Think Forum: Dacher Keltner

Dacher Keltner will present as part of Case Western Reserve University’s Think Forum lecture series for 2019-20.

His presentation will be Thursday, April 9, at 6 p.m. at the Maltz Performing Arts Center, 1855 Ansel Road. Paid parking is available on site, although a free shuttle service will be available from campus.

Events are free, but pre-registration is required. Reservations for the fall lectures are available now, and for the spring lectures starting Jan. 3. Reservations may be made online or by calling the Maltz Center box office at 216.368.6062.

About the speaker

Keltner is a professor of psychology at the University of California at Berkeley, director of the Berkeley Social Interaction Lab and serves as faculty director of the Berkeley Greater Good Science Center. His research focuses on the biological and evolutionary origins of compassion, awe, love and beauty, as well as power, social class and inequality. In addition to his university work and research, Keltner has collaborated on projects at Facebook and Google and was the scientific consultant for Pixar’s film Inside Out.

Dacher is the author of The Power Paradox, as well as the bestseller Born to Be Good: The Science of a Meaningful Life and The Compassionate Instinct. He has published over 190 scientific articles, including seminal works on the psychology of awe and is the co-author of two textbooks. He has written for The New York Times Magazine, London Times and Utne Reader, and his research has been covered in TIME, Newsweek, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, CNN, NPR and the BBC as well as many other outlets.

Keltner’s presentation is the F. Joseph Callahan Distinguished Lecture, presented with support from the Callahan Foundation.