Authors of the MSCEIT

John D. Mayer

John (Jack) pioneered research in emotional intelligence.  Since the late 1970's, he has studied the interaction of emotion and thought.  Between 1990 and 1993, Dr. Mayer coauthored the first scientific articles on emotional intelligence, with his colleague, Dr. Peter Salovey of Yale University.  Since then, Dr. Mayer has further examined how to measure and use emotional intelligence.  At the same time, he has developed a conceptual model for the more general study of human personality.  He has published over 70 scientific articles, book chapters, and tests.

Dr. Mayer is presently a Professor of Psychology at the University of New Hampshire.  He has served on the editorial boards of Psychological Bulletin and the Journal of Personality, and has been a National Institute of Mental Health Postdoctoral Scholar at Stanford University.  Dr. Mayer received his Ph.D. and M.A. in psychology at Case Western Reserve University, and his B.A. from the from the University of Michigan, where he double-majored in Creative Writing and Literature, and in Dramatic Theory and Criticism.  Dr. Mayer's current work on emotional intelligence has been featured in TIME, McCalls, the Los Angeles Times, and the New York Times, and on many television and radio programs.  He has spoken on the topic in academic, business, and government forums, both nationally and internationally.

Peter Salovey
 

Peter is the Dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences at Yale University.  He is also Chris Argyris Professor of Psychology and Professor Epidemiology & Public Health at Yale University, where he received his Ph.D. in clinical psychology in 1986.Peter completed his undergraduate work in psychology and a masters degree in sociology at Stanford University in 1980.

Professor Salovey is a leading authority on the psychological consequences of mood and emotion, and he has applied his work to fostering health, especially those healthy behaviors relevant to the prevention of cancer and HIV/AIDS.

Professor Salovey has been interviewed a number of times by the New York Times, Time, and other newspapers and magazines, and he has made frequent appearances on television and radio.  He is invited to speak on mood, health behavior, and emotional intelligence around the world.  He has written or edited eight books and has authored more than 175 scientific publications.  Professor Salovey is a founding editor of the Review of General Psychology and an associate editor of the new APA journal, Emotion.  He is a Justice of the Peace and a licensed psychologist in the State of Connecticut. In his leisure time, he plays stand-up bass with the Professors of Bluegrass.

David R. Caruso

David is the founder of EI Skills Group.  In addition, he is a Research Affiliate in the Department of Psychology at Yale University.  He works with executives and leaders from major corporations in the areas of assessment and executive development.

He is the co-author of the MEIS and MSCEIT, ability tests of emotional intelligence with colleagues John Mayer and Peter Salovey.  His research focuses on  measuring emotional intelligence and applications of emotional intelligence to the workplace. He also has an interest in the emotional intelligence of adolescents.

He has held positions in market research, strategic planning, and product management. He has led numerous product development teams, conducted sales training seminars, developed and implemented marketing plans and introduced new products in the United States and Europe.  As a product manager, he was responsible for launching a new line of software products with first-year revenue of $11 mm.

He has a Ph.D. in psychology from Case Western Reserve University and was a post-doctoral fellow in developmental psychology at the Department of Psychology at Yale University.  He divides his time between executive assessment, executive coaching, organization development, training, research and writing.

The Author Team

Jack and Peter met each other in 1985 and began to collaborate and to share ideas on cognition and affect. Jack and David met in graduate school in 1979.  Peter and David met in 1983 when Peter was a graduate student and David was a post-doc. The three of us started to work together professionally in 1995.
 

Disclosure

Jack, Peter and I are obviously authors of the MSCEIT.  MHS publishes the test and they will provide royalties on MSCEIT sales to the three of us.  I am also the web site author and the content reflect my thoughts and perspective.
- David Caruso

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