Daniel Cordaro

Daniel Cordaro is an American research scientist and psychologist who specializes in emotion psychology and human wellbeing. As a former faculty member at Yale University, Cordaro is best-known for his research in human emotion and positive psychology.[1] Formerly the director of the Universal Expression Project at the University of California, Berkeley, Cordaro has conducted various worldwide studies on human emotional expression.[2]

Daniel Cordaro
Daniel Cordaro
NationalityAmerican
Other namesDaniel T. Cordaro
Alma materUniversity of California, Berkeley (Chemistry, M.S.; Psychology, Ph.D.)
Scientific career
FieldsPsychology, Chemistry
Institutions
  • Contentment Foundation (2017-present)
  • Yale University (2014-2017)
  • UC Berkeley (2009-2014)
Doctoral advisorDacher Keltner; Marc Brackett (postdoctoral advisor)
Other academic advisorsPaul Ekman
WebsiteOfficial website

Cordaro directed the Universal Expression Project at the University of California, Berkeley,[3][4] as well as the Contentment Lab at Yale University.[5] Currently, he is the director of the Contentment Foundation, a non-profit organization that he had formed with Emilio Diez Barroso from the Contentment Lab at Yale University.[6]

Education

Cordaro grew up in Scranton, Pennsylvania.[7] He received his M.A. and Ph.D. in psychology from the University of California, Berkeley. He also earned an M.S. in organic chemistry from UC Berkeley.[8] After graduating from UC Berkeley, Cordaro completed his postdoctoral work at Yale University in 2014. Since 2009, Cordaro has studied human emotions and human well-being across several cultures.[9][10]

Career

In 2009, Cordaro directed the Universal Expression Project at the University of California, Berkeley.[2] His team completed some of the largest international emotional expression studies and began to decode a universal language of human emotion. It extended the list of universal emotions and provided evidence for amusement, awe, contentment, desire, embarrassment, pain, relief, and sympathy in both facial and vocal expressions. The project has covered over 10 countries around the world, including Bhutan.[11]

In 2015, he became a faculty member at Yale University and the Director of Wellbeing at the Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence, where he lead the Contentment Lab and published some of the first original research on contentment.[12][13][14] Cordaro co-founded Good Group with Justin Milano in 2015.[15][16] In 2016, along with Emilio Diez Barroso, he co-founded the Contentment Foundation, a non-profit organization that provides wellbeing assessments, curricula, and practices for children and adults in schools internationally.[17]

The Contentment Foundation is based on "The Four Pillars of Wellbeing," with the pillars being mindfulness, community, self-curiosity, and contentment.[18] The Contentment Foundation's main service is to bring positive psychology and wellness practices to schools and organizations. In January 2020, the foundation expanded its offerings to include a new “Family Platform” that allows families to practice wellbeing at home.[19] Cordaro's research reveals that across many cultures and traditions, contentment is the most prized emotion above all others, including happiness. Cordaro's philosophy for cultivating contentment includes practicing mindfulness, compassion and unconditionally accepting all emotions.[20]

Publications
  • Cordaro, D., Sun, R., Kamble, S., Hodder, N., Monroy, M., Cowen, A., Bai, Y., and Keltner, D. (2019). The Recognition of 18 Facial-Bodily Expressions Across Nine Cultures. Emotion. In Press.
  • Cordaro, Daniel T.; Bradley, Christina; Zhu, Franklyn; Vildostegui, Marla (September 2018). "Supporting improvements in classroom climate for students and teachers with the four pillars of wellbeing curriculum". Translational Issues in Psychological Science. 4 (3): 245–264. doi:10.1037/tps0000162.
  • Keltner, D., Cordaro, D., MacNeil, G., Simon-Thomas, E., Piff, P., and Jones, M. (2018). Darwin’s Emoticons: The Artistic Portrayal of 51 Emotions.
  • Keltner, D., & Cordaro, D. T. (2017). Understanding multimodal emotional expressions: Recent advances in basic emotion theory. In J.-M. Fernández-Dols & J. A. Russell (Eds.), Oxford series in social cognition and social neuroscience. The science of facial expression (pp. 57–75). New York, NY, US: Oxford University Press.
  • Keltner, D., Tracy, J., Sauter, D., Cordaro, D., McNeil, G. Expression of Emotion(2016). In Barrett, L.F., Lewis, M., Haviland-Jones, J.M. (Eds.). Handbook of Emotions. pp. 467–482. Guilford Press.
  • Cordaro, Daniel T.; Keltner, Dacher; Tshering, Sumjay; Wangchuk, Dorji; Flynn, Lisa M. (2016). "The voice conveys emotion in ten globalized cultures and one remote village in Bhutan". Emotion. 16 (1): 117–128. doi:10.1037/emo0000100. ISSN 1931-1516. PMID 26389648.
  • Cordaro, Daniel T.; Keltner, Dacher (2017-04-24). Understanding Multimodal Emotional Expressions: Recent Advances in Basic Emotion Theory. Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780190613501.001.0001. ISBN 9780190613525.
  • Cordaro, D. T., Brackett, M., Glass, L., & Anderson, C. L. (2016). Contentment: Perceived completeness across cultures and traditions. Review of General Psychology, 20(3), 221.
  • Keltner, D. & Cordaro, D. (2015). Understanding Multimodal Emotional Expressions: Recent Advances in Basic Emotion Theory. Emotion Researcher.
  • Baker, L.H., Cordaro, D., Platt, F.W. (2012). The First Minute. Medical Encounter. 26(4), 83-84.
  • Ekman, P. & Cordaro, D. (2011). What is meant by calling emotions basic. Emotion Review. 3(4), 364-370.

Articles and chapters

Cordaro is also the author of several articles, such as the following.

His research is also discussed in Chapter 4 ("Communication of Emotions") of the following book.

See also

References
  1. Dacher Keltner, Special to. "Chewbacca's mask and the power of viral joy". CNN. Retrieved 2019-03-11.
  2. "Daniel Cordaro". Esalen Institute - Big Sur, California. Retrieved 2019-03-11.
  3. "Tech in Asia - Connecting Asia's startup ecosystem". www.techinasia.com. Retrieved 2019-03-11.
  4. "Temos dezenas de emoções universais, aponta estudo". HypeScience (in Portuguese). 2014-07-02. Retrieved 2019-03-11.
  5. Ghose, Tia; June 26, Staff Writer |; ET, 2014 12:09pm. "Embarrassed? Amused? Humans Share Dozens of Expressions". Live Science. Retrieved 2019-03-11.
  6. 'Authentic Learning' with Daniel Cordaro, retrieved 2019-03-11
  7. Valkenburg, Ivo (Mar 9, 2020). "Well-being as a benchmark for a human society". Financial Magazine. Retrieved 2020-06-05.
  8. "Daniel Cordaro". www.lovemadevisible.eu. Retrieved 2019-03-11.
  9. Keltner, Jeremy Adam Smith, Dacher. "The Psychology of Taking a Knee". Scientific American Blog Network. Retrieved 2019-03-11.
  10. Nijhuis, Michelle (2016-09-22). "Awe Isn't Necessarily Good for You". The Atlantic. Retrieved 2019-03-11.
  11. "Daniel Cordero: Better Than Happy?". TEDxMarin. 2016. Retrieved 2019-03-11.
  12. Cordaro, D. T., Brackett, M., Glass, L., & Anderson, C. L. (2016). Contentment: Perceived completeness across cultures and traditions. Review of General Psychology, 20(3), 221.
  13. "When Fear Is a Competitive Advantage — 4 Steps to Make It Work for You". firstround.com. Retrieved 2019-03-11.
  14. "Emotion & Fundamental Contentment". The Interval at Long Now. Retrieved 2019-03-11.
  15. Ictnews. "Kế hoạch ngăn chặn các nhà sáng lập start-up tự tử - ICTNEWS". ictnews.vn (in Vietnamese). Retrieved 2019-03-11.
  16. "创业者如何消除焦虑，把恐惧变成竞争优势？（上）". 36kr.com (in Chinese). Retrieved 2019-03-11.
  17. "Daniel Cordaro by Authentic Learning • A podcast on Anchor". Anchor. Retrieved 2019-03-11.
  18. Marella, Cheryl. "Cultivating our Inner Happiness". Hello Bali. Retrieved 2020-06-05.
  19. Knight, Madina (Nov 6, 2019). "Finding Contentment". Edmund Hillary Fellowship. Retrieved 2020-06-05.
  20. Yusof, Helmi (Feb 21, 2020). "Daniel Cordaro on how to be happier". Business Times. Retrieved 2020-06-05.
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