Mark Hallahan

Mark Hallahan is an Associate Professor and Department Chair in the Psychology Department at College of the Holy Cross. He holds editorial roles including Associate Editor for Frontiers in Personality and Social Psychology. With a Ph.D. from Harvard University (1995), his expertise spans social psychology, person perception, and causal attribution. His research emphasizes judgment accuracy, cultural influences on attribution, and nonverbal behavior analysis.

Education: Ph.D. and MA in Social Psychology from Harvard University; BA in Psychology from Amherst College. Awards include the Arthur J. O'Leary Faculty Recognition Award (2006) and multiple fellowships from Harvard and Amherst.

Research focuses on cross-cultural psychology, statistical methodology in social sciences, and the interplay between nonverbal cues and social perception. Notable contributions include studies on sexual orientation perception through thin slices of behavior (1999) and cultural effects on event explanations (1996).

Publications span 1995–2013, emphasizing methodological rigor, judgment accuracy, and cultural psychology. His work frequently appears in journals like Journal of Personality and Social Psychology and Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin.

Labs/Teams: While not explicitly named, his research collaborations involve experimental social psychology setups focusing on judgment accuracy and cultural comparisons. Grant involvement includes NSF-related funding and institutional grants.