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June Gruber is an Assistant Professor of Psychology and Director of the Positive Emotion and Psychopathology Laboratory.

She received her B.A. and Ph.D. in Psychology from UC Berkeley, where she was an NIMH Predoctoral Fellow in Affective Science, and is also a licensed Clinical Psychologist. She began her faculty career as an Assistant Professor of Psychology at Yale University, and in 2014 moved to the University of Colorado Boulder.

Dr. Gruber has authored over 70 journal articles and chapters and edited Positive Emotion: Integrating the Light Sides and Dark Sides.

Dr. Gruber is the Director of the Experts in Emotion Interview Series and has a freely available Online Course in Human Emotion and iTunes U Course, as well as a TEDx talk on the dark side of happiness. Her work has been recognized by a Rising Star Award from the Association for Psychological Science, NARSAD Young Investigator Award, and Yale University's Arthur Greer Memorial Prize for Outstanding Junior Faculty.

Her work has been funded by the NIMH, NSF, and the Brain and Behavior Foundation (NARSAD), and has received media coverage from the BBC, NPR, New York Times, LA TimesHuffington Post, Boston Globe, Washington Post, Telegraph, Forbes, and Psychology Today.

Visit Dr. Gruber's page at the Positive Emotion and Psychopathology Lab.

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