaction. Since then he has taught at colleges and universities across the state of Massachusetts before finding his home here at Boston College. In his practice he is dedicated to enacting a growth mindset approach to student success, and promoting an inclusive and intersectional approach to learning.

Selected Publications

  • Feldman, R. S., Goel, K., Blakemore, A., Zimbler, M., l. "Promoting Mindset Change and Student Success." The First Year of College: Research, Theory, and Practice on Improving the Student Experience and Increasing Retention; the First Year of College: Research, Theory, and Practice on Improving the Student Experience and Increasing Retention. Ed. Robert S. Feldman. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press, 2018. 277-308, 348 Pages.

  • Zimbler, Mattitiyahu, and Robert S. Feldman. "Liar, Liar, Hard Drive on Fire: How Media Context Affects Lying Behavior." Journal of Applied Social Psychology 41.10 (2011): 2492-507.

  • Zimbler, Mattitiyahu S. "Newlywed Couples' Marital Satisfaction and Patterns of Cortisol Reactivity and Recovery as a Response to Differential Marital Power." Order No. AAI3518299 2013.