Rosenberg, Benjamin, PhD

Benjamin D. Rosenberg, Ph.D.: Dr. Rosenberg is a social-health psychologist with expertise in health behavior, research methods and statistics, and survey design. His research focuses onapplying social psychological theorizing on motivation and persuasion to health and well-being. Specifically, he is currently pursuing a line of studies to determine the influence that people’s emotional state has on their perceptions of persuasive messages. In addition to research, Dr. Rosenberg is a passionate instructor and mentor. He enjoys connecting with students on a personal and academic level; his favorite classes to teach include Research Methods, Social Psychology, Health Psychology, and Statistics. Dr. Rosenberg earned a BA in Psychology from University of Colorado – Boulder, where he played on the baseball team and did (probably too much) snowboarding. He then earned a M.A. and Ph.D. in Applied Social Psychology from Claremont Graduate University, where he did research on the goal-directed nature of seemingly irrational negative health behaviors. After two years on the faculty at Chapman University in Orange County, Dr. Rosenberg is delighted to be coming back to the Bay Area, where he grew up.

Dr. Rosenberg currently studies motivation, persuasion, and health behavior, with a focus on psychological reactance. Dr. Rosenberg is the Director of the Health and Motivation Lab and co-founder of the Institute for Interdisciplinary Health Research.

Dominican University of California

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