SONJA LYUBOMIRSKY: BACKGROUND INFORMATION

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Office Address
Department of Psychology
University of California
Riverside, CA 92521
Phone: (951) 827-5041 (msg only)
FAX: (951) 827-3985
e-mail: firstname.lastname@ucr.edu		 Home Address
Santa Monica, CA

Academic History

  • A.B., Psychology, Summa Cum Laude, Harvard University, 1989
  • Ph.D., Social Psychology, Stanford University, 1994
  • Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, University of California, Riverside, 1994-2001
  • Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, University of California, Riverside, 2001-2005
  • Professor, Department of Psychology, University of California, Riverside, 2005-present
Selected Fellowships and Awards
  • Fellow, Society for Personality and Social Psychology
  • Best Paper Award, Journal of Happiness Studies, 2006
  • Templeton Positive Psychology Prize, American Psychological Association, 2002
  • Faculty of the Year Award, Department of Psychology, UC Riverside, 1999-2000
  • Faculty Mentor of the Year, University Honors Program, 1999-2000
  • National Institutes of Mental Health, RO1 Award, 2004-2009
  • National Institutes of Mental Health, B/START Award, 1999-2000
  • Cancer Research Coordinating Committee Grant, 1998-1999
  • National Institutes of Mental Health, Individual National Research Service Award, 1993-1994
  • Centennial Teaching Assistant Award, Stanford University, 1994
  • National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowship, 1989-1992
  • Thomas T. Hoopes Prize for Outstanding Scholarly Work, Harvard University, 1989
  • Faculty Prize for Outstanding Honors Thesis, Department of Psychology, Harvard University, 1989
Blog Recent & Upcoming Talks
  • FEB 5 2008: Barnes & Noble, 3rd Street Promenade, Santa Monica, CA
  • FEB 13 2008: The Help Group, Regency Club, Los Angeles, CA
  • FEB 26 2008: Google, Santa Monica, CA
  • FEB 26 2008: Masters of Positive Psychology Quarterly Speaker (teleseminar)
  • MAR 4 2008: Stauffer Colloquium Series, Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA
  • MAR 13 2008: Mirman School, Los Angeles, CA
  • APR 5 2008: Annual Luncheon Speaker, California Psychological Association, Anaheim, CA
  • APR 10 2008: Symposium Speaker, Western Psychological Association, Irvine, CA
  • APR 16 2008: Global Leadership Academy Conference, SINGAPORE
  • APR 26 2008: Los Angeles Times Festival of Books (Panel, "Smile: Is Happiness Overrated?"), Los Angeles, CA
  • MAY 3 2008: Keynote Address, 12th Annual Psychology Research Conference for Southern California Community Colleges, Irvine Valley College, Irvine, CA
  • MAY 5 2008: The Affiliates of UC Riverside Lunch Meeting, Riverside, CA
  • JUN 10 2008: Mood Workshop, Consumer Perception & Behaviour, Rotterdam, THE NETHERLANDS
  • JUN 20 2008: Coaching Toward Happiness Teleseminar
  • JUL 9 2008: National Institute for the Clinical Application of Behavioral Medicine Teleseminar
  • JUL 13 2008: Management Retreat, Compak Asset Management, Irvine, CA
  • JUL 15 2008: Aquarium of the Pacific, Long Beach, CA
  • AUG 15 2008: Invited Address, American Psychological Association, Boston, MA
  • AUG 25 2008: Learn From My Life Teleconference
  • SEP 24 2008: SNAP! Conference, The Boulder Theater, Boulder, CO
  • OCT 4 2008: Beyond Belief Conference, Candles in the Dark, The Salk Institute, La Jolla, CA
  • OCT 7 2008: Keynote Address, VII Brazilian Congress of Quality of Life, São Paulo, BRAZIL
  • OCT 15 2008: The Entrepreneurial MD Teleconference
  • OCT 24, 2008: Symposium Speaker, Society of Experimental Social Psychology, Sacramento, CA
  • NOV 7, 2008: Talk & Workshop, MediaCat Forum, Istanbul, TURKEY
  • NOV 14 2008: SMC Associates, Santa Monica College, Santa Monica, CA
  • NOV 20 2008: Coaching Division Teleconference, ARC
  • DEC 5 2008: Executive Coaching for Women Teleconference
  • DEC 10 2008: Positive Psychology Leaders Series, IPPA Membership Teleseminar
  • DEC 13 2008, Keynote Address, National Institute for the Clinical Application of Behavioral Medicine Conference, Hilton Head Island, SC
  • JAN 31 2009, Keynote Address, MentorCoach Annual Conference, Sedona, AZ
  • MAR 9 2009: Invited Address, Mind and Supermind: Expanding the Limits of Consciousness, Lobero Theatre, Santa Barbara, CA
  • APR 4 2009: CHASS Discover Days, College of Humanities, Arts, & Social Sciences, University of California, Riverside.
  • APR 6 2009: Department of Psychology, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA
  • APR 13 2009: Department of Psychology and Social Behavior, University of California, Irvine, CA
  • APR 16 2009: Social Colloquium, Department of Psychology, University of California, Los Angeles, CA
  • APR 22 2009: Seminar in Marketing, Fuqua School of Business, Duke University, Durham, NC
  • MAY 14 2009: Keynote Presentation, 4th International Conference on Happiness & Its Causes, Sydney, AUSTRALIA
  • MAY 16 2009: Half-Day sWorkshop, 4th International Conference on Happiness & Its Causes, Sydney, AUSTRALIA
  • MAY 21 2009: National Institute on Aging (NIA) Workshop, Institute of Personality and Social Research, University of California, Berkeley, CA
  • JUN 1 2009: Master Lecture, Newcastle and Gateshead Children's Services, Northumbria University, Newcastle Upon Tyne, UNITED KINGDOM
  • JUN 20, 2008: Workshop Speaker, International Positive Psychology Association, Philadelphia, PA
  • SEP 10 2009: "Science of a Meaningful Life" Seminar Series, Greater Good, Los Angeles, CA
  • SEP 18 2009: Speaker, Plenary Conference, II International Congress of Emotional Intelligence, Santander, SPAIN
  • OCT 29-30 2009: Keynote Presentation, Department of Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO
  • NOV 10 2009: David Astle Memorial Lecture, Severn School, Severna Park, MD
  • JAN 28, 2010: Preconference Speaker, JDM Preconference, Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Las Vegas, NV
  • Mar 7, 2010: Invited Address & Workshop, 7th Annual Miriam O. Smith Educational Series, Jewish Family Service, Cincinnati, OH
  • APR 16, 2010: Invited Address, Elliot Sokoloff Conference Day, Jewish General Hospital, McGill University, Montreal, BC, CANADA
Selected Courses Taught
  • Introduction to Psychology
  • Social Psychology
  • Applications of Social Psychology
  • Psychology of Happiness and VIrtue
  • Experimental Design and Analysis of Variance
  • Seminar in Social Psychology: The Psychology of Mental Control
  • Seminar in Social Psychology: Emotion and Culture
  • Seminar in Social Psychology: Affect and Cognition
  • Seminar in Social Psychology: Positive Psychology
  • Seminar: Professional Development and Research Ethics
  • Psychology Undergraduate Honors Seminar