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Todd B. Kashdan Ph.D.

About

A world-recognized authority on well-being, strengths, social relationships, stress, and anxiety, Dr. Todd Kashdan has published over 200 articles in peer-reviewed journals and is the author of The Upside of Your Dark Side: Why being your whole self - not just your “good” self - drives success and fulfillment (Hudson Street Press), Curious? Discover the missing ingredient to a fulfilling life (HarperCollins) and The Art of Insubordination: How to Dissent and Defy Effectively. His books have been translated into over 15 languages.

Dr. Kashdan is Professor of Psychology at George Mason University. He received the American Psychological Association's Distinguished Scientific Award for Early Career Contribution to Psychology and the Distinguished Faculty Member of the Year at George Mason University. He is a Fellow of the Association for Psychological Science, Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, and Association for Contextual and Behavioral Science.

He is a scientific advisor of Time, Inc., National Geographic, and Merck. He gives keynotes and workshops to organizations as diverse as the United States Department of Defense, World Bank, Hormel, General Mills, Gensler, the Gap, and Standard Chartered Bank. His research has been featured in hundreds of media outlets, including the Harvard Business Review, New York Times, and Washington Post. He's a twin with twin 14-year-old daughters, with plans to rapidly populate the world with great conversationalists. For more, go to toddkashdan.com.

Books by Todd B. Kashdan Ph.D.
Recent Posts
Designing Smarter, Wiser Groups
There are scientifically informed strategies for getting a dissenter to speak up when they possess unique information that can help a group become smarter and wiser.
Why Do 80% of Experts Get This Point About Persuasion Wrong?

We turn to experts in influence, persuasion, and prejudice reduction to understand how to change minds. Well, it turns out four out of five are wrong when it comes to effective messengers.

We turn to experts in influence, persuasion, and prejudice reduction to understand how to change minds. Well, it turns out four out of five are wrong when it comes to effective messengers.

7 Rules for Any Dissenter Who Seeks Influence

There will be a time when you lack power, status, or supporters in a group. How can you be persuasive in dissenting? Here are seven rules.

There will be a time when you lack power, status, or supporters in a group. How can you be persuasive in dissenting? Here are seven rules.

Have We Rejected Psychodynamic Therapy Too Quickly?

Are you beholden to myside bias, where you use different standards for ideas that fit with your ideological beliefs? See how the problem plays out among psychological scientists.

Are you beholden to myside bias, where you use different standards for ideas that fit with your ideological beliefs? See how the problem plays out among psychological scientists.

A New Approach to Getting Healthier

Relying on self-discipline is a strategy that works for some. More promising, however, is to increase physical health activities with a strategy known as "temptation bundling."

Relying on self-discipline is a strategy that works for some. More promising, however, is to increase physical health activities with a strategy known as "temptation bundling."

How Science Changed My View on Trigger Warnings

Are trigger warnings helpful or harmful in classrooms? What about in the workplace and the rest of society? Science offers new insights.

Are trigger warnings helpful or harmful in classrooms? What about in the workplace and the rest of society? Science offers new insights.

Why Colleges Should Support Student Athlete Autonomy

An issue has been missing in the conversation about whether the National Collegiate Athletic Association should allow college student athletes to earn money. It's about identity.

An issue has been missing in the conversation about whether the National Collegiate Athletic Association should allow college student athletes to earn money. It's about identity.