Psychology Series 11: Roy Baumeister / Social Isolation & Alcohol / Performance & Overthinking / Conformity & Cults

Come Together with Ephraim Herschmann · Jul 12, 2026 · 1h 15m

Roy F. Baumeister is professor of psychology associated with the University of Queensland (Australia), Florida State University (USA), and Constructor University (Germany). He grew up in Cleveland, the oldest child of a schoolteacher and an immigrant businessman.

He received his Ph.D. in social psychology from Princeton in 1978 and did a postdoctoral fellowship in sociology at the University of California atBerkeley. He spent over two decades at Case Western Reserve University, where he eventually was the first to hold the Elsie Smith professorship. He has also worked at Harvard University…