Dr Sara Konrath, PhD

Sara Konrath is an Associate Professor of Philanthropic Studies at the Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy. She received her PhD in Social Psychology from the University of Michigan and was a professor at the Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan, from 2009 to 2014. Konrath is the director of the Interdisciplinary Program on Empathy and Altruism Research (iPEAR), a research lab with a primary focus on motivations, traits, and behaviors relevant to philanthropic giving, volunteering, and other prosocial behaviors. Her research tracks changes over time in empathy, narcissism, and adult attachment in the United States. She also examines the health and well-being implications of prosocial traits and behaviors. Her recent work examines the relationship between empathy and social media, and designs empathy interventions using mobile phones. She has a popular Psychology Today blog and her work has been published in top scientific journals and has been featured in several media outlets, including the New York Times, Huffington Post, Time Magazine, CNN, and NPR radio. See www.iPEARlab.org for more information.