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Robert D. Mather Ph.D.

About

Robert D. Mather, Ph.D., is CEO and founder of Mather Professional Services LLC. He is a former professor of psychology and Associate Dean of Graduate Studies at the University of Central Oklahoma. He is an expert in empirical social cognition research on automaticity and cognitive control, attitudes and persuasion, bias correction, stereotypes and discrimination, and leadership. He has authored four books and more than 40 journal articles. His latest book is Implicit Biases and the Unconscious: Liberal Biases, Racial Prejudice, and Politics (2021).

Mather has been featured in articles for The Atlantic, Pacific Standard, Lifezette, Psychology Today, Heterodox Academy, and the Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs. He has appeared in radio interviews on The Larry O'Connor Show (WMAL, Washington, DC), The Laura Ingraham Show and The Ethan Bearman Show (KGO, San Francisco, CA), podcasts for the Washington Examiner, and on television on The Ingraham Angle (Fox News).

Visit his webpage at socialautomaticity.net

Recent Posts
Why Do We Have Fake News?
Confirmation biases and failure of source monitoring play a role in intentional and unintentional "fake news."
Conservative Psychologist Wanted

Political inclusivity is not a strength of the mental health profession, and ideological biases have implications for clinical practice.

Political inclusivity is not a strength of the mental health profession, and ideological biases have implications for clinical practice.

U.S. Government Mind Control Experiments

The CIA's mind control program used LSD and hypnosis to brainwash people in the 1950s and '60s. The Unabomber was a participant in a study on interrogations at Harvard.

The CIA's mind control program used LSD and hypnosis to brainwash people in the 1950s and '60s. The Unabomber was a participant in a study on interrogations at Harvard.

Democrats May Overestimate Republican Prejudice in Elections

Democrats’ beliefs about Republicans' professed preferences are likely inaccurate, but knowing actual Republicans seems to change that.

Democrats’ beliefs about Republicans' professed preferences are likely inaccurate, but knowing actual Republicans seems to change that.

Oklahoma’s Methamphetamine Addiction

Oklahoma's methamphetamine problem is an opportunity for researchers to create a model to be customized to local communities across the country.

Oklahoma's methamphetamine problem is an opportunity for researchers to create a model to be customized to local communities across the country.

Impeachment Prejudice

Correcting bias is difficult. Even impeachment trials are not immune.

Correcting bias is difficult. Even impeachment trials are not immune.