List of positive psychologists
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Almost all of these following scientists have published influential and well-cited articles. Furthermore, these scientists are considered producers of high-quality work outside of the positive psychology guild and publish in mainstream, top-tier psychology journals.
- Albert BanduraAlbert BanduraAlbert Bandura is a psychologist and the David Starr Jordan Professor Emeritus of Social Science in Psychology at Stanford University...
- Barbara FredricksonBarbara FredricksonBarbara L. Fredrickson is a professor in the department of Psychology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where she is the Kenan Distinguished Professor of Psychology....
- Carol DweckCarol DweckCarol S. Dweck is the Lewis and Virginia Eaton Professor of Psychology at Stanford University. She graduated from Barnard College in 1967 and earned a Ph.D. from Yale University in 1972...
- Charles S. Carver
- Christopher Peterson
- C. R. SnyderC. R. SnyderCharles Richard "Rick" Snyder b,1944 d,2006), a specialist in positive psychology was Wright Distinguished Professor of Clinical Psychology at the University of Kansas, and editor of the Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology-Education:...
- Ed DienerEd DienerEdward Diener is an American psychologist, professor, and author. He is noted for his research over the past twenty-five years on happiness — the measurement of well-being; temperament and personality influences on well-being; theories of well-being; income and well-being; and cultural...
- Kennon SheldonKennon SheldonKennon Sheldon is a professor of Psychological Sciences at the University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri. He is known for his research in positive psychology. In 2002 he was a recipient of a Templeton Foundation "Positive Psychology" prize , and has received large research grants for his work...
- Martin SeligmanMartin SeligmanMartin E. P. "Marty" Seligman is an American psychologist, educator, and author of self-help books. His theory of "learned helplessness" is widely respected among scientific psychologists....
- Michael McCullough
- Mihaly CsikszentmihalyiMihaly CsikszentmihalyiMihaly Csikszentmihalyi is a Hungarian psychology professor, who emigrated to the United States at the age of 22. Now at Claremont Graduate University, he is the former head of the department of psychology at the University of Chicago and of the department of sociology and anthropology at Lake...
- Philip ZimbardoPhilip ZimbardoPhilip George Zimbardo is an American psychologist and a professor emeritus at Stanford University. He is president of the Heroic Imagination Project...
- Kennon SheldonKennon SheldonKennon Sheldon is a professor of Psychological Sciences at the University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri. He is known for his research in positive psychology. In 2002 he was a recipient of a Templeton Foundation "Positive Psychology" prize , and has received large research grants for his work...
- Jonathan HaidtJonathan HaidtJonathan Haidt is a professor of psychology at the University of Virginia. His research focuses on the psychological bases of morality across different cultures and political ideology. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania in 1992. He was awarded the Templeton Prize in Positive...
- Robert Biswas-DienerRobert Biswas-DienerRobert Biswas-Diener, known as "the Indiana Jones of Positive Psychology", is a positive psychologist, Certified Mentor Coach, researcher, author and an instructor at Portland State University. Dr. Biswas-Diener's father is Ed Diener, a fellow psychologist and positive psychology researcher.Dr...
- Todd Kashdan
- Robert Emmons
- Shelley TaylorShelley TaylorShelley Elizabeth Taylor is a distinguished professor of psychology at the University of California, Los Angeles. She received her Ph.D. from Yale University, and was formerly on the faculty at Harvard University...
- Sonja LyubomirskySonja LyubomirskySonja Lyubomirsky is a professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of California, Riverside and author of The How of Happiness, a book of strategies backed by scientific research that can be used to increase happiness....