# Professor Jonathan Haidt's research on love and passion is referenced in "Modern Romance," by alumnus Aziz Ansari (BS '04) and Eric Klinenberg

1 Faculty News February 13, 2016 ![BBC News logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/con_030504.jpg?itok=xD3gBRnr)>

Excerpt from [BBC News](http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-35535424) -- "Klinenberg and Ansari cite social psychologist [Jonathan Haidt](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/jonathan-haidt) on what he describes as the 'prototypical courses' of the two kinds of love - passionate and companionate. In less than six months the passion may fade, Haidt suggests - while the companionate nature of a relationship may not have grown sufficiently in strength."

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