{"id":14893,"date":"2025-11-11T15:21:59","date_gmt":"2025-11-11T15:21:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wise.staginglinks.com\/?post_type=biography&#038;p=14893"},"modified":"2025-11-11T15:21:59","modified_gmt":"2025-11-11T15:21:59","slug":"mr-ben-castleman","status":"publish","type":"biography","link":"https:\/\/wise.staging-dev.com\/ar\/biography\/mr-ben-castleman\/","title":{"rendered":"Mr. Ben Castleman"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\">Ben Castleman is an Assistant Professor of Education and Public Policy at the University of Virginia, and the Founder and Director of the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/nudge4.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Nudge<sup>4<\/sup>\u00a0Solutions Lab<\/a>\u00a0at UVA. 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