Richard E. Lucas is an American psychologist specializing in
personality psychology
Personality psychology is a branch of psychology that examines personality and its variation among individuals. It aims to show how people are individually different due to psychological forces. Its areas of focus include:
* construction of a c ...
. Lucas is an MSU Foundation Professor in the Department of Psychology at
Michigan State University
Michigan State University (Michigan State, MSU) is a public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in East Lansing, Michigan. It was founded in 1855 as the Agricultural College of the State of Michigan, the fi ...
. He earned his Ph.D. from the
University of Illinois
The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (U of I, Illinois, University of Illinois, or UIUC) is a public land-grant research university in Illinois in the twin cities of Champaign and Urbana. It is the flagship institution of the University ...
. He was president of the
Association for Research in Personality
The Association for Research in Personality (abbreviated ARP) is an American learned society dedicated to advancing research into personality. Its mission statement does not mention specific disciplines such as social psychology or policy research, ...
(ARP) from 2020 to 2021. He was awarded the ARP service award in 2019. Lucas is the editor of the ''Personality Processes and Individual Differences'' section of
Journal of Personality and Social Psychology
The ''Journal of Personality and Social Psychology'' is a monthly peer-reviewed scientific journal published by the American Psychological Association that was established in 1965. It covers the fields of social and personality psychology. The edi ...
.
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Personal Website
Living people
21st-century American psychologists
Year of birth missing (living people)
Michigan State University faculty
Personality psychologists
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