Tisha King, University of Waterloo

Research

investor judgment stereotypes racial stereotypes denial of racism black lives matter social impact nonprofessional investors diversity

Latest funding

Balancing Roles in Elite Tax Advisory: Insights from Big Four Tax Professionals Serving Family Offices
SSHRC · 2025 · Principal investigator
$77,611
Mid-century men searching: a prehistory of artificial intelligence
SSHRC · 2024 · Co-investigator
$24,621
The Effects of Formal and Informal Control Systems on Employees' Honesty
SSHRC · 2024 · Co-investigator
$43,165

All 5 grants and awards

Balancing Roles in Elite Tax Advisory: Insights from Big Four Tax Professionals Serving Family Offices

Principal investigatorSSHRC2025Insight Grants

Principal investigators: King, Tisha

$77,611

Mid-century men searching: a prehistory of artificial intelligence

Co-investigatorSSHRC2024Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Dick, Stephanie

Keywords: artificial intelligence; Cold War; control sciences; anxiety; historical epistemology; gender and sexuality studies; masculinity; history of computing; history of psychology; logic-deductive mind; unconscious mind

$24,621

The Effects of Formal and Informal Control Systems on Employees' Honesty

Co-investigatorSSHRC2024Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Andrejkow, Joanna

Keywords: accounting; ethical behavior; employee behavior; management control systems; work settings; nonconscious priming

$43,165

Speak Up, Speak Out: The Black Lives Matter Movement and Investor Judgments

Principal investigatorSSHRC2022Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: King, Tisha

Keywords: investor judgment; stereotypes; racial stereotypes; denial of racism; black lives matter; social impact; nonprofessional investors; diversity; public interest

$21,770

Speak Up, Speak Out: The Black Lives Matter Movement and Investor Judgments

Principal investigatorSSHRC2022Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: King, Tisha

Keywords: investor judgment; stereotypes; racial stereotypes; denial of racism; black lives matter; social impact; nonprofessional investors; diversity; public interest

$30,327

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: investor judgment Dear Professor King, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. Your research on investor judgment connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your SSHRC-funded project "Balancing Roles in Elite Tax Advisory: Insights from Big Four Tax Professionals Serving Family Offices" (2025), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]