Biography

Jonathan Haidt joined New York University Stern School of Business in July 2011 as the Henry Kaufman Visiting Professor in the Business and Society Program Area. He is also a social psychologist at the University of Virginia.

Professor Haidt’s research examines the intuitive foundations of morality. In recent years, he has applied this work to understand ideological divisions such as the American culture war. At Stern, he aims to integrate research on moral psychology with research and theory in business ethics. In particular, his year-long project will seek the best ways to apply behavioral science research to create organizations that function as ethical systems, with only minimal need for directly teaching or training people to behave ethically.

Professor Haidt was the 2001 winner of the Templeton Prize in Positive Psychology, and a 2004 winner of the Virginia Outstanding Faculty Award, conferred by Governor Mark Warner. He was the Laurance S. Rockefeller Distinguished Visiting Professor at Princeton University in 2006-2007. He is the author of The Happiness Hypothesis: Finding Modern Truth in Ancient Wisdom. His next book, to be published by Pantheon in 2012, is The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion.

Professor Haidt received a B.A. in Philosophy from Yale University, and an M.A. and Ph.D. in Psychology from the University of Pennsylvania.

Academic Background

Ph.D., Psychology
University of Pennsylvania

M.A., Psychology
University of Pennsylvania

B.A., Philosophy
Yale University

Awards & Appointments

Princeton University	Laurance S. Rockefeller Distinguished Visiting Professor	2006
	Virginia Outstanding Faculty Award	2004
	Templeton Prize in Positive Psychology	2001