CONTRIBUTOR:

Kristin Layous

AFFILIATION:

TITLE:

Assistant Professor

DEPARTMENT:

Psychology

INSTITUTION:

California State University, East Bay

BIOGRAPHY:

Kristin Layous has a Ph.D. in Social and Personality Psychology from University of California, Riverside and is currently an Assistant Professor of Psychology at California State University, East Bay in Hayward, CA. Her research primarily focuses on activities that promote happiness like expressing gratitude and performing kind acts. Specifically, she explores how and under what conditions these activities boost happiness and who they are more likely to help.