Dr. Mayer received his Ph.D. and M.A. in psychology at Case Western Reserve University, and his B.A. from the University of Michigan. He is presently Professor of Psychology at the University of New Hampshire.
Dr. Mayer has served on the editorial boards of Psychological Bulletin, the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, and the Journal of Personality, among others, and has been an Individual National Institute of Mental Health Postdoctoral Scholar at Stanford University. He has published extensively in emotional intelligence, integrative models of personality, and the effects of personality on an individual’s life. For more information, please see Dr. Mayer's personality psychology web site at:
Mayer, J. D. (2004). Classifying change techniques according to the areas of personality they influence: A Systems Framework integration. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 60, 1291-1315.