David Myers Received his Psychology PH.D from the University of lowa. He has spent his career at Hope College, Michigan, where he is the Jhon Drik Werkman Professor of Psychology and has taught dozens of introductory psychology sections. Hope College students have invited him to be their commencement speaker and voted him "outstanding professor".


Myers' scientific articles have, with support from the National Science Foundation grants, apperead in more than two dozen scientific periodicals, including Science, American Scientist, Psychological Science, and the American Psychologist. In addition to his scholary writing and his textbooks for introductory and social psychology , he also digests psychological science for the general public. His writings have appeared in three dozen magazines, from Today's Education to Scientific American. He also has authored five general audience books, including The Pursuit of Happiness and intuition: Its Power and Perils.

David Myers has chaired his city's Human Relations Commission, helped found a thiriving assistance center for families in poverty ,and spoken to hundreds of college and community groups. He bikes to work year-round and plays daily pick-up basketball. David and Carol Myers have raised two sons and a daughter.