Alan Lambert

Alan Lambert is an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychological & Brain Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis. He holds a BA from Cornell University, MA and PhD from the University of Illinois. His research focuses on cognitive and affective processes underlying social/political judgment, with interdisciplinary insights from psychology, sociology, and political science.

Key research areas include racial/ethnic prejudice dynamics, empathy’s role in intergroup relations, stereotype suppression, psychological threat effects (e.g., terrorism, mortality fears), and perceptions of income disparity. He maintains a lab website dedicated to his research activities.

His publications span topics like revenge consequences, empathy’s dual impacts, mortality salience effects, and rally-round-the-flag phenomena. His work appears in journals like Journal of Experimental Social Psychology and Current Opinion in Psychology.

Lambert’s expertise intersects social cognition, political psychology, and methodological innovation. His research often bridges theoretical frameworks with real-world societal challenges.