Advisor- Dr. Ryan T. Howell, PhD Associate Professor of Psychology

Dr. Howell is an Assistant Professor of Psychology at San Francisco State University. He received his B.S. in Psychology, cum laude, from Westmont College (1998) and his Ph.D. in Personality Psychology from the University of California, Riverside (2005). Howell currently teaches courses in psychological statistics and research methods and serves as graduate adviser. He is also the director of the Personality Well-Being Lab on campus. His main research interest is developing statistical models to predict subjective well-being from financial choices and daily activities. He recently developed a website, Beyond the Purchase, exploring the outcomes of different purchasing and money-management choices, as well as the motivations behind them.
Personality and Well-Being Lab 
Beyond the Purchase 

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