Speaker Profile

Dacher Keltner, PhD

Professor of Psychology; Director, Berkeley Social Interaction Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley; Co-Director, Greater Good Science Center; Author, Awe: The New Science of Everyday Wonder and How It Can Transform Your Life (2023) and Born to Be Good: The Science of a Meaningful Life (2009); Co-Author, “Awe Sparks Prosociality in Children” (2023, Psychological Science), “The Magic of Hope: Hope Mediates the Relationship Between Socioeconomic Status and Academic Achievement” (2017, Educational Research) and Understanding Emotions (2013); Co-Editor, The Gratitude Project: How the Science of Thankfulness Can Rewire Our Brains for Resilience, Optimism, and the Greater Good (2020) and The Compassionate Instinct: The Science of Human Goodness (2010)

DacherKeltner, PhD
Dacher Keltner, PhD

Past Talks

Teaching Stronger Brains
Promoting Student Strengths, Character, Compassion, Hope, and Autonomy in a Deficit-Focused Age
Fairmont San Francisco or Virtually via Zoom
February 20-22, 2025
Educating with Empathy
Cultivating Kindness, Compassion,<br>Cooperation, and Good Behavior
The Historic Fairmont Hotel, Atop Nob Hill,<br>San Francisco, CA
February 15-17, 2019

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