Social Psychologist; Professor of Psychology, James Madison University; Contributor, Psychology Today and for the Greater Good Science Center, University of California, Berkeley; Author, “Teaching in a Lonely World: Educating Students About the Nature of Loneliness and Promoting Social Connection in the Classroom” (2024, Teaching of Psychology); Co-Author, Our New Social Life: Science-Backed Strategies for Creating Meaningful Connection (2025) and “Revisiting the Social Stigma of Loneliness” (2021, Personality and Individual Differences)