Professor, Department of Psychology, George Mason University; Director, Well-Being Laboratory; Awarded the 2013 “Distinguished Early Career Researcher” Award by the American Psychological Association; Author, The Art of Insubordination (2022), The Upside of Your Darkside (2017),Designing Positive Psychology (2010), and Curious?: Discover the Missing Ingredient to a Fulfilling Life (2009); Co-Author, “How Curiosity Enhances Performance: Mechanisms of Physiological Engagement, Challenge and Threat Appraisal, and Novelty Deprivation” (2024, Happiness Studies), “A Unified Approach to Managing Emotions and Pursuing Purpose in Life” (2023, Cognition and Emotion), “Behaving Versus Thinking Positively: When the Benefits of Cognitive Reappraisal Are Contingent on Satisfying Basic Psychological Needs” (2023, Contextual Behavioral Science)