Career
In 1984, Pratkanis received his Ph.D. in Social Psychology from Ohio State University. Pratkanis's main psychological interests are social and group psychology, persuasion and social influence, communications, prejudice and stereotypes.
For his courses on Social Influence and Social Psychology, Anthony Pratkanis received the UCSC's "Excellence in Teaching Award". He was elected as a fellow to the American Psychological Association in 1995.
In February 2011 Pratkanis was elected as a Fellow of the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry
On May 29, 2011 Pratkanis lectured on "Influence and Persuasion in Selling Flimflam" at the 2nd annual SkeptiCalCon event held in Berkeley, California, where he jokingly touted himself as "America's most beloved social psychologist," and ironically detailed how to use propaganda and other persuasive techniques to set yourself up as a con man selling non-scientific ideas to a gullible public.
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