Singlism: What It Is, Why It Matters, and How to Stop It
Bella DePaulo (PhD, Harvard) is the author of Singled Out: How Singles Are Stereotyped, Stigmatized, and Ignored, and Still Live Happily Ever After and of Single with Attitude: Not Your Typical Take on Health and Happiness, Love and Money, Marriage and Friendship. She has been a Visiting Professor of Psychology at the University of California, Santa Barbara since the summer of 2000. Dr. DePaulo writes the Living Single blog for Psychology Today, and is also a contributor to the Huffington Post. Her op-ed essays have appeared in papers such as the New York Times, the San Francisco Chronicle, Forbes, and the Chronicle of Higher Education. Bella DePaulo has discussed the place of singles in society on NPR, CNN, and many other media outlets, and her work has been described in newspapers (such as the New York Times and the Washington Post) and magazines (such as Time and Business Week). DePaulo also studies the social psychology of deception, and has provided expert analysis of the topic for the Today show and other network news shows. More information about her background, her books, and her contact information, together with her All Things Single (and More) blog, can be found at her website, www.BellaDePaulo.com. Bella DePaulo has always been single and she is living happily ever after in the lovely little beach community of Summerland, California.