Barbara L. Fredrickson, Ph.D. is Kenan Distinguished Professor of Psychology and
Neuroscience and Director of the Positive Emotions and Psychophysiology Lab (a.k.a. PEP
Lab) at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She received her Ph.D. in psychology
from Stanford University, with a minor in organizational behavior. Among the most highly
cited and influential scholars in psychology, her research is funded by the U.S. National
Institutes of Health (NCI, NIA, NCCAM, NIMH, NINR). Dr. Fredrickson has published more
than 100 peer-reviewed articles and book chapters and her general audience books,
Positivity (2009, Crown, www.PositivityRatio.com) and Love 2.0 (2013, Penguin,
www.PositivityResonance.com) have been translated into more than a dozen
languages. Dr. Fredrickson’s scholarly contributions have been recognized with numerous
honors, including the inaugural Templeton Prize in Positive Psychology from the American
Psychological Association, the Career Trajectory Award from the Society of Experimental
Social Psychology, and the inaugural Christopher Peterson Gold Medal from the
International Positive Psychology Association, and she is beginning her term as President
of the International Positive Psychology Association. Her work has influenced scholars and
practitioners worldwide, within education, business, healthcare, the military, and beyond,
and she is regularly invited to give keynotes nationally and internationally.