Hart Blanton

Hart Blanton is a Professor and Department Head of Communication at Texas A&M University. His research focuses on health communication, social influence processes, and psychological measurement, particularly leveraging immersive virtual reality technologies for health messaging. He holds a Ph.D. in Psychology from Princeton University (1994). Blanton teaches courses on research methods, persuasion, and health communication. His work bridges theoretical social psychology with applied health communication, emphasizing the impact of media representations and measurement challenges in psychological research. Key interests include deviance regulation theory, implicit bias assessment, and the influence of virtual environments on behavior.

Research emphasizes health-risk communication, science communication dynamics, and implicit bias through interdisciplinary approaches. His contributions include co-authoring seminal texts like Conducting Research in Psychology and Measurement in Social Psychology. Blanton has been affiliated with Texas A&M since his appointment, contributing to academic leadership and research innovation in communication studies.