Jonathan Haidt is a social psychologist and professor at New York University's Stern School of Business. His early research was on morality, emotion, and culture, but since 2018 he has been studying the contributions of social media to the decline of teen mental health and the rise of political dysfunction. He is the author of
The Happiness Hypothesis and of three
New York Times bestsellers:
The Righteous Mind, The Coddling of the American Mind (with Greg Lukianoff), and the international bestseller
The Anxious Generation. His goal is to help young people and democracies flourish in the digital age.
Catherine Price is an author, speaker, and health and science journalist. Her bestselling books include
The Power of Fun and
How to Break Up with Your Phone, and she is the author of the
How to Feel Alive Substack newsletter
. Her work has been featured in publications including
The Best American Science Writing,
The New York Times,
The Wall Street Journal, and
Popular Science, and her TED talk on fun has been viewed more than 5 million times. Her goal is to help people of all ages scroll less and live more.
Cynthia Yuan Cheng graduated from MICA with a B.F.A. in Illustration. Their debut graphic novel in the Baby-sitters Club series,
Mary Anne's Bad Luck Mystery, is a
New York Times Bestseller and their graphic novel
Win is forthcoming.