The Self Explained: Why and How We Become Who We Are

About Roy F. Baumeister

Roy F. Baumeister PhD is Professor Emeritus of Psychology at Florida State University and at the University of Queensland in Australia. One of social psychology's most highly cited researchers Dr. Baumeister has been conducting research teaching and thinking about the human self since the 1970s. His work spans multiple topics including self and identity self-control interpersonal rejection and the need to belong sexuality and gender violence and evil self-esteem self-presentation emotion decision making consciousness and free will and finding meaning in life. He has written approximately 700 professional publications as well as numerous books for professionals and the general public. Dr. Baumeister is a recipient of awards including the Distinguished Lifetime Achievement Award from the International Society for Self and Identity and the William James Fellow Award the highest honor of the Association for Psychological Science.