Kathryn A. Johnson (Ph.D., Arizona State University) is an Associate Research Professor in the Psychology Department at ASU. Merging her backgrounds in Religious Studies and Social Psychology, her research focuses on the social perception of non-human agents (e.g., God, robots, viruses). For example, much of her research has focused on the influence of diverse God representations on values, social attitudes, and prosocial behavior. She received Religions journal’s Young Investigator Award in 2021 and has authored over 50 publications which have appeared in outlets such as the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, and Perspectives on Psychological Science. She currently serves as an associate editor of Psychology of Religion and Spirituality.