Angela Duckworth

Angela Duckworth
Nationality	American
Fields	Psychology
Alma mater	Harvard College University of Oxford University of Pennsylvania
Notable awards	MacArthur Fellowship

Angela Lee Duckworth (born 1970) is an American psychologist and popular science author. She won a 2013 MacArthur Fellowship.^[1] She is a professor at the University of Pennsylvania. She's also the Founder and Scientific Director of an educational nonprofit called Character Lab. Her lab studies grit and self-control.

Life

Duckworth earned an A.B. in neurobiology at Harvard College in 1992. She then graduated at the University of Oxford in 1996 with an M.Sc. in neuroscience on a Marshall Scholarship, and at the University of Pennsylvania in 2006 with a Ph.D. in psychology.^[1][2]

Her first book, Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance, was released in May 2016.^[3] A review of this book in the New York Times called Duckworth "the psychologist who has made 'grit' the reigning buzzword in education-policy circles."^[4]

References

1. "Angela Duckworth". MacArthur Foundation. 2013-09-25. Retrieved 2013-11-07. Age: 43
2. "Angela Duckworth". University of Pennsylvania, Department of Psychology. Retrieved 2013-11-07.
3. "Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance".
4. Shulevitz, Judith (May 4, 2016). "'Grit,' by Angela Duckworth". The New York Times. Retrieved August 16, 2016.

External links

• Angela Duckworth - Faculty — University of Pennsylvania
• Angela Lee Duckworth (personal) — University of Pennsylvania
• The Duckworth Lab — University of Pennsylvania
• Angela Lee Duckworth at TED
  
  • "The key to success? Grit" (TED Talks Education 2013)
  • Angela Duckworth presents at TEDxBlue 10/18/2009
• Grit: It's what separates the best from the merely good — E. Packard, November 2007