The early career phase (roughly the first 10 years post-graduation) is an exciting (and sometimes stressful) time for most people in psychology and other disciplines engaging with psychology in interdisciplinary work on the study of virtues. The purpose of this network of scholars is to make it easier for early career scholars to study the good life and ways of helping people grapple with the limits of being human. This is an initiative developed through a partnership between Donnie Davis, MSTAR, and Daryl Van Tongeren, Director of the Frost Center for Social Science Research at Hope College.

This group is committed to promoting professional friendships to make the early career phase easier to navigate.

Key activities

• Training for interdisciplinary approaches to measurement and systematic reviews as well as Implications of culture on character development

• Grant development

• Fellowships to help align teaching and service with other creative work