Research and Voices

K. Anders Ericsson, PhD, is presently Conradi Eminent Scholar and Professor of Psychology at Florida State University.
Read his article with Robert Pool here.

Angela Duckworth is the Founder and CEO of Character Lab and the Christopher H. Browne Distinguished Professor of Psychology at the University of Pennsylvania.
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Annie Littrell Senior is an educator and coach focused on career and leadership development.
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Elaine O'Brien has a Masters of Applied Positive Psychology and  strives to help people enjoy moving well, more and meaningfully, encouraging that exercise shouldn't hurt, and can be empowering, rewarding, as well as fun!
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Emily vanSonnenberg, M.A.P.P. is a university course creator and lecturer who designed and teaches the UCLAx course, Happiness: Theory, Research, and Application in Positive Psychology.
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Emily Esfahani Smith is a journalist whose writing has appeared in the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, The Atlantic, The New Criterion, and other publications.
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John J. Ratey, MD, is an Associate Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School and an internationally recognized expert in Neuropsychiatry. He has published over 60 peer-reviewed articles, and 11 books.
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Leora Viega Rifkin is the Founder and CEO of Canary Rising, which helps people focus on how mental strength and individual strengths support their business and overall wellbeing.
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Dr. Robert Biswas-Diener is widely known as the “Indiana Jones of Positive Psychology” because his adventurous worldwide research on happiness and other positive topics.
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Shannon Thompson is a mental performance consultant who specializes in high performance sport. Shannon holds a Masters of Applied Positive Psychology degree from the University of Pennsylvania.
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 Taylor Kreiss is a positive psychology writer and coach on a mission to share the art and science of the good life. He consults businesses in how to bring positive psychology into the workplace.
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Dr. Timothy A. Pychyl (Tim) is an Associate Professor of Psychology and Director of the Centre for Initiatives in Education at Carleton University (Ottawa, Ontario).
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Cory Muscara is the founder of the Long Island Center for Mindfulness. He serves as faculty at Columbia Teachers College and the University of Pennsylvania, and in 2012 spent six months in silence living as a monk in Asia. He regularly appears on the Dr. Oz show as a guest expert in the topic of mindfulness. 
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Michelle Segar, PhD, MPH, behavioral sustainability scientist and author of “No Sweat! How the Simple Science of Motivation Can Bring You a Lifetime of Fitness” is Director of the University of Michigan’s Sport, Health, and Activity Research and Policy Center. 
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Alissa Mrazek, Ph.D. is a post-doctoral research fellow at the University of California’s Center for Mindfulness and Human Potential and the Chief Scientific Officer at Empirical Wisdom, and is co-author of Presence of Mind: A practical introduction to mindfulness and meditation.
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Michael Mrazek, Ph.D. is the Director of Research at the University of California's Center for Mindfulness & Human Potential, and is author of Presence of Mind: A Practical Introduction to Mindfulness & Meditation.
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A former professional football player and coach, Paddy Steinfort now works as a performance and leadership consultant for teams in the NFL, NBA, MLB and NCAA football in the USA. He is a bestselling author & has written guest articles for Sports Illustrated & Psychology Today that focus on the link between performance, leadership and well-being psychology.
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Robert Pool is co-author of Peak: Secrets from the New Science of Expertise, and combined his history, physics, and mathematics degrees with his love of writing to successfully transition from mathematics professor to renowned science, technology, and medical writer. He has taught science writing at Johns Hopkins University and has worked as a writer and editor at Science and Nature.
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Jess Hopkins is a Positive Psychology coach, speaker and trainer, working to maximize workplace well-being and performance. Through the use of evidence-based, positive interventions, Jess supports organizations in getting the best out of their workforce and cultivating a culture of thriving. As a twice-certified Life Purpose and Career Coach, with dual masters degrees in Counseling and Applied Positive Psychology, Jess is committed to affecting positive change within organizations that are driven by passion and purpose. Read her latest.