Social psychologist David Myers is a communicator of psychological science to college students and the general public.

His scientific writings, supported by National Science Foundation grants and fellowships and recognized by the Gordon Allport Prize, have appeared in three dozen academic periodicals, including Science, the American Scientist, the American Psychologist, and Psychological Science.

David has digested psychological research for the public through articles in four dozen magazines, from Scientific American to Christian Century, and through seventeen books, including general interest books and textbooks.

He is a Seattle native, an all-weather bicyclist, and an avid noontime basketball player and fan of his college's basketball teams. David and Carol Myers married while undergraduates at Whitworth College and are parents of three adult children, sons Peter and Andrew, and a daughter, Laura.  Carol is the creator of a world class website offering information and resources related to the real Santa Claus, St. Nicholas (aka Saint Nicholas).

Also available:

• Interview with David in Teaching of Psychology (PDF).
• Download a PDF of David's complete resume.
• Two minute McGraw-Hill video interview of David Myers explaining how he became a social psychologist.
  • AVI format - 15 MB - requires the QuickTime plug-in or Windows Media Player to view the clip (loads slowly)
  • MOV format - 2 MB - requires the QuickTime plug-in to view the clip (loads slowly)
  • MOV format - 27 MB - requires the QuickTime plug-in to view the clip (loads slowly)
• "Morphed Myers" - created by son Andrew Myers as a demonstration of human development from infancy to age 53 (requires QuickTime plugin to view the slow-to-load 5MB MOV file) OR download the ZIP file).
• High resolution photo of David:
  300 dpi, 322K JPG photo, 394X551
  600 pdi, 585K JPG photo, 394X551