Feb 16, 2019
Michael Steger is a professor of
psychology and founding director of the Center for Meaning and
Purpose at Colorado State University. For more than 15 years, he
has researched how people flourish by living a meaningful life.
Michael has published more than 100 scholarly journal articles and
book chapters, as well as three books. He was recently named as an
Extraordinary Professor by North-West University in South Africa.
He received his B.A. in Psychology from Macalester College and his
Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology and Personality Psychology from the
University of Minnesota in 2005. His graduate work on developing a
measure of meaning in life earned him the Best Dissertation Award
from the International Society for Quality-of-Life Studies. He has
continued to research the foundations and benefits of living a
meaningful life. In addition, he has published research on factors
related to achieving well-being, how people adjust to traumatic
life events, and social influences on depression. He is the
co-editor of Designing Positive Psychology
from Oxford University Press,
and Purpose and Meaning
in the Workplace from
American Psychological Association Press. His research also
investigates what makes work meaningful, and how meaningful work
enriches employees and organizations. He currently serves as the
Associate Editor of the Journal of Personality, and serves on the editorial boards of several
other journals. You can contact Michael
at Michael.F.Steger@colostate.edu
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