Angela Duckworth
Education
University of Pennsylvania
MA and PhD, Psychology 2002-01-01 - 2006-01-01
University of Oxford
Msc, Neuroscience 1994-01-01 - 1996-01-01
Harvard University
AB, Advanced Studies Neurobiology 1988-01-01 - 1992-01-01Work Experience
University of Pennsylvania
Current
University of Pennsylvania
Character Lab
Current
Character Lab
Simon & Schuster
Current
Simon & Schuster
Mastery Charter High School
2002-09-01 - 2002-12-01
Mastery Charter High School
GreatSchools
2000-01-01 - 2001-01-01
GreatSchools
Lowell High School
1998-09-01 - 2000-06-01
Lowell High School
The Learning Project
1997-09-01 - 1998-06-01
The Learning Project
McKinsey & Company
1996-10-01 - 1997-08-01
McKinsey & Company
Center for the Enhancement of Science and Math Education
1993-01-01 - 1994-01-01
Center for the Enhancement of Science and Math Education
Summerbridge Cambridge
1992-06-01 - 1994-01-01
Summerbridge Cambridge
Skills
Summary
Angela Duckworth is co-founder, chief scientist, and a board member of Character Lab, a nonprofit whose mission is to advance scientific insights that help children thrive. She is also the Rosa Lee and Egbert Chang Professor at the University of Pennsylvania, faculty co-director of the Penn-Wharton Behavior Change For Good Initiative, and faculty co-director of Wharton People Analytics. A 2013 MacArthur Fellow, Angela has advised the White House, the World Bank, NBA and NFL teams, and Fortune 500 CEOs. Prior to her career in research, Angela founded a summer school for low-income children that was profiled as a Harvard Kennedy School case study and, in 2018, celebrated its 25th anniversary. She has also been a McKinsey management consultant and a math and science teacher in the public schools of New York City, San Francisco, and Philadelphia. Angela completed her undergraduate degree in Advanced Studies Neurobiology at Harvard, graduating magna cum laude. With the support of a Marshall Scholarship, she completed an MSc with Distinction in Neuroscience from Oxford University. She completed her PhD in Psychology as a National Science Foundation Graduate Fellow at the University of Pennsylvania. Angela's TED talk is among the most-viewed of all time. Her book Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance is a #1 New York Times best seller. She is also co-host, with Stephen Dubner, of the podcast No Stupid Questions.
