Dr. Jean Twenge

Jean M. Twenge, Professor of Psychology at San Diego State University, is the author of more than 190 scientific publications and books.

Her books include:
10 Rules for Raising Kids in a High-Tech World: How Parents Can Stop Smartphones, Social Media, and Gaming from Taking Over Their Children’s Lives
Generations: The Real Differences between Gen Z, Millennials, Gen X, Boomers and Silents and What they Mean for America’s Future
iGen: Why Today’s Super-Connected Kids Are Growing Up Less Rebellious, More Tolerant, Less Happy–and Completely Unprepared for Adulthood
Generation Me: Why Today’s Young Americans Are More Confident, Assertive, Entitled — and More Miserable Than Ever Before
The Narcissism Epidemic: Living in the Age of Entitlement (co-authored with W. Keith Campbell)
The Impatient Woman’s Guide to Getting Pregnant
Personality Psychology: Understanding Yourself and Others (co-authored with W. Keith Campbell)
Social Psychology (co-authored with David G. Myers)

Dr. Twenge frequently gives talks and seminars on generational differences and technology based on a dataset of 43 million people. Her audiences have included college faculty and staff, parent groups, youth advocates, high school teachers, military personnel, camp directors, and corporate executives. Her research has been covered in Time, Newsweek, The New York Times, USA Today, U.S. News and World Report, and The Washington Post, and she has been featured on Today, Good Morning America, CBS This Morning, Real Time with Bill Maher, Meet the Press, Fox and Friends, NBC Nightly News, Dateline NBC, and National Public Radio.

She holds a BA and MA from the University of Chicago and a Ph.D. from the University of Michigan. She lives in San Diego with her husband and three daughters.