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Dan Bailis is a Professor in the Department of Psychology at the Faculty of Arts, University of Manitoba, where he investigates social and personality factors underlying health-related decision-making. His work bridges theoretical frameworks with empirical analysis to understand behavioral pathways to well-being.
His educational background includes:
- PhD in Psychology, Princeton University (1995)
- MA in Psychology, Princeton University (1992)
- BA with Distinction in General Scholarship (Psychology), University of California, Berkeley (1990)
Professor Bailis specializes in self-compassion research, examining how individuals process past failures and future prospects through decision-making lenses. His contextualist approach analyzes how personality traits interact with situational factors to produce behaviors affecting mental health outcomes. Current projects pivot toward understanding self-compassion's role in anticipating unrealized gains and losses, moving beyond retrospective analysis to predictive models of psychological resilience.
He directs the Action & Identity Lab, which employs experimental and correlational methodologies with standardized behavioral tasks and multivariate statistical modeling. The lab's framework treats identity as both driver and consequence of actions, investigating how motivational characteristics translate into context-specific decisions that either promote or undermine well-being.
While not currently accepting graduate students, Professor Bailis maintains active research supervision. No scientific awards were documented in the source materials.
