Martin E.P. Seligman is the James B. Duke Professor of Psychology at the University of Pennsylvania, director of the Positive Psychology Program at the Center for Healthy Minds, and founding director of the Positive Psychology Center at the University of Pennsylvania. He is best known for his pioneering research on learned helplessness, positivity bias, and what he calls "exuberance" (the quest to be happy)
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He has published more than 300 research articles and has written or edited twenty books, including Authentic Happiness, Flourish, Learned Optimism, Learned Helplessness, Learned Optimism and Well-being, Helplessness in Humans, Happy People Have More Daughters, Stumbling on Happiness, The Pleasures and Pains of Work: The Meaning of Work in Life, The Optimistic Child: Proven Steps To Raising Children With A High Hopes Ratio And Unconditional Love , The Power of Self-Esteem: A New Approach to Growing Up Well , Against Depression: How To Reclaim Your Life With the New Mood Therapy , The Upside of Your Dark Side: The Unexpected Benefits of Living A Balanced Life . He has also contributed to the New York Times Magazine , Newsweek , The Los Angeles Times Magazine , Us Weekly , Esquire , Seventeen Magazine , Time Magazine , Utne Reader .