Elizabeth Dunn
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Born1978 (age 46–47)
OccupationProfessor
EducationBA., Harvard University
MA., PhD, University of Virginia
MA., PhD, University of Virginia
ThesisMisunderstanding the affective consequences of everyday social interactions: the hidden benefits of putting one's best foot forward (2004)
Elizabeth Dunn | |
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 Dunn in 2011 | |
| Born | 1978 (age 46–47) |
| Occupation | Professor |
| Academic background | |
| Education | BA., Harvard University MA., PhD, University of Virginia |
| Thesis | Misunderstanding the affective consequences of everyday social interactions: the hidden benefits of putting one's best foot forward (2004) |
| Academic advisors | Daniel Gilbert |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Social Psychology |
| Sub-discipline | Happiness |
| Institutions | University of New South Wales University of British Columbia |
| Doctoral students | Lara Aknin |
| Website | https://dunn.psych.ubc.ca |
Elizabeth Warren Dunn is a Canadian social psychologist and a Professor of Social Psychology at the University of British Columbia (UBC). In 2015, Dunn was elected a member of the College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists within the Royal Society of Canada.
Dunn conducted her undergraduate studies at Harvard University. While there, she worked under Daniel Gilbert, who inspired her to study and understand human happiness.[1] As a graduate student, she was inspired to study how couples' happiness changed with each other and with strangers.[2]
