Rate Professor Daniel Gilbert

Academic Profile

Academic Background: Ph.D. in Social Psychology, Princeton University, 1985; B.A. in Psychology, University of Colorado, Denver, 1981.

Research Interests: Social psychology, affective forecasting, decision-making, and happiness.

Appointments: Edgar Pierce Professor of Psychology, Harvard University (current); Professor, Department of Psychology, Harvard University.

Awards: Distinguished Scientific Contribution Award, American Psychological Association (2010).

Publications:

• Stumbling on Happiness (Knopf, 2006).

Additional Contributions: Host, PBS series This Emotional Life; frequent contributor to The New York Times.