Dr. Redding is the Ronald D. Rotunda Distinguished Professor of Jurisprudence, professor of psychology, and associate dean for academic affairs at Chapman University. He previously served as the vice chancellor for graduate education at Chapman University and held the Wang-Fradkin Chair, which is the highest honor Chapman can bestow on a faculty member for exceptional merit in scholarly or creative activity.

Previously, Dr. Redding was professor of law at Villanova University School of Law, research professor of psychology at Drexel University, and director of the JD/PhD Program in Law and Clinical Psychology at Villanova and Drexel Universities. Before that, he was an assistant professor and associate director of the Institute of Law, Psychiatry, and Public Policy at the University of Virginia School of Law.

Dr. Redding is nationally known for his seminal work on viewpoint and sociopolitical diversity as well as his research on the ways in which people’s sociopolitical attitudes and values impact their everyday lives, including their personal identity, interpersonal relationships, and workplace functioning. He applies this research to draw implications for professional practice (in teaching and higher education, law, and the mental health professions) and for educational, workplace, and public policies relating to diversity, inclusion, viewpoint discrimination, and free speech. Dr. Redding is also nationally known for his work on ideological and political bias in social science research and the use (and misuse) of such research in law and public policy.

Dr. Redding is an elected member of the American Law Institute, and an elected fellow of the American Psychological Association and the Association for Psychological Science. He is also a fellow of the American Bar Foundation. He has received awards for his work from the American-Psychology Law Society and the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues, has been an invited speaker at many national and international conferences, and his work (which includes over 100 publications and 4 books) is widely cited (about 6,000 times to date) in legal and scientific journals and treatises. Dr. Redding has served on the editorial boards of several peer-reviewed journals and was the associate editor of the Journal of Forensic Psychology Practice. He is the founding president of the Society for Open Inquiry in Behavioral Science, and serves on the editorial board of the Journal for Open Inquiry in Behavioral Science. Dr. Redding also serves as the director of research at the Open Therapy Institute.

Dr. Redding received his BA from Hampden-Sydney College (with honors), his MS from Vanderbilt University, his JD (with honors) from Washington and Lee University (where he was the Frances Lewis Law Fellow), and his PhD in psychology from the University of Virginia. He clerked for the Honorable Michael W. Farrell at the DC Court of Appeals in Washington, DC. Prior to his academic career, he worked as a practicing attorney and psychologist, and has worked as a consultant for the US Department of Justice and Department of Defense.