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Positive Psychology Educational Programs

 
The following is an alphabetized list of some of the many universities with faculty who have an interest in Positive Psychology. The first section is a list of schools that have two or more faculty with an interest in Positive Psychology. The second section is a list of schools with one Positive Psychology faculty. We hope this list helps undergraduates, graduate students and others with an interest in Positive Psychology find programs where they can pursue their interests. This list is not comprehensive and probably not entirely up to date, but we collected as much information as we could and is to the best of our knowledge.
 
If you would like to be added to this list, send an email to Gene Terry, IPPA Administrative Director.
 

Boston College

 
Ellen Winner 
Email address:  ellen.winner.1@bc.edu      
Interests: Learning and cognition in the arts in typical and gifted children
 
Maya Tamir 
Email address:  maya.tamir.1@bc.edu         
Interests: Emotions; Emotion Regulation; Well-Being
 
Lisa Feldman Barrett          
Email address:         
Interests: Emotion; The structure of emotion
 

University of British Columbia

 
Darrin Lehman
Email address: dlehman@psych.ubc.ca
Interests: Cross-cultural research; health psychology; counterfactual thinking.
 

University at Buffalo

 
Sandra Murray 
Email address: smurray@buffalo.edu
Interests: Positive illusions in romantic relationships; Positive Relationships
 
Brett Pelham 
Interests: Social Perception; Positive or Negative Associations of Self
 

University of California (Berkeley, San Francisco, San Diego)

 
David Schkade (UCSD)
Email address: dschkade@ucsd.edu 
Interests: Psychology of Judgment; Decision Making
 

University of California, Davis

 
Robert Emmons
Email address: raemmons@ucdavis.edu
Interests: Religiousness and Spirituality in conjunction with Self and Identity, Well-Being
 
Phillip Shaver
Email address: prshaver@ucdavis.edu
Interests: Close Relationships; Emotion
 
Dean Keith Simonton
Email address: dksimonton@ucdavis.edu
Interests: Genius; Creativity; Leadership; Aesthetics
 

University of California, Los Angeles

 
Julienne E. Bower
Email address: jbower@psych.ucla.edu
Interests:
 
Alan Fiske
Email address: afiske@ucla.edu
Interests: Human Relationships
 
Shelley Taylor
Email address: taylors@psych.ucla.edu
Interests: Social support; Social Cognition; Self-Regulation, Stress and coping; Positive Illusions
 

University of California, Riverside

 
Ruth Chao
Email address: ruth.chao@ucr.edu 
Faculty webpage: http://www.psych.ucr.edu/faculty/chao/index.html 
Interests: Asian immigrant family socialization; Parental Belief Systems
 
Howard Friedman
Email address: Howard.Friedman@ucr.edu
Faculty webpage: http://www.faculty.ucr.edu/~friedman/ 
Interests: Personality and Health; Nonverbal Expressiveness; Charisma
 
Sonja Lyubomirsky
Email address: sonja.lyubomirsky@ucr.edu
Faculty webpage: http://www.faculty.ucr.edu/~sonja/ 
Interests: Cognitive, Motivational, and Behavioral Processes in Subjective Happiness, The Architecture of Sustainable Happiness Cultural Influences on Happiness Responses to Depression
 

University of Cambridge

 
Nick Baylis
Email address: Cambridge@nickbaylis.com 
Faculty webpage: http://www.nickbaylis.com/index.php
Interests:
 
Felicia Huppert
Email address: fah2@cam.ac.uk
Faculty webpage: www.cambridgewellbeing.org
Interests: Positive Emotions; Subjective Well-Being; National Indicators of Well-Being; Population Studies; Life-Course Approach
 

Claremont Graduate University

 
Mikhaly Csikszentmihalyi
Email address:miska@cgu.edu
Faculty webpage: http://www.cgu.edu/pages/4751.asp
Interests: Creativity and Innovation; Managing Flow
 
Jeremy Hunter
Email address: jeremy.hunter@cgu.edu 
Faculty webpage: http://www.cgu.edu/pages/2706.asp
Interests: Self-Management
 
Jeanne Nakamura
Email address: Jeanne.Nakamura@cgu.edu
Faculty webpage: http://qlrc.cgu.edu/jeanne.htm 
Interests: Good Work Project
 

Cornell University

 
Alice Isen
Email address: ami4@cornell.edu
Faculty webpage: http://www.johnson.cornell.edu/faculty/profiles/Isen/ 
Interests: Affect; Social Interaction; Thought Processes
 
Anthony Ong
Email address:ado@cornell.edu
Faculty webpage: http://www.human.cornell.edu/bio.cfm?netid=ado4
Interests: Resilience, Positive Emotions, Social Connectedness
 

Emory University

 
Melvin Konner
Email address: antmk@emory.edu
Faculty webpage: http://www.anthropology.emory.edu/FACULTY/ANTMK/ 
Interests: Anthropological Behavior Development
 

George Mason University

 
Todd B. Kashdan
Email address: tkashdan@gmu.edu
Faculty webpage: http://mason.gmu.edu/%7Etkashdan/ 
Interests: Social Anxiety, Character Strengths, and Related Phenomena
 
James Maddux 
Email address:jmaddux@gmu.edu 
Faculty webpage: http://psychology.gmu.edu/people/jmaddux
Interests: Personal Effectiveness/Control on Psychological Adjustment and Behavior
 

Harvard University

 
Tal Ben-Shachar
Email address: ben@fas.harvard.edu 
Faculty webpage: www.talbenshahar.com 
Interests: Self-Esteem, Meditation/Yoga, Leadership, Positive Psychology
 
Daniel Gilbert
Email address: gilbert@wjh.harvard.edu 
Faculty webpage: http://www.wjh.harvard.edu/~dtg/gilbert.htm 
Interests: Affective Forecasting
 
Dan Wegner
Email address: wegner@wjh.harvard.edu 
Faculty webpage: http://www.wjh.harvard.edu/~wegner/ 
Interests: Perception and Cognition Control
 

University of Illinois

 
Dov Cohen
Email address: dcohen@s.psych.uiuc.edu 
Faculty webpage: http://www.psychology.illinois.edu/people/dovcohen
Interests: Cultural Continuity and Change
 
Ed Diener
Email address: ediener@s.psych.uiuc.edu 
Faculty webpage: http://www.psych.uiuc.edu/~ediener/index.html 
Interests: Subjective Well-Being
 

University of Kansas

 
Omri Gillath
Email address: ogillath@ku.edu
Faculty webpage: http://psych.ku.edu/people/faculty/gillath_omri.shtml 
Interests: Close Relationships; Attachment, Caregiving and Sexual Mating Systems
 
Todd Little
Email address: yhat@ku.edu
Faculty webpage: http://psych.ku.edu/people/faculty/little_todd.shtml
Interests: Motivation, Self-Regulation
 

University of Miami

 
Mike McCullough
Email address: mmccullough@umiami.ir.miami.edu
Faculty webpage: http://www.psy.miami.edu/faculty/mmccullough/
Interests: Psychology and Biology of Human Prosociality; Forgiveness; Reconciliation; Gratitude
 

University of Michigan

 
Edward Chang
Email address: changec@umich.edu
Faculty webpage: http://www.lsa.umich.edu/psych/people/directory/profiles/faculty/?uniquename=changec 
Interests: Adjustment; Optimism and Pessimism; Perfectionism; Social Problem Solving
 
Jane Dutton
Email address:janedut@umich.edu
Faculty webpage: http://www.bus.umich.edu/FacultyBios/FacultyBio.asp?id=000119663 
Interests: Organization Conditions Enabling Thriving
 
Jacque Eccles
Email address: jeccles@umich.edu
Faculty webpage: http://www.lsa.umich.edu/psych/people/directory/profiles/faculty/?uniquename=jeccles 
Interests: Family and School Influences on Development
 
Shinobu Kitayama
Email address: kitayama@umich.edu 
Faculty webpage: http://sitemaker.umich.edu/shinobu.kitayama/home 
Interests: Self Evaluation, Emotional Experience and Well-Being
 
Richard Nisbett
Email address: nisbett@umich.edu
Faculty webpage: http://sitemaker.umich.edu/richard.nisbett/home 
Interests: Culture; Social Class; Aging
 
Chris Peterson
Email address: chrispet@umich.edu
Faculty webpage: http://www.lsa.umich.edu/psych/people/directory/profiles/faculty/?uniquename=chrispet 
Interests: Cognitive Personality, Well-Being, Character Strengths and Virtues Classification
 
Norbert Schwarz
Email address: nschwarz@umich.edu 
Faculty webpage: http://sitemaker.umich.edu/norbert.schwarz/home 
Interests: Social Cognition
 

Middle Tennessee State University

 
Tom Brinthaupt 
Email address: tbrintha@mtsu.edu
Faculty webpage: http://mtweb.mtsu.edu/tbrintha/
Interests: Social Personality, Psychology of Self, Group Dynamics
 
John Pennington
Email address: jpenning@mtsu.edu
Faculty webpage: http://www.mtsu.edu/psychology/faculty/pennington.html
Interests: Social/personality, Social Judgment processes, Identity Regulation
 

University of Missouri

 
Laura A. King
Email address: KingLA@missouri.edu
Faculty webpage:  http://psychology.missouri.edu/kingla
Interests: Personality Psychology, Well-being, Motivation, Meaning in Life, The Good Life
 
Kennon Sheldon
Email address: SheldonK@missouri.edu 
Faculty webpage: http://www.missouri.edu/~psycks/ 
Interests: Affect of Personal Goals on Development and Well-Being
 

University of North Carolina

 
Melanie Green (Chapel Hill)
Email address: mcgreen@unc.edu 
Faculty webpage: http://www.unc.edu/~mcgreen/ 
Interests: Power of Narrative to Change Beliefs
 
Barbara Fredrickson (Chapel Hill)
Email address: blf@email.unc.edu 
Faculty webpage: http://www.unc.edu/peplab/ 
Interests: Emotions; Well-Being
 
Melissa J. Himelein (Asheville)
Email address:himelein@unca.edu 
Faculty webpage: http://facstaff.unca.edu/himelein/ 
Interests: Health Psychology; Psychology of Women
 
Paul Silvia (Greensboro)
Email address: p_silvia@uncg.edu 
Faculty webpage: http://www.uncg.edu/~p_silvia/ 
Interests: The self; Self-Awareness; Self-Motivation; Cognition; Emotion
 

University of Pennsylvania

 
Karen Reivich
Email address: reivich@psych.upenn.edu
Faculty webpage:
Interests: Resilience, Optimism, Teaching Positive Psychology and Resilience, Coaching
 
James Pawelski
Email address: pawelski@psych.upenn.edu 
Faculty webpage:
Interests: Philosophical Underpinnings of Positive Psychology, Positive Humanities, Positive Interventions, Character Development, Life Coaching
 
Paul Rozin
Email address: rozin@psych.upenn.edu
Faculty webpage: http://www.psych.upenn.edu/~rozin/ 
Interests: Ethnopolitcal Conflict; Developmental, Evolutionary, Positive Psychology
 
Martin Seligman
Email address: seligman@psych.upenn.edu 
Faculty webpage:  http://www.psych.upenn.edu/people/seligman
Interests: Positive Psychology; Optimism; Learned Helplessness, Depression
 
Richard Summers
Email address: summersr@mail.med.upenn.edu
Faculty webpage: Under Construction
Interests: Positive Emotions in Psychodynamic Psychotherapy, Strength Development in Psychotherapy and Positive Psychology Interventions
 

University of Rochester

 
Richard Ryan
Email address: ryan@psych.rochester.edu
Faculty webpage: http://www.psych.rochester.edu/faculty/ryan/ 
Interests: Human Motivation; Personality Development; Well-Being
 
Harry Reis
Email address: harry.reis@rochester.edu
Faculty webpage: http://www.psych.rochester.edu/faculty/reis/ 
Interests: Social Interactions, Close Relationships
 

Stanford University

 
James Gross
Email address: james@psych.stanford.edu
Faculty webpage:  http://spl.stanford.edu/director.html
Interests: Emotion; Emotion Regulation
 
Mark Lepper
Email address: lepper@psych.stanford.edu 
Faculty webpage:  https://psychology.stanford.edu/mlepper
Interests: Social
 

Swarthmore College

 
Jane Gillham
Email address: jgillha1@swarthmore.edu 
Faculty webpage: http://www.swarthmore.edu/SocSci/jgillha1/ 
Interests: Clinical Psychology; Developmental Psychology; Education
 
Barry Schwartz
Email address: bschwar1@swarthmore.edu 
Faculty webpage: http://www.swarthmore.edu/SocSci/bschwar1/ 
Interests: Psychology & Economics; Intrinsic/Extrinsic motivation; Human Values
 
Andrew Ward
Email address: award1@swarthmore.edu 
Faculty webpage: http://www.swarthmore.edu/SocSci/award1/ 
Interests: Social
 

University of Texas

 
David M. Buss
Email address: dbuss@psy.utexas.edu
Faculty webpage: http://homepage.psy.utexas.edu/homepage/Group/BussLAB/
Interests: Evolutionary Human Mating Strategies; Social relationships
 
James Pennebaker
Email address: pennebaker@psy.utexas.edu
Faculty webpage: http://homepage.psy.utexas.edu/homepage/faculty/pennebaker/Home2000/JWPhome.htm 
Interests: Social Psychology & Psychosomatics; Language and Health; Traumatic Events
 

Texas Tech University

 
Clyde Hendrick 
Email address: clyde.hendrick@ttu.edu
Faculty webpage: http://www.depts.ttu.edu/psy/psy.php?page=faculty/chendrick 
Interests: Close Relationships
 
Susan Hendrick 
Email address: susan.hendrick@ttu.edu
Faculty webpage: http://www.depts.ttu.edu/psy/faculty/directory/chendrick.php
Interests: Close Relationships; Love; Sex Attitudes, Relationship Satisfaction, Gender
 
Darcy Reich 
Email address: darcy.reich@ttu.edu
Faculty webpage: http://www.depts.ttu.edu/psy/faculty/directory/dreich.php
Interests: Expectancy-Related Biases in Social Judgments and Interpersonal Behaviors
 
Chris Robitschek 
Email address: Chris.Robitschek@ttu.edu
Faculty webpage: http://www.depts.ttu.edu/psy/faculty/directory/crobitschek.php
Interests: Humanism; Holistic Approach to Counseling
 

University of Utah

 
Lisa G. Aspinwall
Email address: lisa.aspinwall@psych.utah.edu
Faculty webpage: http://www.psych.utah.edu/people/person.php?id=74 
Interests: Interpersonal Processes; Self Regulation; Health
 
Cindy Berg
Email address: cynthia.berg@psych.utah.edu
Faculty webpage:  http://www.psych.utah.edu/people/person.php?id=50
Interests: Diversity; Interpersonal Processes; Social-Developmental; Self Regulation; Health
 
Kevin Rathunde
Email address: kevin.rathunde@fcs.utah.edu
Faculty webpage: http://www.fcs.utah.edu/~rathunde/UUweb/ 
Interests: Adolescent Development
 
Carol Sansone
Email address: carol.sansone@psych.utah.edu
Faculty webpage: http://www.psych.utah.edu/people/person.php?id=47
Interests: Diversity; Interpersonal Processes; Social-Developmental; Self Regulation
 

Vanderbilt University

 
Camilla Persson Benbow
Email address: camilla.benbow@vanderbilt.edu
Faculty webpage: http://peabody.vanderbilt.edu/benbow_camilla.xml 
Interests: Developmental Psychology; Creativity; Eminence; Giftedness
 
Elisabeth Dykens
Email address: elisabeth.dykens@vanderbilt.edu
Faculty webpage: http://www.vanderbilt.edu/psychological_sciences/bio/elisabeth-dykens
Interests: Mental retardation, Clinical Psychology
 
John Lachs
Email address:john.lachs@vanderbilt.edu
Faculty webpage: http://www.vanderbilt.edu/AnS/philosophy/faculty/lachs.html 
Interests: Human Nature; Philosophy
 
David Lubinski
Email address: david.lubinski@vanderbilt.edu
Faculty webpage: http://www.vanderbilt.edu/psychological_sciences/bio/david-lubinski
Interests: Quantitative Methods
 

University of Virginia

 
Gerald Clore
Email address: gclore@virginia.edu
Faculty webpage: http://www.virginia.edu/psychology/people/detail.php?id=22 
Interests: Cognition; Decision and Judgment Making
 
Jon Haidt
Email address: haidt@virginia.edu
Faculty webpage: http://wsrv.clas.virginia.edu/~jdh6n/ 
Interests: Morality; Moral Emotion; Elevation; Awe; Cultural and Positive Psychology
 
Shigehiro Oishi
Email address: soishi@virginia.edu
Faculty webpage: http://www.people.virginia.edu/~so5x/index.htm 
Interests: Social Ecology; Culture; Well-Being
 
Tim Wilson
Email address:tdw@virginia.edu
Faculty webpage: http://www.people.virginia.edu/~tdw/ 
Interests: Affective Forecasting, Self-Knowledge, Social Cognition, Attitudes, Stereotyping, Values
 

University of Waterloo

 
John Holmes 
Email address: jholmes@watarts.uwaterloo.ca
Faculty webpage: http://www.psychology.uwaterloo.ca/people/faculty/jholmes/index.html 
Interests: Interpersonal Relationships
 
Steve Spencer 
Email address: sspencer@watarts.uwaterloo.ca
Faculty webpage: http://www.psychology.uwaterloo.ca/people/faculty/sspencer/index.html
Interests: Motivation; Self; Stereotyping
 
Joanne Wood 
Email address: jwood@watarts.uwaterloo.ca
Faculty webpage: http://www.psychology.uwaterloo.ca/people/faculty/jwood/index.html 
Interests: Dispositional Self-Esteem; Savoring; Emotion Regulation
 
Mark Zanna 
Email address: mzanna@watarts.uwaterloo.ca
Faculty webpage: http://www.psychology.uwaterloo.ca/people/faculty/mzanna/index.html 
Interests: Psychology of Attitudes
 

University of Wisconsin

 
Jeana L. Magyar-Moe
Email address: jmagyarm@uwsp.edu
Faculty webpage: http://www.uwsp.edu/psych/jmagyarm/
Interests: Positive psychology, diversity issues, therapy process & outcome, the scholarship of teaching & learning
 
Arthur J. Reynolds
Email address: areynolds@Waisman.Wisc.Edu
Faculty webpage: http://www.waisman.wisc.edu/cls/arthur.htm 
Interests: Prevention Research; Program Evaluation; Child Development
 
Carol Ryff
Email address: cryff@wisc.edu
Faculty webpage: 
Interests: Well-Being and Social Influences
 

Yale University

 
John Bargh
Email address: John.Bargh@yale.edu
Faculty webpage: http://www.yale.edu/psychology/FacInfo/Bargh.html 
Interests: Cognition; Motivation; Emotion
 
Peter Salovey 
Email address: Peter.Salovey@yale.edu
Faculty webpage: http://www.yale.edu/psychology/FacInfo/Salovey.html 
Interests: Social Psychology; Personality
 
Jerome Singer 
Email address: jerome.singer@yale.edu 
Faculty webpage: http://www.yale.edu/psychology/FacInfo/Singer.html 
Interests: Conscious Experience; Personality
 
Edward Zigler 
Email address: edward.zigler@yale.edu 
Faculty webpage: http://www.yale.edu/bushcenter/ 
Interests: Child Development and Social Policy
 
The following universities have one faculty that we are aware of who have in interest in Positive Psychology.
 

University of Alabama at Birmingham

 
Gitendra Uswatte
Email address: guswatte@uab.edu 
Faculty webpage: http://www.psy.uab.edu/uswatte.htm 
Interests: Character Strengths
 

Brandeis University

 
Derek Isaacowitz
Email address: isaacowitz@brandeis.edu
Faculty webpage: http://www.brandeis.edu/departments/psych/faculty/isaacowitz.html 
Interests: Life-Span Development; Emotion in Adulthood and Old Age.
 

California State University, Northridge

 
Gregory C. Jackson
Email address: gregory.jackson@csun.edu
Faculty webpage: http://www.csun.edu/edpsy/career.html
Interests: Positive psychology in career counseling and development
 

Chapman University

 
Shari Young Kuchenbecker
Email address: kuchenbe@chapman.edu
Faculty webpage: http://www.chapman.edu/SCS/HLS/faculty/kuchenbecker.asp
Interests: Empathy, development and prosocial behaviors; women's non-linear paths including community service, life satisfaction & longevity; proactive formative evaluation to increase volunteer youth sport coach quality behaviors
 

Charles Sturt University

 
Darryl Maybery
Email address: dmaybery@csu.edu.au 
Faculty webpage: http://www.csu.edu.au/faculty/arts/humss/staff/darryl_maybery.htm
Interests: Health Psychology; Mental Health; Well-Being
 

Clark University

 
Lene Jensen
Email address:ljensen@clarku.edu
Faculty webpage: http://www.clarku.edu/faculty/facultybio.cfm?id=616
Interests: Civic Engagement in Immigrants, Moral Development
 

University of Colorado at Boulder

 
Leaf Van Boven
Email address: vanboven@colorado.edu
Faculty webpage: http://psych.colorado.edu/~vanboven/VanBoven/Home.html
Interests: Judgment; Emotion; Decision; Intuition
 

Columbia University

 
Sheena Iyengar
Email address: ss957@columbia.edu
Faculty webpage: http://www.columbia.edu/cu/psychology/fac-bios/IyengarS/faculty.html 
Interests: Choice; Decisions
 

University of Connecticut

 
Joel Kupperman
Email address: Joel.Kupperman@uconn.edu
Faculty webpage: http://www.philosophy.uconn.edu/department/kupperman/vjjk.htm
Interests: Philosophy, The Good Life, Ethics
 

University College Cork (Ireland)

 
Zelda Di Blasi 
Email address: z.diblasi@ucc.ie
Faculty webpage: http://www.ucc.ie/en/ppi/Members/ResearchStaff/ZeldaDiBlasi/
Interests: Positive Emotion; Happiness/Well-being; Meditation/Yoga; Gratitude; Placebo Effect
 

University of Florida

 
Monika Ardelt
Email address: ardelt@soc.ufl.edu
Faculty webpage: http://web.clas.ufl.edu/users/ardelt/ 
Interests: Human Development; Aging; Wisdom, Purpose in Life, Religiosity, Dying Well
 

Florida State University

 
Roy Baumeister
Email address: baumeister@psy.fsu.edu 
Faculty webpage: http://www.psy.fsu.edu/~baumeistertice/index.html 
Interests: Self; Emotion; Social Rejection/Belongingness; Self-esteem; Quest for Meaning
 

Furman University

 
Charles Brewer
Email address: charles.brewer@furman.edu
Faculty webpage: http://www2.furman.edu/academics/psychology/FacultyandStaff/Brewer/Pages/default.aspx 
Interests: Learning; Memory; History of Psychology
 

George Washington University

 
Steve Wolin
Email address: steven@projectresilience.com
Faculty webpage: http://projectresilience.com/index.htm 
Interests: Resiliency
 

Hendrix College

 
Patricia Bruininks
Email address: bruininks@hendrix.edu
Faculty webpage: http://www.hendrix.edu/psychology/psychology.aspx?id=3701
Interests: Difference Between Hope and Optimism; Trait of Hopelessness; Hope and Decision-Making; Measuring Emotional Experience
 

Hope College

 
David Myers
Email address: myers@hope.edu
Faculty webpage: http://www.hope.edu/academic/psychology/myers/index.html
Interests: Social Psychologist; Psychological science writer
 

Jefferson College of Health Sciences

 
Bob Reese
Email address: rcreese@jchs.edu
Faculty webpage:
Interests: Performance; Health Psychology
 

Johns Hopkins

 
Stephen Drigotas
Email address: drigotas@jhu.edu 
Faculty webpage:  
Interests: Close Relationships
 

Kent State

 
Manfred Van Dulmen 
Email address: mvandul@kent.edu 
Faculty webpage: http://www.kent.edu/CAS/Psychology/people/~mvandul/  
Interests: Interpersonal Relationships, Behavior
 

University of Kentucky

 
Suzanne Segerstrom
Email address: scsege0@uky.edu 
Faculty webpage: http://www.uky.edu/AS/Psychology/faculty/segerstr.html 
Interests: Personality; Cognition; Emotion; Physiological Effect of Stressors
 

Lehigh University

 
Debbie Laible
Email address: del205@lehigh.edu 
Faculty webpage: http://www.lehigh.edu/~inpsy/laible.htm 
Interests: Parent-Child Discourse, Attachment
 

McGill University

 
John Abela
Email address: john.abela@mcgill.ca 
Faculty webpage: http://www.psych.mcgill.ca/faculty/abela.html 
Interests: Depression; Resiliency
 

Michigan State University

 
Richard Lucas
Email address: lucasri@msu.edu
Faculty webpage: http://www.msu.edu/user/lucasri/ 
Interests: Personality and Emotion; Function of pleasant affect; Causes of life satisfaction
 

Eastern Michigan University

 
Brian Bruya
Email address: bbruya@emich.edu
Faculty webpage: http://people.emich.edu/bbruya/
Interests: Flow, Effortlessness, Spontaneity, Improvisation, Wisdom Education, Character Strengths and Virtues
 

University of Minnesota

 
Robert F. Krueger
Email address: krueg038@umn.edu
Faculty webpage: http://www.psych.umn.edu/people/faculty/krueger.htm 
Interests: Personality disorders; Behavior Genetics; Mental Disorders; Quantitative Methods
 

Monash University (Melbourne, Australia)

 
Dianne Vella-Brodrick
Email address: Dianne.Vella-Brodrick@monash.edu
Faculty webpage: http://spppm-cf.med.monash.edu.au/staffpages/page.cfm?un=diannev
Interests: Positive psychology interventions, orientations to happiness (pleasure, engagement and meaning), workplace well-being.
 

New School for Social Research

 
Joan Miller
Email address: millerj@newschool.edu
Faculty webpage: http://www.newschool.edu/nssr/faculty.aspx?id=16176
Interests: Motivation; Moral Judgment; Close Relationships; Theory of Mind; Attachment
 

New York University

 
Amy Wrzesniewski
Email address: awrzesni@stern.nyu.edu
Faculty webpage: http://pages.stern.nyu.edu/~awrzesni/ 
Interests: Making Meaning in the Workplace; Organizational Psychology
 

Norfolk State University

 
Delanyard L. Robinson
Email address: dlrobinson@nsu.edu
Faculty webpage: http://sola.nsu.edu/psychology/colson_bio.html 
Interests: Teaching Positive Psychology; PP Interventions; Nurturing Character Strengths; Optimism; Gratitude
 

North Dakota State University

 
Michael Robinson
Email address: michael.d.robinson@ndsu.edu 
Faculty webpage: http://www.psych.ndsu.nodak.edu/robinson/
Interests: Personality; Self-Regulation; Automaticity; Subjective Well-Being; Aggression
 

Northwestern University

 
Dan McAdams
Email address: dmca@northwestern.edu 
Faculty webpage: http://www.psych.northwestern.edu/~mcadams/ 
Interests: Personality; Development; Identity; Intimacy; Biography; Generativity
 

Open Polytechnic of New Zealand

 
Aaron Jarden
Email address: aaron.jarden@openpolytechnic.ac.nz
Faculty webpage: http://www.openpolytechnic.ac.nz/
Interests: values, savouring, grit, hope, strengths
 

Ottawa University, Phoenix

 
Dean Colston
Email address: dean.colston@ottawa.edu 
Faculty webpage:
Interests: Emotional intelligence and academic achievement; affective and social neuroscience
 

Brown University

 
Bertram Malle
Email address: Bertram_Malle@brown.edu
Faculty webpage: http://www.psych.brown.edu/people/bertrammalle.html
Interests: Human Behavior; Social Interaction; Folk Theory of Mind
 

Florida State University

 
Frank Fincham
Email address: ffincham@fsu.edu
Faculty webpage:  http://www.fincham.info/ 
Interests:
 

Princeton University

 
Daniel Kahneman
Email address: kahneman@Princeton.edu 
Faculty webpage: http://www.princeton.edu/~kahneman/
Interests: Decision Making; Judgment
 

Ringling College of Art and Design

 
Poppy Scheibel, M.S., ATR 
Email address: pscheibe@Ringling.Edu 
Faculty webpage: (currently under construction)
Interests: Creative strengths; Designing positive emotions
 

Rollins College

 
Marie C. Shafe
Email address: MCShafe@aol.com 
Faculty webpage:
Interests: Positive psychology in counseling
 

Syracuse University

 
Nancy Cantor
Email address: ncantor@syr.edu
Faculty webpage: http://www.syr.edu/chancellor/ 
Interests: N/A
 

United States Military Academy

 
Michael Matthews
Email address: lm6270@usma.edu 
Faculty webpage: http://www.dean.usma.edu/bsl/FacultyPages/Matthews.html
Interests: Situational awareness/understanding of the Infantry battlefield
 

Vassar College

 
Michele M. Tugade
Email address: mitugade@vassar.edu
Faculty wepage: http://faculty.vassar.edu/mitugade/
Interests: Positive emotions, emotion regulation, resilience, working memory
 

University of Victoria

 
Frederick Grouzet
Email address: fgrouzet@uvic.ca
Faculty webpage: http://web.uvic.ca/psyc/grouzet/
Interests: Personal goals, well-being, life transition, meaning, cross-cultural psychology
 

Wake Forest University

 
Batja Mesquita
Email address: mesquita@wfu.edu
Faculty webpage: http://www.wfu.edu/psychology/faculty/mesquita.html
Interests: Cultural Psychology; Emotional Psychology
 

University of Western Ontario

 
Rod Martin
Email address: ramartin@uwo.ca
Faculty webpage: http://psychology.uwo.ca/faculty/martin_res.htm 
Interests: Psychology of Humor; Psychosocial stress and Health; Personality; Coping Strategies
 

Zurich University

 
Willibald Ruch
Email address: w.ruch@psychologie.unizh.ch
Faculty webpage: http://www.research-projects.unizh.ch/a872.htm 
Interests: Positive Emotions; Humor; Character Strengths and Virtues