SONJA LYUBOMIRSKY: BACKGROUND INFORMATION

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
Recent & Upcoming Talks
  • FEB 5: Barnes & Noble, 3rd Street Promenade, Santa Monica, CA
  • FEB 13: "Teddy Bear Tea," The Help Group, Regency Club, Los Angeles, CA
  • FEB 26: Google, Santa Monica, CA
  • FEB 26: Masters of Positive Psychology Quarterly Speaker (by phone), Santa Monica, CA
  • MAR 4: Stauffer Colloquium Series, Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA
  • MAR 13, Mirman School, Los Angeles, CA
  • APR 5: Annual Luncheon Speaker, California Psychological Association, Anaheim, CA
  • APR 10: Symposium Speaker, Western Psychological Association, Irvine, CA
  • APR 16: Global Leadership Academy Conference, Singapore
  • APR 26: Los Angeles Times Festival of Books (Panel, "Smile: Is Happiness Overrated?"), Los Angeles, CA
  • MAY 3: Keynote Address, 12th Annual Psychology Research Conference for Southern California Community Colleges, Irvine Valley College, Irvine, CA
  • MAY 5: The Affiliates of UC Riverside Lunch Meeting, Riverside, CA
  • JUN 20: Coaching Toward Happiness Conference Call, Santa Monica, CA
  • JUL 15: Aquarium of the Pacific, Long Beach, CA
  • AUG 15: American Psychological Association, Boston, MA
  • SEP 4: Keynote Address, Institute for Behavioral Studies Conference, Istanbul, Turkey
  • SEP 24: SNAP! Conference, The Boulder Theater, Boulder, CO
  • OCT 3: SMC Associates, Santa Monica College, Santa Monica, CA
  • OCT 8: Keynote Address, VII Brazilian Congress of Quality of Life, Sao Paolo, Brazil
  • OCT: Symposium Speaker, Society of Experimental Social Psychology, Sacramento, CA
  • NOV: Positive Psychology Leaders Series, IPPA Membership Conference Call, Santa Monica, CA
  • NOV: Department of Psychology and Social Behavior, University of California, Irvine
  • DEC 13, Keynote Address, National Institute for the Clinical Application of Behavioral Medicine Conference, Hilton Head Island, SC
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