She also helps run its Expanding Gratitude project.
The GGSC's coverage of gratitude is sponsored by the John Templeton Foundation as part of our Expanding Gratitude project.
As part of a second phase of our Expanding Gratitude project, we funded research by three promising postdoctoral scholars.
That's one of the conclusions from a national survey on gratitude commissioned by the John Templeton Foundation, which also funds the Greater Good Science Center's Expanding Gratitude project.
Emiliana R. Simon-Thomas, Ph.D., is science director of the Greater Good Science Center, where she oversees the GGSC's Expanding Gratitude project.
The Expanding Gratitude project awarded $3 million in grants to deepen the scientific understanding of gratitude, particularly in the key areas of health and well-being, developmental science, and social contexts.
Emiliana Simon-Thomas, Ph.D., is the science director of the Greater Good Science Center, where she leads the GGSC's Expanding Gratitude research project, oversees its research fellowship program, and writes about the science of compassion for its online magazine, Greater Good.
Emiliana R. Simon-Thomas, Ph.D., is science director of the Greater Good Science Center, where she oversees the GGSC's Expanding Gratitude project, The Science of Happiness online class, and more.
Critical to the Expanding Gratitude project is not only funding research on gratitude but also raising public awareness about the key findings and practical lessons from this research a goal that's consistent with the Greater Good Science Center's general mission and activities.
One series is part of a broader series of parenting videos featuring the GGSC's Christine Carter; the other features presentations from the Greater Good Gratitude Summit that it hosted in 2014, including talks by Jack Kornfield, Brother David Steindl-Rast, Robert Emmons, and many of the researchers whose work has been supported by the Expanding Gratitude project.
1. Expanded coverage of gratitude on the GGSC's online magazine, Greater Good.
