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Summer Keynote with Catherine Sanderson: The Science of Resilience

Date(s)

  • August 5, 2021 | 7:00 pm

Thursday, 8.5
7-9 pm
The last year has led to unprecedented changes in our personal and professional lives, and many people struggled with how to manage a new normal. But empirical research in psychology and neuroscience demonstrates that adversity can lead to positive outcomes. This talk will examine the science of resilience, and provide specific strategies for improving psychological and physical well-being during challenging times.
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What You’ll Take Away
You will receive the Zoom link after registration.
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If cost is a barrier, access funding is available for all of our programs. Email rachel@innerworkcenter.org for more information.
About Catherine:
Catherine A. Sanderson is the Poler Family Professor and Chair of Psychology at Amherst College. She received a bachelor’s degree in psychology, with a specialization in Health and Development, from Stanford University, and received both masters and doctoral degrees in psychology from Princeton University.
Her research has received grant funding from the National Science Foundation and the National Institute of Health. Professor Sanderson has published over 25 journal articles and book chapters in addition to four college textbooks, middle school and high school health textbooks, and trade books on parenting as well as how mindset influences happiness, health, and even how long we live (The Positive Shift).
Professor Sanderson speaks regularly for public and corporate audiences on topics such as the science of happiness, the power of emotional intelligence, the art of aging well, and the psychology of courage and inaction. Her latest trade book, published in North America as Why We Act: Turning Bystanders Into Moral Rebels (Harvard University Press) and internationally as The Bystander Effect: The Psychology of Courage and Inaction (HarperCollins), examines why good people so often stay silent or do nothing in the face of wrongdoing.