Clark McCauley

Clark McCauley is a professor of psychology at Bryn Mawr College, where he has taught since receiving his Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania in 1970. McCauley's research addresses political radicalization, terrorism, and violent extremism, including the psychological and ideological conditions that draw individuals toward political violence. Recent work has examined terrorist motivation, models of radicalization such as the two pyramids model, and the dynamics of group conflict and mobilization. McCauley has also contributed to scholarly debate on the January 6 Capitol breach and on the classification of mass killing events.