Author Frank T. McAndrew

Frank T. McAndrew

Frank McAndrew is the Cornelia H. Dudley Professor of Psychology at Knox College and a Fellow of several professional organizations, including the Association for Psychological Science (APS). He is an evolutionary social psychologist whose research is guided by the simple desire to make sense of everyday life, and he is currently studying gossip, aggression, and creepiness. His research has appeared in more than 30 different professional journals and it is regularly featured in popular media outlets such as NPR, the BBC, The New York Times, and NBC's Today Show. In 2005, He was identified as one of the "key individuals" in the history of environmental psychology by a survey of over 300 researchers in that field. Consistent with his long tenure at a liberal arts college, Professor McAndrew is also an award-winning teacher who is particularly proud of the fact that almost 100 of his former students have gone on to complete a doctoral degree in psychology or a closely related field. McAndrew is a blogger for Psychology Today Magazine, and his blog can be found here: https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/out-the-ooze

The Truth About Happiness

Frank T. McAndrew

Psychology, Science & Medicine

Frank T. McAndrew, Knox College In the 1990s, a psychologist named Martin Seligman led the positive psychology movement, which placed the study of human happiness squarely at the center of psychology...

Why High School Stays With Us Forever

Frank T. McAndrew

Arts & Culture, Education

The odd social bubble created by high school poses an unprecedented social challenge to our prehistoric minds.

With Teen Mental Health Deteriorating Over Five Years, There's a Likely Culprit

Why We’re in Such a Frenzy About Prince Harry and Meghan Markle

I Run ‘Facial Recognition’ on Buildings to Unlock Architectural Secrets

A Quick Parents’ Guide For Children Pursuing Higher Education

The Weight of the Presidency

Knowing Your Boundaries: A Key to Understanding Our Global Crises

How to Depoliticize the U.S. Supreme Court

Jordan Peterson, Destroyed

Colonizing Mars Means Contaminating Mars – And Never Knowing For Sure If It Had Its Own Native Life

UC Berkeley’s David A. Patterson Sees the Future After Moore’s Law

Some Renewable Energy Types Promise a Bright Future. Others are Merely Sci-Fi Fantasy

How To Teach Science at School? Less Expert Talk, According To The Expert Darwin

Author Frank T. McAndrew

Frank T. McAndrew

The Truth About Happiness

Why High School Stays With Us Forever