Saul Kassin is a Distinguished Professor of Psychology at John Jay College of Criminal Justice in New York. Currently, he is on leave as Massachusetts Professor of Psychology at Williams College, in Williamstown, Massachusetts.

He received his Ph.D. at the University of Connecticut. He later served as a postdoctoral research fellow at the University of Kansas; taught at Purdue University; served as a U. S. Supreme Court Judicial Fellow, working at the Federal Judicial Center; and was a postdoctoral research fellow and visiting professor at Stanford University.

Dr. Kassin is author of Psychology (Prentice Hall, 4th edition) and Psychology in Modules (Pearson Custom Publishing). Along with Steven Fein and Hazel Markus, he is also co-author of Social Psychology (8th edition), published by Cengage Learning.  He has written the Psychology & Social Psychology entries for Microsoft's Encyclopedia, Encarta, published numerous research articles, and co-authored or edited various scholarly books, including: Confessions in the Courtroom, The Psychology of Evidence and Trial Procedure, The American Jury on Trial: Psychological Perspectives, and Developmental Social Psychology.

Several years ago, Kassin pioneered the scientific study of false confessions by creating a taxonomy of three types that is widely accepted and developing experimental paradigms that enable tests of why innocent people are targeted for interrogation, why they confess, and the impact this evidence has on juries. Interested in matters of policy and reform, some of his current research is funded by the National Science foundation.

Dr. Kassin is past president of Division 41 of APA (aka the American Psychology-Law Society). He is also a Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA) and Association for Psychological Science (APS). In 2007, he received a Presidential Citation Award from APA for his work on false confessions. He lectures frequently to judges, lawyers, psychologists, psychiatrists, criminal justice commissions, and law enforcement groups. He has appeared as an analyst on ABC, CNN, NBC, CBS, and various syndicated news shows and has served as a consultant and expert witness in federal, military, and state courts.

Curriculum Vita

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