We believe that Well-being is essential to the sustainable pursuit of USC’s mission, and as a value it needs to be embedded at the individual, community, and institutional levels. Emiliana R. Simon-Thomas, Ph.D., is the science director of the Greater Good Science Center at the University of California- Berkeley, where she is a leading expert on the neuroscience and psychology of compassion, kindness, gratitude, and other “pro-social” skills. 

Join us for a conversation around the intersection of well-being and gratitude, and how we can empower our community, and our institution, to live more meaningful and fuller lives. 

About the Speaker:

Emiliana Simon-Thomas, PhD is the Science Director at UC Berkeley’s Greater Good Science Center. She oversees the student research fellowship program, runs key initiatives like Expanding the Science and Practice of Gratitude, and co-teaches both GG101x: The Science of Happiness massive open online course and the Science of Happiness at Work Professional Certificate Series. She serves as an expert voice on human pro-sociality, as well as empirically-supported approaches to fostering sustained kindness and compassion at individual, interpersonal, and collective levels. Alongside her academic and popular writing Emiliana co-edited the transdisciplinary Oxford Handbook of Compassion Science in partnership with leading world-class researchers. She also advises organizations on boosting happiness, both from a product perspective and through initiatives and policies aimed at enhancing a culture of trust, agility, and well-being. In sum, Emiliana’s work shares scientific insights and practical tools for strengthening the skills of connection, positivity, and resilience that measurably increase health, well-being, and happiness.

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