Daniel Gilbert

Daniel Gilbert is the Edgar Pierce Professor of Psychology at Harvard University. He earned his Bachelor’s degree (BA) from the University of Colorado at Denver and his Ph.D. from Princeton University. From 1985 to 1996, he taught at the University of Texas at Austin, and in 1996, he joined the faculty at Harvard University. He has been honored with the American Psychological Association’s Distinguished Scientific Contribution Award for Early Career Contribution and the Diener Award for Outstanding Contributions to Social Psychology. He has also received teaching awards, including the Phi Beta Kappa Teaching Prize and the Harvard College Professorship. His research focuses on how and how well people think about their emotional reactions to future events. He is the author of the international bestseller "Stumbling on Happiness," which was awarded the Royal Society's General Book Prize for the best popular science book of the year. He is also a contributing editor and host of the PBS television series "The Emotional Life," and yes, he is the guy from the Prudential commercials.