Dr. Ryan T. Howell is an Assistant Professor of Psychology at San Francisco State University. He received his B.S. in Psychology, cum laude, from Westmont College (1998) and his Ph.D. in Personality Psychology from the University of California, Rive
...MoreDr. Ryan T. Howell is an Assistant Professor of Psychology at San Francisco State University. He received his B.S. in Psychology, cum laude, from Westmont College (1998) and his Ph.D. in Personality Psychology from the University of California, Riverside (2005). Howell currently teaches courses in psychological statistics and research methods and serves as graduate adviser. Howell's main research interest is developing statistical models to predict subjective well-being from financial choices and daily activities. Results from recent work (Howell & Hill, 2009) suggest that experiential purchases are more likely than material purchases to make us happy. One of his future research interests is developing a model to predict subjective well-being from the Big Five personality traits, buying behaviors, materialistic values.
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