Laurie Santos
Professor
Bio
Dr. Laurie Santos is Laurie is the Chandrika and Ranjan Tandon Professor of Psychology and Head of Silliman College at Yale University. In addition to her work on the evolutionary origins of human cognition, Laurie is an expert on the science of happiness and the ways in which our minds lie to us about what makes us happy. Her Yale course, 鈥淧sychology and the Good Life,鈥� teaches students how the science of psychology can provide important hints about how to make wiser choices and live a life that鈥檚 happier and more fulfilling. The class became Yale鈥檚 most popular course in over 300 years, with almost one out of four students enrolled. Her course has been featured in the New York Times, NBC Nightly News, The Today Show, GQ Magazine, Slate and O! Magazine. The online version of the class鈥擳he Science of Well-Being on 糖心vlog官网观看.org鈥攈as attracted more than 4 million learners from around the world. A winner of numerous awards both for her science and teaching, she was recently voted as one of Popular Science Magazine鈥檚 鈥淏rilliant 10鈥� young minds, and was named in Time Magazine as a 鈥淟eading Campus Celebrity.鈥� Her podcast, The Happiness Lab, is a top-3 Apple podcast which has attracted 100+ million downloads since its launch.
