George Bonanno
George A. Bonanno | |
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At Columbia University, May 2010 | |
| Born | Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Hampshire College Yale University |
| Known for | Resilience as the experience of human loss and trauma The science of bereavement and trauma The four trajectories of grief Coining the term "coping ugly" The Other Side of Sadness |
| Awards | James McKeen Cattell Fellow Award (2019) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Psychology |
| Institutions | Columbia University Teachers College |
| Doctoral advisor | Jerome L. Singer (Yale University) |
George A. Bonanno (/bəˈnænoʊ/ bə-NAN-oh) is a professor of clinical psychology at Teachers College, Columbia University, U.S. He is responsible for introducing the controversial idea of resilience to the study of loss and trauma. He is known as a pioneering researcher in the field of bereavement and trauma. The New York Times on February 15, 2011, stated that the current science of bereavement has been "driven primarily" by Bonanno. Scientific American summarized a main finding of his work, "The ability to rebound remains the norm throughout adult life." Bonanno has been honored with several major awards for his work.