Dan P. McAdams

Dan P. McAdams (born February 7, 1954) is personality psychologist and the Henry Wade Rogers Professor in the Department of Psychology at Northwestern University.

He was raised in Gary, Indiana, where he attended nearby Valparaiso University. In 1979 he was awarded a Ph.D. from the Harvard Department of Social Relations.

McAdams is the author of ''The Person: An Introduction to the Science of Personality Psychology'', a classroom textbook. He co-edited, with Amia Lieblich and Ruthellen Josselson, the eleven-book series "The Narrative Study of Lives". He is a member of ''The Human Capital and Economic Opportunity Working Group'' at the Becker Friedman Institute for Research in Economics. Provided by Wikipedia