Frank McAndrew, psychology professor, disrupts the norm with – a neighborhood without gossip is not really a neighborhood at all. McAndrew reveals that not only do we gossip more than we think we do, but the benefits of doing so are essential to a thriving community.
Dr. Frank McAndrew is the Cornelia H. Dudley Professor Emeritus of Psychology at Knox College where he received all of the college’s prizes for distinguished teaching and faculty achievement. In 2005, he was nominated for the prestigious CASE U.S. Professor of the Year Award. McAndrew’s book on Environmental Psychology has been translated into several languages and is regarded as a classic text in the history of that discipline. Professor McAndrew is also well-known as a purveyor of psychological science to lay audiences. His blog at Psychology Today Magazine and his other op-ed articles have attracted over twenty-five million readers. Frank is a frequent guest on podcasts and TV & Radio talk shows, and he has lectured widely across the globe. His research has been featured in media outlets including Time, The New Yorker, PBS Newshour, NBC’s Today Show, NPR, Fox News, the BBC, celebrity.land, The Guardian, the Atlantic, the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, and the Washington Post.
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