Angela Duckworth
American psychologist at the University of Pennsylvania; author of Grit.
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- Angela Duckworth is an American psychologist, born in 1970, who studies grit and self-control.
- She is the Rosa Lee and Egbert Chang Professor of Psychology at the University of Pennsylvania.
- She founded Character Lab, a nonprofit on character development, and was its CEO.
- Her book Grit (2016) spent 21 weeks on the New York Times bestseller list.
Key facts
- Born
- 19701
- Education
- BA neurobiology, Harvard (1992); MSc neuroscience, Oxford (1996, Marshall Scholar); PhD psychology, Penn (2006)1
- Before research
- Management consultant at McKinsey; maths teacher at Lowell High School, San Francisco1
- Position
- Rosa Lee and Egbert Chang Professor of Psychology, University of Pennsylvania1
- Character Lab
- Founder and former CEO1
- Podcast
- Co-host of No Stupid Questions (Freakonomics Radio network), 2020 to 20241
- Awards
- MacArthur Fellowship (2013)1
- Books
- Grit (2016); Situated (2026)1
- Criticism
- A 2017 meta-analysis found grit only moderately correlated with performance; in 2021 she said she had misread her Grit Scale's psychometrics1
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