Robert D. Mather, Ph.D.
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Biography

 

Robert D. Mather, Ph.D.

 

E-mail: ipscdirector@socialautomaticity.net

 

Dr. Mather conducts research in social psychology, forensic science, and human factors of visual perception. He has been a management consultant since 1999. He is CEO and Founder of Mather Professional Services, LLC. He served as CEO and Editor of the Journal of Scientific Psychology and as Vice President of Development for the Hancock Consulting Group. He has served as President of the Oklahoma Academy of Science and has received several awards, including the Young Alumni Achievement Award from Westminster College and the Outstanding Teacher Award from the Oklahoma Psychological Society.

 

He earned his Ph.D. in Experimental Psychology (Specialization in Social Psychology) from Texas Tech University, his M.A. in Psychology from the University of Central Oklahoma, and his B.A. in Psychology with minors in Political Science and Religious Studies from Westminster College (MO). 


Dr. Mather has been featured in articles for The Atlantic, Pacific Standard, Lifezette, Psychology Today, Heterodox Academy, and Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs. He has appeared in radio interviews on The Larry O'Connor Show (WMAL, Washington, DC), The Laura Ingraham Show and The Ethan Bearman Show (KGO, San Francisco, CA), podcasts for the Washington Examiner, as well as on television on The Ingraham Angle (Fox News). He has been interviewed by CNN and The New York Times. 

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

 

--Author of four books, over forty peer-reviewed journal articles, and a blog at Psychology Today

--Research Interests: Social psychology (attitudes and persuasion), forensic science (child abductions and homicides), and human factors (visual perception)


--Chief Executive Officer and Founder, Mather Professional Services, LLC, 2021-Present

--Professor, Associate Professor, Assistant Professor, University of Central Oklahoma, 2006-2021, 2024-Present


--Associate Dean, Jackson College of Graduate Studies, University of Central Oklahoma, 2019-2021

--Independent Consultant, 1999-2023

--Vice President of Development, Hancock Consulting Group, 2012-2014

--Chief Executive Officer, Journal of Scientific Psychology, 2012-2015

--Editor, Journal of Scientific Psychology, 2007-2012

--President, Oklahoma Academy of Science, 2020-2021



SELECTED AWARDS


Best Researcher in Experimental Psychology, Texas Tech University, 2004-2005

Young Alumni Achievement Award, Westminster College, 2011

Outstanding Teacher Award, Oklahoma Psychological Society, 2013

Senior Faculty Award for Professional Contributions, CEPS, University of Central Oklahoma, 2016


EDUCATION


Ph.D., Experimental Psychology, Specialization: Social Psychology

Texas Tech University, 2006


Post-Masters I/O Psychology Coursework, Graduate College

University of Oklahoma, 2000-2001


M.A., Psychology

University of Central Oklahoma, 2000


B.A., Psychology, Minors: Political Science, Religious Studies

Westminster College (MO), 1998


Certificate, Leading with Finance

Harvard Business School Online, 2022


Certificate, Economics for Managers

Harvard Busines School Online, 2021


Executive Certificate,  Becoming a Leader

Jack Welch Management Institute, Strayer University, 2012