Parent Speaker Series: Dacher Keltner Dacher Keltner - Cultivating
Caring Communities: The Science and Practice of a Civil and Kind
Society Mount Tamalpais School is excited to present Dacher Kelnter in
our Parent Education Speaker Series. This is a free community event
in Mill Valley at our school campus. Dacher Keltner, Ph.D., founding
director of the Greater Good Science Center and Professor of
Psychology at the University of California, Berkeley, will discuss
science-tested practices for cultivating kindness in schools,
families, and communities. Civil and kind societies are founded upon
empathy, trust, and mutual respect. In this talk, Dacher will detail
the cultural and evolutionary origins of these foundations, as well as
discuss science-tested practices for cultivating kindness in schools,
families, and communities. Q&A and book signing to follow the
presentation. Biography: Dacher Keltner is a Professor of Psychology
at the University of California, Berkeley, Director of the Berkeley
Social Interaction Lab, and the founding director of the 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. Keltner is the author of The
Power Paradox: How We Gain and Lose Influence, as well as the
bestseller Born to Be Good: The Science of a Meaningful Life, and
co-editor of The Compassionate Instinct. He has published over 190
scientific articles, including seminal works on the psychology of awe
(Keltner & Haidt, 2003) 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. Categories: Kids & Family
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