“…in teaching, you must simply work your pupil into such a state of interest in what you are going to teach him that every other object of attention is banished from his mind; then reveal it to him so impressively that he will remember the occasion to his dying day; and finally fill him with devouring curiosity to know what the next steps in connection with the subject are.”

– from William James Talks to Teachers on Psychology

 

 

 
   

The Psychology One team is dedicated to helping others learn to think critically about psychological science. James Gross directs the program and teaches the fall quarter. Benoît Monin teaches the winter quarter. Brian Knutson teaches the spring quarter. Kelly McGonigal is the Psychology One Coordinator. Michael Reding is the Course Assistant. Phil Zimbardo is Senior Consultant to the program.

James Gross, Ph.D
James Gross is Associate Professor of Psychology at Stanford. He received his B.A. in Philosophy from Yale University and his Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from the University of California, Berkeley. His research focuses on emotion and emotion regulation, and includes measures of emotion experience, expressive behavior, autonomic physiology, and brain activation.
http://psychology.stanford.edu/~james

Benoît Monin, Ph.D.
Benoît Monin is Assistant Professor of Psychology at Stanford. He received his M.Sc. in Social Psychology at the London School of Economics and his Ph.D. in Social Psychology at Princeton University. His research on social norms includes perceiving social norms, Moral Credentials, Do-gooder Derogation, Vicarious Dissonance, and the warm glow heuristic.
http://psychology.stanford.edu/~monin

Brian Knutson, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Brian Knutson is a professor of Psychology at Stanford University and director of the SPAN lab (Symbiotic Project on Affective Neuroscience). He earned his bachelors from Trinity in Experimental Psychology and Comparative Religion. His graduate work took place in Stanford’s department of Psychology, and he completed a postdoctoral fellowship in neuroscience at UCSF medical school. His primary interest is in the neural basis of emotion, with the long-term goal of understanding the neurochemical and neuroanatomical mechanisms responsible for emotional experience and exploring the implications of these findings for the assessment and treatment of clinical disorders of affect and addiction.
http://psychology.stanford.edu/~knutson


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Kelly McGonigal, Ph.D.
Kelly McGonigal is the Coordinator of the Psychology One Program. She received her Ph.D. from Stanford in Psychology, with a concentration in Humanistic Medicine. Her primary research and teaching interests are in the area of Health Psychology, and she teaches for the Stanford School of Medicine's Health Improvement Program.


Michael Reding
Michael Reding is the Course Assistant of the Psychology One Program. He received his B.A. and M.A. in Psychology from Stanford in 2006, and he plans to pursue a Ph.D in Clinical Psychology.




Philip Zimbardo, Ph.D.
Phil Zimbardo has taught Psychology One at Stanford since 1968 and been the recipient of countless honors and awards. His retirement in 2003 has not slowed his commitment, and he is now Senior Consultant to the Psychology One Program. Through its pedagogical mentoring program, he is investing in the next generation of Psychology One. He continues to give guest lectures and remains as accessible to - and loved by - students as ever.
http://www.zimbardo.com