Barbara Fredrickson

Education

• Ph.D. in Psychology, Stanford University – Minor in Organizational Behavior, 1990

• B.A., Carleton College, Northfield, Minnesota – Distinction in major of Psychology, Summa Cum Laude, 1986

Academic and Research Experience

• Kenan Distinguished Professor Department of Psychology & Neuroscience, Social Psychology Program, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2006 – Present

• Director, Positive Emotions and Psychophysiology Laboratory University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (2006 to present) University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (2000 to 2005), 2000 – Present

• Adjunct Professor of Management, Kenan-Flagler School of Business, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2007 – Present

• Member, Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center – Cancer Prevention and Control Research Program, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2013 – Present

• Visiting Scholar, University of California, Berkeley Institute of Personality and Social Research, 2013 – 2017

• Director, Social Psychology Doctoral Program – University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2010 – 2015

• Professor of Psychology, Department of Psychology Social Psychology Area, University of Michigan, 2005

• Professor of Business, Ross School of Business, Department of Management and Organizations, University of Michigan, 2005

• Associate Professor of Psychology, Department of Psychology Social Psychology Area, University of Michigan, 2000 – 2005

• Associate Professor of Business, Ross School of Business Department of Management and Organizations, University of Michigan, 2004 – 2005

• Faculty Associate, Research Center for Group Dynamics Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan, 1995 – 2005

• Assistant Professor of Psychology, Department of Psychology Social Psychology Area, University of Michigan, 1995 – 2000

• Assistant Professor of Women’s Studies (non-budgeted appointment) University of Michigan, 1997 – 2000

• Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology: Social & Health Sciences, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, 1992 – 1995

• Co-Director, Project on Gender/Body/Self, Women’s Studies Program, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, 1993 – 1995

• Post-doctoral Fellow, NIMH Training Grant in Emotion Research Trained at the Berkeley Human Psychophysiology Lab, UC Berkeley, 1990 – 1992