Sam Sommers
Social psychologist and professor
Sam Sommers is a social psychology researcher and teacher at Tufts University. He wrote This Is Your Brain on Sports.
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About Sam Sommers
Sam Sommers teaches and researches social psychology at Tufts University, outside Boston. His research explores how people think, communicate and act across varied settings, along with psychological angles on the US legal system. He has won several teaching awards at Tufts, including a Professor of the Year honor from the Student Senate. He has given talks at dozens of colleges and universities, and he has given expert testimony in criminal trials in six states. Outside work, he enjoys time with his family and playing on the Tufts Psychology summer softball team.