Tickets are now on sale for a talk by Duckworth, a University of Pennsylvania professor and co-founder of the Character Lab. A 2013 MacArthur Fellow, Duckworth has advised the White House, the World Bank, NBA and NFL teams and Fortune 500 CEOs.
Thursday, April 5
Angela Duckworth, “True Grit: The Surprising, and Inspiring, Science of Success”
Alumni Memorial Gymnasium, Koury Center, 3:30 p.m.
Elon University Spring Convocation
Duckworth is the Christopher H. Browne Distinguished Professor of Psychology at the University of Pennsylvania and co-founder and scientific director of Character Lab, a nonprofit organization aimed at advancing the science and practice of character development.
Her first book, “Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance,” became an immediate New York Times bestseller. A 2013 MacArthur “Genius” Fellow, Duckworth’s examination of grit and self-control has led her to be called upon as an adviser for the White House, the World Bank, NBA and NFL teams and Fortune 500 CEOs.
Currently, she serves as a faculty director for Wharton People Analytics, an initiative that helps organizations adopt the latest insights from social science research.
Duckworth has been profiled in The New York Times Magazine, Psychology Today and National Geographic, which called her “a born giver who’s driven by an impulse to do good in the world and right inequities.”
Prior to her career in research, she was an award-winning math and science teacher who founded a summer school for low-income children that was profiled as a case study nonprofit organization by the Harvard Kennedy School.
Admission: $13 or Elon ID. Tickets for Spring Convocation are now available.