Barry Schwartz

Education

• Ph.D. in Psychology, University of Pennsylvania, 1971
  
• M.A. in Psychology, University of Pennsylvania, 1969
  
• B.S., New York University, 1968
  

Positions Held

• 2016 – present, Lecturer, Haas School of Business
  
• Spring 2014, Visiting Professor, Stern School of Business, New York University
  

• 1994 – present, Dorwin P. Cartwright Professor of Social Theory and Social Action, Swarthmore College

  • Chair, Department of Psychology, 2012-13
  • Associate Provost, 1996-1999
  • Chair, Department of Psychology, 1995-1996

• 1983 – 1994, Professor of Psychology, Swarthmore College

• 1984 – 1985, Professor of Psychology (Resigned Post), University of Pennsylvania

• 1978 – 1983, Adjunct Associate Professor of Psychology, University of Pennsylvania

• 1976 – 1983, Associate Professor of Psychology, Swarthmore College

• • Department Chair 1979-1986

• 1971 – 1976, Assistant Professor of Psychology, Swarthmore College

Current Research and Interests

• Work satisfaction
• Choice
• Practical wisdom
• Relation between economics and psychology
• Decision making

Selected Papers and Publications

• What does it mean to be a rational decision maker?  Journal of Marketing Behavior, 1, 113-146.
• Multiple types of motives don’t multiply the motivation of West Point cadets.  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 111, 10990-10995 [On line June 30]. (With Amy Wrzesniewski, Xiangyu Cong, Michael Kane, Audrey Omar, and Thomas Kolditz).
• Too much of a good thing: The challenge and opportunity of the inverted-U.  Perspectives on Psychological Science, 6, 61-76. (with A. M. Grant).
• Maximizing versus satisficing: Happiness is a matter of choice.  Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 83, 1178-1197. (With A. Ward, J. Monterosso, S. Lyubomirsky, K. White, & D.R. Lehman).

Books

• The Battle for Human Nature (1986)
  
• The Costs of Living (1994)
  
• The Paradox of Choice (2004)
  
• Practical Wisdom 2010)
  
• Why We Work (2015)

Teaching

• Thinking, Judgment and Decision Making
• Practical Wisdom
• Psychology of Happiness
• Work, Wisdom, and Happiness