Faculty and Staff Profile

Thomas Britt

Educational Background

Ph.D. Social Psychology
University of Florida 1994

M.A. General Psychology
Wake Forest University 1990

B.A. General Psychology
College of William and Mary 1988

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Profile

Dr. Thomas Britt is a Professor of Psychology at Clemson University and Editor-in-Chief of the journal Military Psychology. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Florida in 1994 before entering active duty as a research psychologist in the U.S. Army. He was stationed at the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research (WRAIR)-Heidelberg, Germany Unit from 1994 to 1997, and then at the WRAIR in Forest Glenn, Maryland, from 1997 to 1999. He left active duty in 1999 (he received an honorable discharge as a Major) and spent a year at King College before moving to Clemson University in 2000, where he was promoted to Full Professor in 2007. He re-entered the U.S. Army Reserves in 2013 and is currently assigned to the U.S. Army War College as a faculty instructor. He has published over 100 empirical articles and multiple book chapters, and has been an editor for two books and a 4-volume series in the area of Military Psychology. He is also the author of two published books in the fields of organizational psychology and thriving under stress. His articles have been published in leading journals such as the Psychological Review, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Journal of Organizational Behavior, Journal of Personality, Journal of Occupational Health Psychology, and Harvard Business Review. His current research programs investigate how stigma and other barriers to care influence employees in high stress occupations seeking needed mental health treatment, and the identification of factors that promote resilience among employees in high stress occupations. His research has been funded by multiple grants and contracts from the Department of Defense and the Intelligence Community. He is also the Editor-in-Chief of Military Psychology.

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