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Other Writing

Konrath, S. (2004). “Bush rage” and its consequences.Clio’s Psyche. Psychohistory Forum.

Konrath, S. (2007). Reflections on the power of virgins and martyrs.Clio’s Psyche. Psychohistory Forum.

Anderson, P. & Konrath, S. (2011, August) ‘Why should we care?’ What to do about declining student empathy.Chronicle of Higher Education: http://chronicle.com/article/Why-Should-We-Care-What/128420.

Konrath, S. (2011, October) Caring too much? New York Times, Letter to the Editor. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/11/science/11letters-CARINGTOOMUC_LETTERS.html

Scott, S. & Konrath, S. (2012). Pets as teachers of empathy? Clio’s Psyche. Psychohistory Forum.

Konrath, S. (2012, December) Putting the care into caregiving. Caring Today magazine.

Konrath, S. (2013, August) Volunteering could boost happiness, decrease depression, and help you live longer: Study.Huffington Post, Healthy Living. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/08/23/volunteering-happiness-depression-live-longer_n_3804274.html

Konrath, S. (2013, September) Is declining empathy technology’s fault? New York Times, Room for Debate. http://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2013/09/23/facebook-and-narcissism/is-declining-empathy-technologys-fault

Konrath, S. (2013, October) Book Review: The App Generation.Slashdot. http://slashdot.org/submission/3066983/book-review-the-app-generation

Konrath, S. (2013, December) Harnessing mobile media for good.Resilience Tech Blog.http://resiliencetech.ning.com/blog/harnessing-mobile-media-for-good

Konrath, S. (2014, December) It is better to give than to receive.GroundCover newspaper, Ann Arbor, MI.

Konrath, S. (2015, November) The science of gratitude.Indy’s Child magazine, Indianapolis, IN.

Konrath, S. (2017, January) What’s the matter with empathy?Greater Good Science Center, UC Berkeley. http://greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item/whats_the_matter_with_empathy

Konrath, S. (2017, July) No, Empathy isn’t a universal value. Zocalo Public Square. http://www.zocalopublicsquare.org/2017/07/17/no-empathy-isnt-universal-value/ideas/nexus/

Konrath, S. & Handy, F. (2017, November 27) 5 reasons why people give their money away –plus 1 why they don’t.The Conversation, https://theconversation.com/5-reasons-why-people-give-their-money-away-plus-1-why-they-dont-87801

Konrath, S. (2017, December) Scholar’s corner interview. Life on Tinker Street magazine, Indianapolis, IN.

Konrath, S. (2017, December 11) The trick to getting narcissists to give to charities, Wall Street Journal.https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-trick-to-getting-narcissists-to-give-to-charities-1512961560

Konrath, S. (2018, May 7) Americans are becoming more socially isolated, but they’re not feeling lonelier.The Conversation, https://theconversation.com/americans-are-becoming-more-socially-isolated-but-theyre-not-feeling-lonelier-96151

Breeze, B., Konrath, S., & Wiepking, P. (2019, December 3) To stem the decline in charitable giving, pay more attention to young kids. Chronicle of Philanthropy. https://www.philanthropy.com/article/To-Stem-the-Decline-in-Charity/247629.

Konrath, S. (2019) Compassion can be cultivated, argues a psychologist. Book review of The War for Empathyby Jamil Zaki. Science. https://blogs.sciencemag.org/books/2019/06/18/the-war-for-kindness/

Martingano, A.J. & Konrath, S. (2020) Smart empathy: When more is not always better when it comes to using tech to increase empathy. Story Insights, Center for Scholars & Storytellers.https://www.scholarsandstorytellers.com/story-insights-blogs/2020/3/12/smart-empathynbspnbspwhy-more-is-not-always-better-when-it-comes-to-using-tech-to-increase-empathy

Konrath, S. (2020) Between burnout and the bends.Salon.com. https://www.salon.com/2020/06/06/between-burnout-and-the-bends-cascading-crises-have-created-a-burnout-epidemic/

Konrath, S. & Handy, F. (2020) Doing good may make people look better.The Conversation. https://theconversation.com/doing-good-may-make-people-look-better-146826

Konrath, S. & Jagsi, R. (2020) The pitfalls of hospitals seeking donations from their rich patients. The Conversation. https://theconversation.com/the-pitfalls-of-hospitals-seeking-donations-from-their-rich-patients-147646

Konrath, S. (2020) Why is it so hard to mourn the vast number of covid dead?Zocala Public Square. https://www.zocalopublicsquare.org/2020/12/07/empathy-scientist-cognitive-biases-covid-dead-mourning/ideas/essay/

Konrath, S. (2020) What the pandemic has done for dating. The Atlantic. https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/12/what-pandemic-has-done-dating/617502/

Konrath, S. (2022) Empathy for animals: Bridging the gap. White Paper prepared for Minnesota Zoo, 35 page literature review.

Martingano, A.J., Konrath, S., Lagrange, V., Litton, J. (2022) Curiosity in the college classroom: An instructor guide. Report prepared for Heterodox Academy.

 Konrath, S. (2022) I study America’s youth. Here’s what I found.The Big Think. https://bigthink.com/the-well/kids-youth-today/

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