Angela Duckworth

Dr. Angela Lee Duckworth is a professor of psychology at the University of Pennsylvania, where she investigates non-IQ competencies like self-control and grit, which significantly predict academic and professional success. Her research has spanned various populations, including West Point cadets, National Spelling Bee finalists, novice teachers, salespeople, and students. Dr. Duckworth earned her B.A. in Neurobiology from Harvard in 1992 and, as a Marshall Scholar, obtained a Master's in Neuroscience from Oxford. She completed her Ph.D. in psychology at the University of Pennsylvania. Before her research career, she founded a nonprofit summer school for low-income children, which received the Better Government Award in Massachusetts and was featured as a Harvard Kennedy School case study. Additionally, she has experience as a McKinsey management consultant and spent five years teaching math in public schools across San Francisco, Philadelphia, and New York City. In recognition of her impactful work, she was selected as a MacArthur Fellow in 2013.