Clark McCauley

Clark McCauley is a Professor of Psychology at Bryn Mawr College, a position held since 1970, the same year McCauley completed a Ph.D. in Psychology at the University of Pennsylvania. Research interests center on terrorism, violent extremism, and the psychology of radicalization, including work on ideological and nihilistic forms of political violence. McCauley has developed theoretical frameworks for understanding radicalization, notably the Two Pyramids Model, and has published on topics ranging from terrorist motivation and political activism to group conflict, mobilization, and the contextual analysis of events such as the January 6 Capitol breach.