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About Dr. Howell

Ryan T. Howell, Ph.D. - Professor of Psychology - Director of PWB Lab 

Dr. Ryan T. Howell is the director of the 

The Personality and Well-Being Lab, a professor at San Francisco State University, and co-founder of Beyond the Purchase and the EBTS. 

 His research focuses on understanding the factors, especially financial, that affect human happiness and the benefits of happiness to individuals. He instructs various courses including Analysis of Variance and Experimental Design, Statistical Analysis of Psychological Research, Introductory Psychological Statistics, Honor's Research, and Seminar in Selected Problems.

Academic History

Doctor of Philosophy, 2005 Social/Personality Psychology Division
University of California, Riverside 
Master of Arts, 2002
 Social/Personality Psychology Division
University of California, Riverside 
Bachelor of Science, 1998
 Psychology, Cum Laude
Westmont College

Professional History

Full Professor, 2018 - Current
San Francisco State University
Associate Professor, 2012 - 2018
San Francisco State University
Assistant Professor, 2007 - 2012
San Francisco State University
Assistant Professor, 2005 - 2007
University of California, Bakerfield

415-405-2140 (Office)

Department of Psychology

San Francisco State University

1600 Holloway Avenue, Bldg., 301

San Francisco, California 94132-4168

U.S.A. 

@SpendingWell

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