Authors and Contributors

Dr. Christopher Peterson

Christopher Peterson, Ph.D., is professor of psychology at the University of Michigan, where he has been the director of clinical training and an Arthur F. Thurnau Professor, an award given to honor his contributions to teaching. On two separate occasions, a course he taught has been voted the "best undergraduate class" at the University of Michigan. His research centers on personality and its relationship to adaptation. Peterson is among the youngest researchers included on the Intercollegiate Studies Institute list of the 250 most highly cited psychologists and psychiatrists over the past 20 years.

Dr. Martin E. P. Seligman

Martin E. P. Seligman, Ph.D., is Fox Leadership Professor of Psychology at the University of Pennsylvania. He received both the American Psychological Society's William James Award (for basic science) and the Cattell Award (for the application of science). In 1997, he was elected president of the American Psychological Association by the largest vote in modern history. The National Institute of Mental Health, the National Science Foundation, the Guggenheim Foundation, the Templeton Foundation, and the MacArthur Foundation have supported his research. He is the director of the Positive Psychology Network, and his current mission is to transform social science to work on the best things in life - virtue, positive emotion, and positive institutions - and not just on healing pathology.

LESSONS FROM HISTORY

Katherine Dahlsgaard

CREATIVITY

Dean Keith Simonton

CURIOSITY

Todd B Kashdan

LOVE OF LEARNING

K. Ann Renninger
Carol Sansone
Jessi L. Smith

PERSPECTIVE

Pamela S Hartman

BRAVERY

Monica C. Worline

BRAVERY

Tracy A. Steen

PERSISTENCE

Dianne M. Tice
Harry M. Wallace
Andrew C. Harter

INTEGRITY

Kennon M. Sheldon

INTEGRITY

Lucy Davidson
Elizabeth Pollard

VITALITY

Richard M. Ryan
Jessey H. Bernstein

LOVE

Cindy Hazan

KINDNESS

Stephen G. Post
Michael E. McCullough

SOCIAL INTELLIGENCE

John D. Mayer
Peter Salovey

CITIZENSHIP

Constance A. Flanagan

FAIRNESS

Marvin W. Berkowitz
Stephen A Sherblom

LEADERSHIP

Stephen J. Zaccaro

FORGIVENESS AND MERCY

Michael E. McCullough

HUMILITY AND MODESTY

Lauren V. Kachorek

HUMILITY AND MODESTY

Julie Juola Exline
W. Keith Campbell
Roy F. Baumeister
Thomas E. Joiner
Joachim I. Krueger

PRUDENCE

Nick Hanslam

SELF-REGULATION

Roy F. Baumeister
Kathleen D. Vohs

APPRECIATION OF BEAUTY

Jonathan Haidt
Dacher Keltner

GRATITUDE

Robert A. Emmons

HUMOR

Willibald Ruch

SPIRITUALITY

Jacqueline S. Mattis

ASSESSMENT AND APPLICATIONS

Nansook Park