title: Hart Blanton
text: # Hart Blanton
  
  Hart Blanton is an American social psychologist. He is a professor in the department of communication and journalism at Texas A&M University. He earned his Ph.D. in psychology from Princeton University in 1994.
  
  ## Research
  
  Blanton is known for his contributions to the field of social comparison, social influence and has also conducted research on implicit attitudes. He is recognized for authoring Deviance Regulation Theory and psychometric analysis of the Implicit Association Test.
  
  