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Shigehiro Oishi

Marshall Field IV Professor in the Department of Psychology and the College Shigehiro Oishi

Area of Study

Department of Psychology

Shigehiro Oishi

Marshall Field IV Professor in the Department of Psychology and the College

A leader in the study of happiness, psychological well-being, the experience of a meaningful life and cultural psychology, Oishi’s research program is distinctive in its methodological range and ingenuity as well as its broad theoretical reach. Currently, he is focused on the effects of economic inequality and residential mobility on the well-being of individuals and communities. Oishi earned his bachelor's degree from International Christian University in Tokyo, his master’s from Columbia University and his Ph.D. from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.

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