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Jaime L. Kurtz

Jaime L. Kurtz MA, PhD

Psychology
Harrisonburg, Virginia, United States of America

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Kurtz was a associate Professor of Psychology at James Madison University, in Harrisonburg, Virginia, where Kurtz regularly teach courses on Social Psychology, Psychology of Personality, Positive Psychology, and Psychological Research Methods. Kurtz received Kurtz B.A. from Millersville University of Pennsylvania and Kurtz M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of Virginia.

I’ve authored numerous journal articles and book chapters on happiness, and with bestselling author Sonja Lyubomirsky, I’m co-author of Positively Happy: Routes to Sustainable Happiness, a workbook for putting happiness strategies into practice in everyday life. Kurtz first solo-authored book, The Happy Traveler: Unpacking the Secrets of Better Vacations, was published in June of 2017 by Oxford University Press. (Read Kurtz wonderful agent’s description of it here).

With the Institute for Brain Potential, Kurtz offer multiple seminars on happiness and well-being each year to health-care professionals nationwide. In addition, Kurtz write the popular “Happy Trails” online column for Psychology Today. Kurtz consider explaining psychological research to the public in a compelling and useful way to be one of Kurtz greatest strengths. Kurtz available to speak or consult with your organization about well-being, optimism, and happiness. Email me at jaimekurtz@gmail.com to discuss the possibilities.

Always eager to merge Kurtz love of psychology and travel, Kurtz am the creator and director of Exploring the Good Life in Scandinavia. In this three-week summer program, Kurtz lead college students on a tour of two of the world’s happiest nations, Denmark and Sweden, where they observe and conduct interviews on cross-cultural differences in well-being, in addition to doing happiness-boosting exercises of their own.
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