Psi Chi Distinguished Lecturer
Conference: Psi Chi Western Regional Convention Program (2008)
Does When You Were Born Influence Your Personality?
Jean M. Twenge, PhDSan Diego State University (CA)
Jean M. Twenge, Associate Professor of Psychology at San Diego State University, is the author of more than 50 scientific publications and the book Generation Me: Why Today's Young Americans Are More Confident, Assertive, Entitled—and More Miserable Than Ever Before. Her research has appeared in Time, Newsweek, USA Today, U.S. News and World Report, and The Washington Post, and she has been featured on Today, NBC Nightly News, Fox and Friends, Dateline NBC, and several programs on National Public Radio. She holds a BA and MA from the University of Chicago and a PhD from the University of Michigan.