Notes on Contributors

Notes on Contributors kent c. berridge is theJames Olds CollegiateProfessorofPsychology and Neuroscience in thePsychology Departmentand Neuroscience Program attheUniversityofMichigan. soum ya chattopadhyay isa Senior ResearchAnalystin the GlobalEconomy and DevelopmentandForeignPolicy Programsatthe Brookings Institution and adoctoralstudentatthe Schoolof PublicPolicy,Universityof Maiyland. fred feldm an isProfessorofPhilosophy attheUniversityofMassachusetts at Amherst. Hispublications include PleasureandtheGoodLife:OntheNature, Varieties, andPlausibilityofHedonism (2004), andWhatIsThisThingCalledHappiness? (2010)aswellasmore than 75papers in professionaljournals. b r u n o s. frey is Professor of Economics at the University ofZurich. His main research interests include happiness research, political econom­ ics, awards, terrorism, and behavioral economics. He has published over 20 books, most recentlyHappiness:A Revolution inEconomics (2008). sa n d er l. gilm a n is adistinguished professorofthe LiberalArtsand Sciences aswell as Professorof PsychiatiyatEmoryUniversity,where he isthe Directorofthe Programin Psychoanalysis andthe Health Sciences Humanities Initiative. Heis the authoror editorofover80books, includingDiseases andDiagnoses: TheSecondAgeofBiology (2010). carol graham is SeniorFellowand CharlesRobinsonChairatthe Brookings Institution, CollegeParkProfessorinthe SchoolofPublicPolicyatthe University ofMaiyland, andResearchFellowatthe Institute forthe StudyofLabor(IZA)in Bonn, Germany. Hermostrecentbook isHappinessaround the World: TheParadox ofHappyPeasantsandMiserableMillionaires (2010). m o rten l. krin g elba ch isthe Director ofHedonia:TiygfondenResearch Groupandholds adualappointment attheUniversityofOxfordandAarhus University,where he is aSeniorResearch FellowandaProfessorofNeuroscience. Heis the coauthor (withKentBerridge) of ThePleasureCenterand coeditor (alsowith Berridge)ofPleasuresoftheBrain. m a rk la rrim ore isAssociate Professor and Directorofthe Programin Religious StudiesatEugene LangCollege,The New SchoolforLiberalArts. Editorof TheProblemofEvil(2001) andTheGerman InventionofRace(withEigen, 2006), his The BookofJob:A Biographyis forthcoming. d a r r in m . m c m a h o n isthe Ben WeiderProfessorofHistoiyatFlorida StateUniversity. He isthe author, most recently, ofHappiness:AHistory(2006) and the editor (withRyanHanley)ofthe fivevolume TheEnlightenment: CriticalConcepts inHistoricalStudies (2009). Heis currently writingahistoryofthe idea ofgenius. jo n m iller isan associate professor ofphilosophyatQueen’sUniversity (Canada).Aspecialistin earlymodem rationalism andthe Hellenistic eraof ancientphilosophy, his publications includeHellenisticandEarlyModem Philosophy(2003)and Spinozaand theStoics (forthcoming). m a r io pic ó n isa doctoralstudentin public policyandinternational develop­ mentatthe UniversityofMarylandand aconsultantwith the Development ResearchGroupoftheWorldBank.At the time this paperwas prepared, he was a SeniorResearchAnalystatthe BrookingsInstitution. a n k e c. PLAGNOL is aPostdoctoral ResearchFellow(LeverhulmeTrustEarly CareerFellowshipand IsaacNewton Trust, Cambridge) atthe Department of Sociology,UniversityofCambridge. Her researchinterests include subjectivewell­ being, gender equality, andfemale laborforceparticipation . adam potkay isWilliam R.Kenan ProfessorofHumanities andEnglishat the CollegeofWilliam andMary. His mostrecentbook, TheStoryofJoyfrom theBibletoLateRomanticism (2007),won the Hany LevinPrizeoftheAmerican Comparative LiteratureAssociation forBestBookin LiteraryHistoryand Criticism, 2006-08. bo r o t h st e in holds theAugust Rohss Chairin PoliticalScience atthe UniversityofGothenburgin Sweden, where he isin charge ofthe Qualityof GovernmentInstitute.Amonghis publi­ cations in Englishare Social Trapsand the ProblemofTrust(2005) andjustInstitutions Matters: TheMoralandPoliticalLogicofthe UniversalWelfareState (1998). alan ryan, VisitingProfessorofPolitics atPrincetonUniversity, was Wardenof New College, Oxford, from 1996-2009.A recognized authorityonJohn StuartMill, his academicworkalso takesin broader themes in politicaltheory, includingthe philosophyofsocial science, the nature ofpoetry, and liberalism ofthe nine­ teenth and twentieth centuries. Aloisstutzer isProfessorofPublic Choice and PublicEconomics atthe Department ofBusiness and Economics, UniversityofBasel. Hisresearchinter­ ests include politicaleconomics, public economics, lawandeconomics, and economics and psychology. Hehas published (with Frey)Happinessand Economics(2002). alex a n d er w elsh , EmilySanford ProfessorEmeritus ofEnglishatYale University, is the authorofFreud'sWishful DreamBook (1994) andHamletinHisModem Guises(2001). Hislatestbook, WhatIs Honor? (2008) invites philosophers and others—notto mention politicians—to takethis question seriously. ...