Katy Milkman
Behavioral economics professor and author
Katy Milkman is a behavioral scientist and professor at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. She wrote the bestselling How to Change, a book about lasting behavior change.
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Born in Washington, District of Columbia, United States
About Katy Milkman
Katy Milkman holds the James G. Dinan professorship at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. She hosts Choiceology, a behavioral economics podcast from Charles Schwab, and is a former president of the Society for Judgment and Decision Making. She also co-founded the Behavior Change for Good Initiative, a research center dedicated to the science of lasting behavior change. She has advised organizations including Google, Walmart, the White House and the US Department of Defense, and has published more than 60 papers in academic journals. She also writes about behavioral science for outlets such as The Washington Post, The New York Times and The Economist. Her bestselling book How to Change: The Science of Getting From Where You Are to Where You Want to Be was picked by The New York Times in 2021 as one of eight top titles on healthy living. That same year, Thinkers50 placed her among the 50 leading management thinkers in the world. She studied Operations Research and American Studies at Princeton University and earned her PhD at Harvard University.