Giselle Antoine

Assistant Professor of Organizational Behavior

Giselle Antoine

Giselle Antoine

Before she ever ran a study, Giselle Antoine was living the question that now defines her research. During a decade spent teaching and managing academic departments in Saudi Arabia, she found herself constantly translating — not just language, but entire moral frameworks — for colleagues encountering a different logic of right, wrong, and consequence. That experience of cultural brokerage became the seed of her research program: how do cultural values and collective emotions shape what counts as a violation, and what do people believe should happen next?

Using a mixed-methods approach spanning surveys, experiments, and qualitative fieldwork, Giselle's research shows how emotional cultures of shame and guilt shape not just moral judgment, but the entire architecture of accountability — from whether an audience is present when someone answers for a mistake, to whether the resulting punishment feels proportionate or punitive, restorative or humiliating.

Giselle earned her BA from Columbia University and her PhD from the University of Washington's Foster School of Business. Her research has appeared in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, the Journal of Applied Psychology, and the Journal of Experimental Social Psychology.

Area of Expertise

Organizational Behavior

Education

  • Ph D 2022, Foster School of Business
  • MA 2015, Durham Business School
  • BA 2006, Columbia University

Awards/Honors

Outstanding Reviewer Award, Organization Science, 2024

Research Interests

culture, deviance, and moral emotion

Personal Interests

cycling, travel, photography

Selected Publications

  • "The cost of an expanding moral circle: After living abroad, outcasts matter more but loved ones matter less.", Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, with Daniela Rodriguez, Salvatore Affinito, Kurt Gray, William Maddux, 2026
  • "Negative multicultural experiences can increase intergroup bias", Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, with Salvatore Affinito, Kurt Gray, William Maddux, 2023
  • "You are what you eat: How and when workplace healthy eating cultivates coworker perceptions and behaviors.", Journal of Applied Psychology, Issue 9, 1459-1478, with Trevor Watkins, Amanda Patel, 2021
  • "The Gendered Effect of Status-Striving in Sleep Deprivation Disclosure", Sleep Health, with Elijah Wee, Christopher Barnes, 2024

Contact

Giselle Antoine