Matthew T. Lee
Matthew T. Lee, Ph.D., is a Research Associate, a member of the Global Study of Human Flourishing research team, and Director of the Program's Flourishing Network. He is Professor of the Social Sciences and Humanities at the Institute for Studies of Religion at Baylor University and a Distinguished Visiting Scholar of Health, Flourishing, and Positive Psychology at Stony Brook University’s Center for Medical Humanities, Compassionate Care, and Bioethics, as well as a Visiting Scholar at the Benson-Henry Institute for Mind Body Medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital. He previously served as Chair of the American Sociological Association’s Section on Altruism, Morality, and Social Solidarity and as President of the North Central Sociological Association. His current research explores topics such as well-being and flourishing, benevolent service to others, and the integration of social science and the humanities. He is co-editor of Measuring Well-Being: Interdisciplinary Perspectives from the Social Sciences and the Humanities and co-author of The Heart of Religion: Spiritual Empowerment, Benevolence, and the Experience of God’s Love, both published by Oxford University Press. His latest co-edited book is titled, Transcending Crisis by Attending to Care, Emotions, and Flourishing (Routledge, 2023).
Latest books:
Projects:
- Flourishing Network
- Op-Eds
- Podcasts and Videos:
- Free, Open, Online Course: Leading and Flourishing in Difficult Times
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Recent Journal Articles
- Psychological Caring Climate at Work, Mental Health, Well-Being, and Work-Related Outcomes (Social Science & Medicine, 2023)
- Psychological Compassion Climate: Examining the Nomological Network of Perceptions of Work Group Compassion (Journal of Vocational Behavior, 2022)
- Global Trends of Mean and Inequality in Multidimensional Wellbeing: Analysis of 1.2 Million Individuals From 162 Countries, 2009–2019 (Frontiers in Public Health, 2022)
- Longitudinal Associations between Domains of Flourishing (Scientific Reports, 2022)
- The Future on Love and Business Organizing: An Agenda for Growth and Affirmation of People and the Environment (AGAPE) (Humanistic Management Journal, 2021)
- Open Space, Transformative Education, and Human Flourishing (Journal of Transformative Education, 2021)
- Psychometric Properties of Flourishing Scales From a Comprehensive Well-Being Assessment (Frontiers in Psychology, 2021)
- Self-Assessed Importance of Domains of Flourishing (The Journal of Positive Psychology, 2021)
- The Role of Financial Conditions for Physical and Mental Health (Social Science & Medicine, 2021)
- Volunteering and Susequent Health and Well-Being (American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 2020)
- Current Recommendations on the Selection of Measures for Well-Being (Preventive Medicine, 2020)
- National Well-Being Measures Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic (Journal of General Internal Medicine, 2020)
- Spiritual Virtue, Desistance, Humility, and Recovery Among Juvenile Offenders (Spirituality in Clinical Practice, 2017)
- Altruism and Existential Well-Being (Applied Research in Quality of Life, 2017)