Jonathan Haidt (pronounced 鈥渉eight鈥�) is a social psychologist at New York University鈥檚 Stern School of Business. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania in 1992, and taught for 16 years in the department of psychology at the University of Virginia
Haidt鈥檚 research examines the intuitive foundations of morality, and how morality varies across cultures鈥撯�搃ncluding the cultures of progressive, conservatives, and libertarians. His goal is to help people understand each other, live and work near each other, and even learn from each other despite their moral differences. Haidt has co-founded a variety of organizations and collaborations that apply moral and social psychology toward that end, including , , and .
Haidt is the author of , and of The New York Times bestsellers , and The Coddling of the American Mind: How Good Intentions and Bad Ideas are Setting Up a Generation for Failure (co-authored with Greg Lukianoff). He has written more than . In 2019 he was inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and was chosen by Prospect magazine as one of the world’s “.” He has given .
