Prof. Katy Milkman | How to Change (Virtual)
Join us for a conversation with award-winning Wharton Professor and Choiceology podcast host, Katy Milkman about her best-selling book, How to Change: The Science of Getting from Where You Are to Where You Want to Be.
Speaker
Hailing from the suburbs of Washington DC, Katy Milkman, Phd '09, is the James G. Dinan Professor at The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. She is also host of the popular Charles Schwab behavioral economics podcast Choiceology and the co-founder and co-director of Penn’s Behavior Change for Good Initiative, a research center focused on advancing the science of lasting behavior change. Her research explores ways that economics and psychology insights can help change behaviors for good, like savings, exercise, and vaccination. Katy received her undergraduate degree in Operations Research and American Studies from Princeton University and her PhD in Computer Science and Business from Harvard University (2009). In her free time, Katy enjoys hiking and reading Geronimo Stilton books to her 6-year-old-son.
The New York Times named How to Change: The Science of Getting from Where You Are to Where You Want to Be as one of the best 8 books for healthy living in 2021.
Date: Wednesday, May 25, 2022
Time: 8:00pm – 9:00pm
Location: Virtual over Zoom
Cost: Free for Harvard Club of Philadelphia Members;
$10 donation to Club's Scholarship Fund for Non-members
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Event Organizer: Harvard Club of Philadelphia
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