Corey Keyes
Sociologist and professor emeritus
Corey Keyes is a sociologist whose research on mental health and well-being was carried out at Emory University, where he is now emeritus. His work brought the idea of languishing into wider use.
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About Corey Keyes
Corey Keyes is an American sociologist based at Emory University in Atlanta, where he held the Winship Distinguished Research Professorship and is now a professor emeritus. He is known for his work in positive psychology. He developed ideas including social well-being, flourishing and languishing, along with a model that treats mental health and mental illness as two separate continua. His book in our catalog is Languishing. Keyes has given advice to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and to the World Happiness Forum, and to government agencies in Canada, Northern Ireland and Australia. He was also a member of the MacArthur Foundation Research Network on Successful Aging.