Clark McCauley | University of Pennsylvania Department of Psychology

Professor

Department:

Bryn Mawr Psychology Department

Education:

BS, Providence College; Ph.D., Psychology, University of Pennsylvania

Address:

Bettys-Y-Coed, Bryn Mawr College

Personal Page

Research Themes:

Social and Cultural Psychology

Specific Research Areas:

Stereotyping and essentializing, group identification and intergroup conflict, terrorism and genocide

Research Synopsis:

His research interests include stereotypes and 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 with Dan Chirot he is author of Why Not Kill Them All? The Logic and Prevention of Mass Political Murder (Princeton University Press, 2006). With Sophia Moskalenko he is author of Friction: How Radicalization Happens to Them and Us (Oxford University Press, 2011). He is a consultant and reviewer for the Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation for research on dominance, aggression and violence, and founding editor of the journal Dynamics of Asymmetric Conflict published by Taylor and Francis

Representative Courses:

Social Psychology 208
Ethnic Identity and Ethnopolitical Conflict 358
Psychology of Genocide 125; Psychology of Terrorism 120

Representative Publications:

Maoz, I., & McCauley, C. (2009). Threat perceptions and feelings as predictors of Jewish-Israeli support for compromise with Palestinians. Journal of Peace Research, 46(4), 525-539.

McCauley, C., & Moskalenko, S. (2010). Individual and group mechanisms of radicalization. In L. Fenstermacher, L. Kuznar, T. Rieger, & A. Speckhard (Eds.), Protecting the homeland from international and domestic security threats: Current multidisciplinary perspectives on root causes, the role of ideology, and programs for counter-radicalization and disengagement. Washington, D.C.: Topical multi-layer assessment (SMA) multi-agency and Air Force research laboratory multi-disciplinary white papers in support of counter-terrorism and counter-WMD.

Leuprecht, C., Hataley, T., Moskalenko, S., & McCauley, C. (2010). Narratives and counter-narratives for global jihad: Opinion versus action. Pp. 58-71 in Eelco J.A.M. Kessels (Ed.), Countering violent extremist narratives. Breda, The Netherlands: National Coordinator for Counterterrorism (NCTb). http://english.nctb.nl/Images/Countering%20Violent%20Extremist%20Narratives_tcm92-259489.pdf?cp=92&cs=25496

Maoz, I., Freedman, G., & McCauley, C. (2010). Fled or expelled: Representation of Israeli-Arab conflict in U.S. history books. Peace and Conflict, 16, 1-10.

Leuprecht, C., Hataley, T., Moskalenko, S., & McCauley, C. (2010). Containing the narrative: Strategy and tactics in countering the storyline of global Jihad. Journal of Policing, Intelligence and Counter Terrorism, 5(1), 40-55.

Turcan, M., and McCauley, C. (2010). Boomerang: Opinion versus action in the radicalization of Abu-Mulal al-Balawi, Dynamics of Asymmetric Conflict, 3: 1, 14-31,

McCauley, C. & Scheckter, S. (2011). Reactions to the war on terrorism: Origin-group differences in the 2007 Pew Poll of U.S. Muslims. Perspectives on Terrorism, 5(1), 38-54.

McCauley, C. (2011), Muslim World Outreach: The United States intervenes in religious Identity. Analyses of Social Issues and Public Policy, 10: no. doi: 10.1111/j.1530-2415.2011.01233.x