Dacher Keltner

A professor of psychology at UC Berkeley and faculty director of the Greater Good Science Center, Dacher Keltner focuses his research on the biological and evolutionary origins of emotion. He has consulted for the Center for Constitutional Rights to help end solitary confinement, as well as for Google, Facebook, the Sierra Club, and Pixar’s blockbuster film “Inside Out.” He is the co-author of “Born to Be Good: The Science of a Meaningful Life,” “The Compassionate Instinct,” and “The Power Paradox: How We Gain and Lose Influence.”