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
At Haas since 2016
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