Clark McCauley
Clark Richard McCauley is an American social psychologist.
McCauley received his Bachelor of Science degree in biology from Providence College in 1965, his Master of Arts degree in psychology from the University of Pennsylvania in 1967, and his Ph.D in social psychology from the University of Pennsylvania in 1970. He has been a faculty member at Bryn Mawr College since 1970: assistant professor (1970-1976), associate professor (1976-1986), and professor (1986-present).
Since 1998, McCauley has also been the director of the Solomon Asch Center for Study of Ethnopolitical Conflict, now at Bryn Mawr College. He was a member of the Psychosocial Working Group and the American Psychological Association's Task Force on Reaction to Terrorism. He is a consultant/reviewer for the Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation.
McCauley is currently Rachel C. Hale Professor of Sciences and Mathematics and co-director of the Solomon Asch Center for Study of Ethnopolitical Conflict at Bryn Mawr College. His research interests include the psychology of group identification, group dynamics and intergroup conflict, and the psychological foundations of ethnic conflict and genocide. With colleagues, he edited The Psychology of Ethnic and Cultural Conflict (2004), and he is co-author of Why Not Kill Them All? The Logic and Prevention of Mass Political Murder (2006). He is founding editor of the journal Dynamics of Asymmetric Conflict: Pathways toward Terrorism and Genocide.