Anatolia Clubhouse Presents "Happiness 101: The Benefits of Happiness and How to Become Happier".
Date: March 12, 2022
Time: 2pm - 4pm
Where: The meeting will be held at the Clubhouse and in the Salon Room. We will also make the seminar available by Zoom. Zoom information and link are below.
Presentation Overview
Don’t miss this presentation if you are interested in learning about the benefits of being happy and how to become happier.
Dr. Demir’s presentation will begin with a brief history of happiness research. Then, he will present information about how to measure happiness, and will highlight the benefits of being happy, such as its impact on health and prosocial behaviors. Next, he will focus on empirically supported strategies to become happier. There will be ample time for questions at the end of the presentation.
Zoom Meeting Information
Meeting ID: 836 1206 7771
Passcode: 834855
About Dr. Demir
Meliksah Demir is a 1st generation Turkish American scholar. He received his PhD in Developmental Psychology from Wayne State University (Detroit, MI) in 2007). He is the Rekhi Singh Endowed Professor in Happiness at California State University, Sacramento since 2020. He has been doing research on happiness since 2002. His research focuses on the roles of close relationships in happiness across cultures (i.e., why and how friendships make people happy)? He is also interested in happiness interventions; which will be available to the Sacramento State students this semester. He is currently teaching the Psychology of Happiness course for psychology majors. He has three dozen publications in scientific journals and two edited volumes on happiness.