Heroism Science

The State of the Art (and Science) of Heroism: Growth, Paradigms, and Future Directions in an Emerging Field scholarship.richmond.edu/heroism-scienc… @elainekinsella

According to decades of research, practicing #gratitude is good for our bodies, minds, and relationships. That is what sparked the creation of the Gratitude Practice for #Nurses campaign. Get involved: bit.ly/2Y4efM1 #ggscenter #healthcare

Love yourself the way you were always meant to.

Everything we do is on the back of supportive or unsupportive relationships. Any issues the question is what are you doing to improve relationships.

"I hope for you it will be a symbol of the life of which we fought for together." cnn.it/3kauxds

From our archives: Matthew Hoh gave up a promising career in diplomacy when he resigned from the US Foreign Service to protest the cost in lives and dollars of “the US involvement in a 35-year-old civil war” in Afghanistan. giraffeheroes.org/1231/MatthewHoh

The power of the active bystander first comes from within. Look inside to act out. Who you are, your core values, you. For me this is where the power starts. Believe in yourself, believe you can make a difference. #BystanderChat

@Peter_Fitz You should check out heroroundtable.com and @HIPorg for our work in promoting everyday heroism.

Risking your safety for the good of others: Heroism.

The woman the Nazis called "most dangerous of all Allied spies" was Virginia Hall, a girl from Baltimore with a wooden prosthetic leg that she nicknamed Cuthbert. Here is her amazing true story. amightygirl.com/blog?p=23977

Ethical Concerns of Heroism Training scholarship.richmond.edu/heroism-scienc…

The next conference in this series will be October 4, 5, & 6 2023 in New Zealand 🇳🇿 chaired by Peter Bray. The proposal is a hybrid model: face-to-face & online attendance options. Let us know what you think. We can't wait! #heroismscience2021 #heroismscience2023

Here's a whistle-stop tour of last week's international conference on #heroism hosted @UL! #heroismscience2021 Chaired by @elainekinsella @EricIgou Thanks to @Proppsych @Yuning4444 @muireann_odea @AdamMiniter @AlannaHeraty @ULPsych @EHS_Research @EHSFacultyAtUL @UL_Research

The conference schedule has been created & sent to our presenters for review. The line-up is fantastic! Keep an eye on our spotlight tweets for some sneak previews #heroismscience2021

In this article, we adopt a psychobiographical perspective to analyze the character and life of one of Israel’s greatest heroes, Yonathan (“Yoni”) Netanyahu scholarship.richmond.edu/heroism-scienc…

"I think that the important thing about my appoint is not that I will decide cases as a woman, but that I am a woman who will get to decide cases." Sandra Day O'Connor, 1st woman justice of the US Supreme Court, is celebrating her 91st birthday! bit.ly/3rwLnVS

This week's CNN Hero Zannah Mustapha not only runs @futureprowess, a school teaching thousands of children from both sides of Nigeria's Boko Haram conflict, he also mediated the release of more than 100 kidnapped Chibok schoolgirls. Get the full story: cnn.it/39SBhqk

Psychotherapist Dr. Stephanie Jones (@DrSFJ) will present at #heroismscience2021 on #heroism in action and #bystandereffect. She will examine passivity by seemingly 'good people' during historical tragedies through her research Register here! eventbrite.ie/e/131235311349

These articles are based on presentations given at the Second Biennial Heroism Science Conference held in Richmond, Virginia in October of 2018 scholarship.richmond.edu/heroism-scienc…

Dr. Gladys West was born into a community of sharecroppers in rural Virginia, but she went on to create mathematical models of the Earth that became the foundation for GPS. You can read the story of this "Hidden Figure" mathematician in our blog post. amightygirl.com/blog?p=22639

Check out this Special Issue on "The Downside of Heroism" scholarship.richmond.edu/heroism-scienc…