Charlotte vanOyen Witvliet, Ph.D.

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Charlotte vanOyen Witvliet, Ph.D., is a graduate of Purdue University, where she trained as a scientist-practitioner clinical psychologist. She serves as Professor and Chair of the Psychology Department at Hope College, Holland, MI. Witvliet has studied the psychophysiology of emotion and has conducted two decades of empirical research on the psychophysiology of compassion and forgiveness. She also studies accountability, gratitude, hope, mental health, and flourishing. Supported by grants from The John Templeton Foundation and the Fetzer Institute, her publications have appeared in journals such as Psychophysiology, Psychological Science, and The Journal of Positive Psychology. Over 120 media outlets and books have reported on her forgiveness research findings, including “The Book of Joy,” co-authored by Desmond Tutu and the Dalai Lama (2016), Greater Good in Action, Los Angeles Times, the Chicago Tribune, CNN, Time, Newsweek, and USA Today.