James Hampton (professor)

James Hampton FHEA FAcSS
Born	James Antony Hampton (1951-08-21) August 21, 1951 Sheffield, UK
Education	University of Cambridge University College London
Known for	Research on concepts, categorization, and semantic memory
Spouse	Robin Richmond
Scientific career
Fields	Cognitive psychology
Workplaces	City St George's, University of London

James Antony Hampton FHEA FAcSS is a British cognitive psychologist and cognitive scientist, Professor Emeritus of Psychology at City St George's, University of London. His research focuses on concepts, categorization, semantic memory, and the cognitive and linguistic structure of conceptual knowledge.

Academic career

Hampton spent the majority of his academic career at City St George's, University of London. He joined the institution in 1977 as a lecturer in psychology. In 1997, he was appointed professor of psychology, a position he held until 2021, when he became Professor Emeritus.

Prior to this appointment, he worked as a postdoctoral researcher at University College London, collaborating with the anthropologist Mary Douglas. He has also held visiting positions at Stanford University, University of Chicago, Cornell University, Yale University, and New York University.

Editorial

Hampton has served on the editorial boards of several academic journals, including Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, Memory & Cognition, and Philosophical Psychology. He is currently an action editor for Cognitive Science.

Honours and awards

• 2000 – Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
• 2011 – Fellow of the British Psychological Society
• 2012 – Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences
• 2012 – Fellow of the Association for Psychological Science
• 2014 – Fellow of the Psychonomic Society
• 2018 – University Research Supervisor of the Year, City, University of London