Jerry M. Burger
Jerry M. Burger is a professor of Psychology at Santa Clara University. He is the author of dozens of journal articles and book chapters, as well as the book DESIRE FOR CONTROL: PERSONALITY, SOCIAL, AND CLINICAL PERSPECTIVES (1992). He has been on the editorial board of the Journal of Personality and the Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, and has served as an associate editor for the Personality Processes and Individual Difference section of the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. Burger continues to teach the personality course, and PERSONALITY, 9th Edition reflects his many years of experience.
Gretchen M. Reevy
Gretchen M. Reevy is lecturer emerita in the Department of Psychology at California State University, East Bay. She earned her PhD in personality psychology at the University of California, Berkeley and has published four scholarly books in psychology. She is the author of "Encyclopedia of Emotion" and co-editor of "Personality, Stress, and Coping: Implications for Education," "The Praeger Handbook on Stress and Coping" and "Pedagogical Psychology: Beyond the 21st Century." Her areas of research include the human-animal bond, well-being of university faculty and non-cognitive predictors of academic achievement.
