Tessa West
Social psychology professor and author
Tessa West is a psychology professor at New York University who studies how people interact with one another, including in tricky moments at work.
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About Tessa West
Tessa West grew up in Southern California and now lives in New York, where she is a social psychology professor at New York University. Her research covers interpersonal interaction and communication, including uncomfortable social situations, and the factors that give some people more sway when negotiating or collaborating. She has published more than 60 articles in academic psychology journals and has written about her research in the Wall Street Journal. She writes about using social relationships to deal with day-to-day workplace problems, and Jerks at Work is her title in our catalog.