Sam Sommers

Sam Sommers is an award-winning teacher and researcher of social psychology at Tufts University outside Boston. His research specialties include how people think, communicate, and behave in diverse settings, as well as psychological perspectives on the U.S. legal system.

At Tufts Sommers is known for his engaging lecture style and has won multiple teaching awards, including being selected by the Student Senate as the Professor of the Year. Sommers has given talks at dozens of colleges and universities, his research has been featured by a wide range of media outlets, and he has testified as an expert witness in criminal trials in six states.

In his free time, Sommers enjoys hanging out with his family, batting lead-off for the vaunted Tufts Psychology summer softball team, and exerting more effort than he probably should editing television clips for use in the classroom.