David Myers (academic)

David G. Myers (1942 - ) is a professor of psychology at Hope College in Michigan, United States,^[1] and the author of 17 books, including popular textbooks entitled Psychology, Exploring Psychology, Social Psychology and several general-audience books dealing with issues related to Christian faith as well as scientific psychology.

Background

Myers is a Seattle native, but resides in Holland, Michigan. He was born on September 20, 1942 in Seattle, Washington. He married his wife, Carol Peterkin Myers while they were still undergraduates attending Whitworth College. David and Carol have three grown children, sons Peter and Andrew and a daughter, Laura.

Education

David Myers graduated from Seattle's Queen Anne High School in 1960, and soon after attended Whitworth College. Myers graduated with a B.A. in Chemistry in 1964, having been a pre-med student.^[2] Myers graduate work went in a different direction, social psychology. He received his M.A. in Social Psychology in 1966 and his Ph.D. in Social Psychology the following year at the University of Iowa.^[3]

Professional Employment

David Myers spent much of his career working as a professor at Hope College. Myers worked as an Assistant Professor (1967), an Associate Professor (1970), and since 1975, a Professor. He served as a visiting scholar at the Universität Mannheim (Germany), in the summer of 1974, and at the University of St. Andrews (Scotland), in 1985.

Fellowships: 1964–1965: U.S. Public Health Service Traineeship in Social Psychology 1965–1967: National Science Foundation Cooperative Graduate Fellowship 1967–1968: National Science Foundation Teaching Intern, Hope College

Fellow, American Psychological Association, 1979

Fellow, American Psychological Society, 1989

Fellow, American Association of Applied and Preventive Psychology, 1992

Bibliography

• Psychology (9th edition, 2010)
• Exploring Psychology (8th edition, 2011)
• Psychology in Everyday Life (1st edition, 2009)
• Social Psychology (10th edition, 2010)
• Exploring Social Psychology (5th edition, 2009)
• Psychology Through the Eyes of Faith (2002)
• The Pursuit of Happiness: Who Is Happy--and Why (1992)
• A Quiet World: Living with Hearing Loss (2000)
• The American Paradox: Spiritual Hunger in an Age of Plenty (2000)
• Psychology Through the Eyes of Faith (2002) with Malcolm A. Jeeves
• Intuition: Its Powers and Perils (2002)
• What God Has Joined Together: The Christian Case for Gay Marriage (with Letha Dawson Scanzoni, 2005)
• A Friendly Letter to Skeptics and Atheists: Musings on Why God is Good and Faith isn't Evil (2008)

References

1. ^ Lok, Corie (2001). "American dream debunked". Nature. doi:10.1038/news010215-14. 
2. ^ Interviews with Myers, Counterpoint Foundation
3. ^ About the Author - David G. Myers, Worth Publishing

External links

• David Myers' web site
• Defining Wisdom: A Project of The University of Chicago Arete Initiative
• A Science of Virtues: A Project of The University of Chicago Arete Initiative

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Name	Myers, David
Alternative names	Myers, David G.
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Date of birth	1942
Place of birth	Seatle, Washington, U.S.
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