Human Capital and Economic Opportunity: A Global Working Group

Rebecca Shiner

Colgate University
Associate Professor and Chair; Presidential Scholar

Rebecca L. Shiner is Associate Professor, Presidential Scholar, and Chair of Psychology at Colgate University. Dr. Shiner obtained her Ph.D. in clinical psychology from the University of Minnesota in 1998 and completed her clinical internship at the University of Rochester in 1999. She served as an Associate Editor of the Journal of Personality from 2004-2008, an executive board member of the Association for Research in Personality, and a consultant to the DSM-V Working Group on Personality Disorders. Dr. Shiner's research centers on temperament and personality development in childhood and adolescence, including structure, stability, and change, and the links between personality and life outcomes. She has particular interest in the pathways through which childhood and adolescent personality traits contribute to the development of personality disorders and other forms of psychopathology.

Working Group

Identity and Personality (IP)

Additional Information

Email: rshiner@colgate.edu
Homepage: http://www.colgate.edu/academics/FacultyDirectory/rshiner.html