
Kira M. Newman is an editor and web producer at the Greater Good Science Center at UC Berkeley. She writes, edits, and produces content for all of the GGSC’s websites, from the magazine to Greater Good in Action to the Science of Happiness edX course, for which she served as course assistant for three semesters. Offline, she is the creator of CaféHappy, a Toronto-based meetup that gathers monthly to discuss how to be happier. In 2014, she launched a project called The Positive Psychlopedia to serve as a resource for the positive psychology community. She created and ran the 12-month online course The Year of Happy, which is now in its second year. -from kiramnewman.com