David Yeager, Ph.D., is a professor of psychology at the University of Texas at Austin and the cofounder of the Texas Behavioral Science and Policy Institute. He is best known for his research conducted with Carol Dweck, Angela Duckworth and Greg Walton on short but powerful interventions that influence adolescent behaviors such as motivation, engagement, healthy eating, bullying, stress, mental health and more. He has consulted for Google, Microsoft, Disney and the World Bank, as well as for the White House and the governments in California, Texas and Norway. His research has been featured in The New York Times Magazine, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Scientific American, CNN, Fox News, The Guardian, The Atlantic and more. Clarivate Web of Science ranks Yeager as one of the top 0.1% most-influential psychologists in the world over the past decade. He earned his Ph.D. and M.A. at Stanford University and his B.A. and M.Ed. at the University of Notre Dame.
