Faculty Lunch Talk - Steve Skiena
Steve Skiena
Distinguished Teaching Professor of Computer Science and Associate Director of the AI Innovation Institute
Stony Brook University
Tuesday, April 07, 2026
Time: 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Laufer Center 107
Title: Identity and Well-Being
Abstract: Each person has a particular self-identity, an internalized conception that defines how you categorize yourself and present to the world. Is your self-identity most strongly defined by your family roles, values, employment, religion, ethnicity, politics, or interests? And how does this matter for personal well-being?
We have developed a dataset on the expressed self-identities of over 420 million people, enabling us to study these questions quantitatively. Which types of identities prove most salient to people? How do they change over time? And what identities do the most to promote health and well-being?
By Invitation Only
