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Ryan T. Howell, Ph.D.

Ryan T. Howell, Ph.D.

Ryan T. Howell, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor of Psychology at San Francisco State University. He is the director of the The Personality and Well-being Lab which focuses on identifying the factors that may best remedy human problems and cultivate thriving. We believe Positive Psychology research should aim to better understand the barriers to functioning while simultaneously determining the conditions for meeting higher-order psychological needs. Our goal is to communicate to scientists and society about how development, personality, motivation, values, beliefs, forecasts, and community interact with a person's economic conditions and financial decision-making to influence experienced quality of life—from suffering to flourishing.

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