Since receiving his Ph.D. from the University of Iowa, David G. Myers has spent his career at Michigan’s Hope College, where he is Professor of Psychology and has taught dozens of social-psychology sections. Hope College students have invited him to be their commencement speaker and voted him “outstanding professor.”

With support from National Science Foundation grants, Myers’ scientific articles have appeared in some three dozen scientific books and periodicals, including Science, the American Scientist, Psychological Science, and the American Psychologist.

He also communicates psychological science to the general public. His writings have appeared in four dozen magazines, from Today’s Education to Scientific American. His 17 books include The Pursuit of Happiness and Intuition: Its Powers and Perils.

Myers’ research and writings have been recognized by the Gordon Allport Prize, by an “honored scientist” award from the Federation of Associations in the Brain and Behavioral Sciences, and by the Award for Distinguished Service on Behalf of Personality-Social Psychology.

He has chaired his city’s Human Relations Commission, helped found a thriving assistance center for families in poverty, and spoken to hundreds of college and community groups. In recognition of his efforts to transform the way America provides assistive listening for people with hearing loss (see hearingloop.org), he received the 2011 American Academy of Audiology Presidential Award.

He bikes to work year-round and plays pickup basketball. David and Carol Myers are parents of two sons and a daughter, and have one granddaughter.