Peter Salovey
Chris Argyris Professor of Epidemiology (Chronic Diseases) and Professor of Faculty of Arts and Sciences, of Management, of Sociology and of Psychology; Provost of the University
Departments & Organizations
Cancer Prevention and ControlGlobal Health Initiative: Social & Behavioral Health
School of Public Health: Secondary Faculty | Center for Interdisciplinary Research on AIDS
Edward Zigler Center in Child Development and Social Policy
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Biography
Peter Salovey, Provost, is the Chris Argyris Professor of Psychology. He joined the Yale faculty in 1986 after receiving an A.B. and M.A. from Stanford University in 1980, with departmental honors and university distinction, and a Ph.D. from Yale in 1986. He holds secondary faculty appointments in the Schools of Management and Public Health and the Institution for Social and Policy Studies. He was appointed Dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences in January 2003, Dean of Yale College in July 2004, and Provost in October 2008. As Provost, he facilitates strategic planning, long-term decision making, and the allocation of resources in order to promote academic excellence in all parts of the University. In addition, he oversees design and implementation of policies affecting faculty and students throughout the University.Mr. Salovey has authored or edited thirteen books translated into eleven languages and published more than 350 journal articles and essays, focused primarily on human emotion and health behavior. With John D. Mayer he developed a broad framework called “Emotional Intelligence,” the theory that just as people have a wide range of intellectual abilities, they also have a wide range of measurable emotional skills that profoundly affect their thinking and action. In his research on health behavior, Mr. Salovey investigates the effectiveness of health promotion messages in persuading people to change risky behaviors relevant to cancer and HIV/AIDS.
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Education
- M.A., Stanford University , 1980
- M.S., Yale University , 1983
- M.Phil., Yale University , 1984
- Ph.D., Yale University , 1986
Selected Publication
- Caruso, D.R., & Salovey, P. (2004). The emotionally intelligent manager. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
Latest Honor and Recognition
- G. Stanley Hall Lecturer(2008) , American Psychological Association
Articles
Winter 2011
Levin describes the state of the university
About 15 minutes into his Town Hall meeting at the School of Medicine in February, President Richard C. Levin came to...
Autumn 2008
Provost leaves for Oxford
Provost Andrew Hamilton, Ph.D., is leaving Yale after 11 years to become the next vice chancellor of the University of...
Winter 2009
Dean of Yale College becomes third scientist named as provost
Last fall, during his final freshman address as dean of Yale College, Peter Salovey, exhorted ...
Spring 2000
Smoke signals
For many, nicotine gum or the patch has tipped the balance in the struggle to quit smoking. Others try hypnosis or...
Summer 2003
Psychologist to lead Graduate School
“There’s probably no farther walk on this campus than from the Sterling Hall of Medicine to the Kline Biology Tower,”...
Winter 2003
Neurobiologist named university provost
In another era, the appointment of Susan Hockfield, Ph.D., as provost might have been remarkable because of her gender....
Summer 2004
Graduate school dean moves to Yale College
Psychology professor Peter Salovey replaces Richard Brodhead as dean of the undergraduate school.A little over a year...
Spring 2002
Psychologist to lead Child Study Center
Early in his career as a clinical psychologist, Alan E. Kazdin, Ph.D., asked two fundamental questions about the work...
Autumn 2009
Faculty Elected to Connecticut Academy of Science and Engineering
Eleven Yale faculty members, including six from the School of Medicine, were elected to the Connecticut Academy of...
Fall 1998
A path for prevention
When 20,000 of the world's top AIDS researchers gathered in Geneva in late June, one clear message emerged: Prevention...
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