Christopher Petsko is a tenure-track professor at UNC Chapel Hill. His primary academic appointment is in the Organizational Behavior area of UNC's business school; his secondary academic appointment, which he holds in an adjunct capacity, is in the Department of Psychology and Neuroscience. Chris completed his Ph.D. in social psychology at Northwestern University in June of 2020, and he completed his postdoctoral training at Duke University—in both the Fuqua School of Business and the Samuel DuBois Cook Center on Social Equity—in June of 2022.

At the broadest level, Chris conducts research on how stereotypes influence, and often distort, our perceptions of the people around us. His specialty is on the topic of intersectional stereotyping, or how it is that we stereotype others in light of the multiple social groups to which others belong. His secondary lines of research focus on organizational stereotyping and political stereotyping, respectively.

In 2025, Chris was designated as a Rising Star by the Association for Psychological Science. Chris's research has been published in top social scientific outlets, including the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, the Journal of Applied Psychology, and the ​Journal of Experimental Social Psychology. Over the years, Chris has taught courses on Stereotyping and Prejudice, Negotiations, and Leadership. He currently teaches a mix of undergraduate, MBA, and doctoral-level coursework.