Alan S. Waterman obtained his Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from the State University of New York at Buffalo. He is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Psychology at The College of New Jersey. He is author/editor of 6 books and over 100 articles and chapters on themes relating to psychosocial identity, intrinsic motivation, and eudaimonic well-being. He served as Associate Editor of the Journal of Adolescence and Editor-in-Chief of Identity: An International Journal of Theory and Research. Dr. Waterman was a founding member and first President of the Society for Research on Identity Formation and is an APA Fellow in Divisions 7 and 24.
