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    Jean M. Twenge, PhD

    Professor of Psychology, College of Science, San Diego State University; Researcher on teens and Generation Z; Author, Generations: The Real Differences Between Gen Z, Millennials, Gen X, Boomers, and Silents - and What They Mean for America's Future (2023), iGen: Why Today's Super-Connected Kids Are Growing Up Less Rebellious, More Tolerant, Less Happy -- and Completely Unprepared for Adulthood (2017), The Narcissism Epidemic (2009), and Generation Me (2006); Co-Author, “Associations Between Adolescent Depression and Self-harm Behaviors and Screen Media Use in a Nationally Representative Time-diary Study” (2021, Research on Child and Adolescent Psychopathology)
    Jean M.Twenge, PhD

    Past Talks

    Teaching Generation AI-Z
    Advancing Schooling, Skills, Relationships, and Learning in a Distracted, Uncertain, AI Age
    Applying the Science of Learning
    The Fairmont SF, San Francisco, CA
    February 13-15, 2026
    Teaching Struggling Brains
    Improving Mental Health, Focus, Motivation, and Learning in a Distressed, Digital Generation
    How Poverty ghj_amp Early Experience Affect Learning
    The Westin Copley Place, Boston, MA or Virtually via Zoom
    November 18-20, 2022
    Educating Mindful Minds
    Using the Science of Stress to Improve
    Resilience, Behavior, and Achievement
    Imaginative Minds, Play ghj_amp Improvisation
    Sheraton New York Times Square Hotel, New York, NY
    April 19-21, 2018