Kathryn A. Johnson (Ph.D., Arizona State University) is an Associate Research Professor in the Psychology Department at ASU. Merging her background in Religious Studies and Social Psychology, her research focuses on the social perception of non-human agents (e.g., God, robots, viruses) and how these perceptions are associated with moral decision-making, values, social attitudes, and prosocial behavior. She received the Religions’ Young Investigator Award in 2021.