Robin Vallacher

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{{Short description|American Professor of Psychology}}

Robin Vallacher is an American professor of Psychology at Florida Atlantic University where he directs the Dynamical Social Psychology Lab. He is also a Research Associate in the Center for Complex Systems, University of Warsaw, Poland, and a Research Affiliate in the Advanced Consortium on Cooperation, Conflict, and Complexity at Columbia University, New York.{{Cite book |url=https://link.springer.com/referencework/10.1007/978-3-319-28099-8 |title=Encyclopedia of Personality and Individual Differences |language=en |doi=10.1007/978-3-319-28099-8}}{{Cite web|title=Robin Vallacher's web profile at Florida Atlantic University|url=https://psy.fau.edu/people/vallacher.php}}

In his work, Vallacher has applied complexity and dynamical systems to social psychology. Additional research interests include social judgment, self-concept and interpersonal processes.“Florida Atlantic University scientists to collaborate with international team of scientists to study intractable conflicts as complex systems,” Hindustan Times, October 12, 2006.{{Cite web |title=Social Psychology: Exploring the Dynamics of Human Experience |url=https://www.routledge.com/Social-Psychology-Exploring-the-Dynamics-of-Human-Experience-1st-Edition/Vallacher/p/book/9780815382904 |access-date=2024-09-04 |website=Routledge & CRC Press |language=en}}

Education

Vallacher earned a BA in Psychology from San Diego State University and a PhD in Psychology from Michigan State University.{{Cite book |url=https://link.springer.com/referencework/10.1007/978-3-319-28099-8 |title=Encyclopedia of Personality and Individual Differences |language=en |doi=10.1007/978-3-319-28099-8}}

==Academic service==

Vallacher serves on the editorial board of the academic journal Psychological Inquiry, published by the science publishing house Taylor & Francis.{{Cite web|title=List of editorial board members of the journal Psychological Inquiry|url=https://www.tandfonline.com/action/journalInformation?show=editorialBoard&journalCode=hpli20}}

==Academic impact==

As of January 2024, Vallacher’s publications have been cited more than 14,800 times, according to his Google Scholar profile.{{Cite web|title=Robin Vallacher's Google Scholar profile|url=https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=ZVxZawYAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao}} His h-index is 50.{{Cite web|title=Robin Vallacher's h-index|url=https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=ZVxZawYAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao}}

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