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Scott Glassman, PsyD, is a nationally recognized expert in positive psychology, health behavior change, and motivation, as well as a licensed psychologist and author of A Happier You: A Seven-Week Program to Transform Negative Thinking into Positivity and Resilience. He directs the Master of Applied Positive Psychology program at the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine and has received numerous grants for developing patient-centered healthy lifestyle interventions. His seven-week wellness program, A Happier You 庐, has been featured on SiriusXM and NPR. He is also in the process of adapting the program for youth athletes. 

Dr. Glassman is a member of the Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers and has been a speaker and trainer at many national and regional organizations, including the American Psychological Association, the Pennsylvania Osteopathic Medical Association, and the National Committee for Quality Assurance. He contributes to Psychology Today and the health section of The Philadelphia Inquirer. 

Dr. Glassman has been interviewed and/or cited by Forbes, AARP, Prevention Magazine, Well+Good, The Hill, KATU-TV Portland, NBC10 Philadelphia, CBS3 Philadelphia, Academic Minute, The Philadelphia Inquirer, and other print and online outlets.

 has over two decades of educational and professional experience serving college students with disabilities.
Sears is the director of Beckwith Residential Support Services and the assistant director of academic services with the  at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. She holds a Ph.D. in community health with a rehabilitation emphasis from the University of Illinois and is currently a research assistant professor of kinesiology and community health. She is a researcher at the . 
Key research areas

Factors impacting the career readiness of college students with disabilities
Empathic design methodology and its impacts on overall quality of life outcomes for everyday living
Emerging adulthood and disability identity

Notable Honors, Awards, Affiliations: 

University of Illinois Emerging Women Leaders - Nominee, 2022-2023
Outstanding BSW Field Education Instructor Award for the 2017-2018 academic year -  School of Social Work, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, April 2018
Recipient of the Robert Greenberg for Innovation Award - 4th Annual Career Opportunities for Students with Disabilities (COSD) conference, Northbrook, IL, November 2013
Recipient of the Chancellor’s Academic Professional Excellence (CAPE) Award, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, April 2012
Association of Higher Education & Disability (AHEAD)

 is a professor in the  and The Neuroscience Program at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and a researcher at the .
Mischkowski earned his Ph.D. in psychology at The Ohio State University and conducted postdoctoral research at the National Institutes of Health. He joined Illinois in 2024.
His research is located at the intersection between physical pain and social affect and behavior (e.g., empathy, aggression) through a multi-method approach, relying on social pharmacological intervention, psychophysiology and functional magnetic resonance imaging.
Research areas

Neuroscience of empathy and aggression
Physical pain
Emotional pain
Painkillers (especially acetaminophen)