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Seana Moran, Research Assistant Professor, Clark University
My study in six nations shows that having a life purpose promotes motivation to help others for the common good, and community service experience promotes life purpose. What are the implications of this feedback loop for education?
Bio: Seana Moran examines the developmental paths to exemplary forms of contribution, including creativity (which transforms the trajectory of culture), prosocial life purpose (which gives a positive, inclusive direction to a person’s life trajectory), wisdom (which is considered a deep, systemic knowledge of, and skill for affecting, how aspects of the world are interconnected).
Dr. Moran received a B.A. from the University of Southern California, an M.B.A. from the University of New Mexico, an M.Ed. in Mind, Brain, and Behavior plus an Ed.D. in Human Development & Psychology from Harvard University.
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Kim Stevens, Doctoral Candidate, Harvard Graduate School of Education