The Psychology of Thrill Seekers

Dr. Kenneth Carter is a Charles Howard Candler Professor of Psychology at Oxford College of Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia, where he actively engages in research and teaching. With over 20 years of experience as a psychotherapist and researcher, Dr. Carter has received accolades from prestigious institutions, including the National Institutes of Health and the University of Michigan. Before his tenure at Emory, he served as a Senior Assistant Research Scientist in the Epidemic Intelligence Service at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, focusing on the correlation between smoking and suicidal behaviors in adolescents. Additionally, he works to make psychological research accessible to the public, having contributed to publications like Mental Floss and Readers Digest, and appeared on programs such as NBC’s Today show. Dr. Carter is also the author of the psychology textbook Learn Psychology, published by Jones and Bartlett Learning. He earned his Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, in 1993, and completed a postdoctoral master’s in clinical psychopharmacology from Farleigh Dickinson University in 2007.