- Michelle Gielan, national CBS News anchor turned positive psychology researcher, is the best-selling author of Broadcasting Happiness. Michelle is the Founder of the Institute for Applied Positive Research and holds a Master of Applied Positive Psychology from the University of Pennsylvania.
She is an Executive Producer of "The Happiness Advantage" Special on PBS and a featured professor in Oprah's Happiness course. Her research and advice have received attention from The New York Times, Washington Post, Forbes, CNN, FOX, and Harvard Business Review.
- IMDb mini biography by: Michelle Gielan
- SpouseShawn Achor(? - present) (2 children)
- After graduation from college, she was a software engineer working in Boston and London.
- Born in New York and grew in the New York area and Bethesda, Maryland. Graduated cum laude from Tufts University in 2000 with a bachelor of science in Computer Engineering. Studied at the University of Sydney in Australia and did graduate work in broadcast journalism at UCLA.
- Joined CBS News on July 21, 2008.
- Mother, with Shawn Achor, of son Leo Achor and daughter Zoe Achor.
- Graduated from the University of Pennsylvania with a Master of Applied Positive Psychology.
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