Saul Kassin is a Distinguished Professor of Psychology at John Jay College of Criminal Justice in New York. Although on leave of absence, he is also 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 the new Psychology in Modules, soon to be released by Pearson Custom Publishing. Along with Steven Fein and Hazel Markus, he is also co-author of Social Psychology (7th edition), published byHoughton Mifflin. 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 developing a taxonomy that is widely accepted and experimental paradigms that enable tests of why innocent people are targeted for interrogation, why they confess, and the impact this evidence has on juries. He has also studied eyewitness identifications, focusing on questions pertaining to “general acceptance” within the scientific community. 

Dr. Kassin is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA) and the Association for Psychological Science (APS).  In 2007, he received a Presidential Citation Award from APA for his work on false confessions and is currently President-Elect of Division 41 of APA (The American Psychology-Law Society). He lectures frequently to judges, lawyers, psychologists, psychiatrists, and law enforcement groups. He has appeared as an analyst on ABC, CNN, NBC, 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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