Biography

Claremont Graduate University - Psychology

Professor Of Psychology at Claremont Graduate University
Higher Education
Jason
Siegel
Claremont, California
Jason T. Siegel is a professor of social psychology in Claremont Graduate University’s Division of Behavioral & Organizational Sciences. He is the director of Depression and Persuasion Research Lab and the co-director of the Institute for Health Psychology and Prevention Science. Courses taught by Siegel include Research Methods, Motivation, Survey Research Methods, and Health Behavior Program Development.

Dr. Siegel’s scholarship focuses on the social psychology of health behavior change. More specifically, his research investigates how motivation, emotion, and context interact with message features to influence the persuasive strength of health intervention efforts. His most common areas of investigation include depression, organ donation, and substance abuse.

Dr. Siegel's research has been published in top academic journals in the fields of psychology, medicine, and communication; and, he has served as a reviewer for approximately 30 different academic journals. Dr. Siegel was the 2014 recipient of the Western Psychological Association Early Career Research Award, nominated and accepted in the Society of Experimental Social Psychology in 2015, and was named the inaugural winner of the Claremont Graduate University Presidential Research Award for outstanding contributions to new knowledge in 2018. Dr. Siegel was also awarded the 2019 Western Psychological Association Social Responsibility Award.

Dr. Siegel has received millions of dollars in grants and contracts from organizations such as the Centers of Disease Control, the Department of Labor, and the US Department of Health and Human Services. Moreover, he has accepted invitations to give seminars on research methodology for organizations such as NBC/Universal and the American Evaluation Association.