June Gruber

Gruber was raised in Half Moon Bay, California, where she attended Half Moon Bay High School and graduated as class co-valedictorian in 1999.{{Cite web|title=HMB High valedictorians June Gruber and Matt WaddellERIN WALDNER / Half Moon Bay Review / June 19, 1999|url=https://www.hmbreview.com/news/hmb-high-valedictorians-june-gruber-and-matt-waddellerin-waldner-half-moon-bay-review-june-19/article_13820d0e-2d9b-5dad-9e92-54d00e27197e.html|access-date=2020-12-16|website=Half Moon Bay Review|date=June 19, 1999 |language=en}} She attended the University of California, Berkeley as a Regents' and Chancellor's Scholar,{{Cite web|title=UC Berkeley Gruber|url=https://summeraid.berkeley.edu/types-of-aid-at-berkeley/scholarships/regents-and-chancellors-scholarship/|access-date=2020-11-23|website=colorado.edu/clinicalpsychology/june-gruber-phd}} where in 2003 she completed her B.A. in psychology with highest distinction in general scholarship and high honors in psychology and was a Haas Undergraduate Research Fellow.{{Cite web |title=June L. Gruber – Undergraduate Research & Scholarships |url=https://research.berkeley.edu/hsp-scholars/?y=2002-2003 |access-date=2025-01-08 |language=en-US}}

Gruber completed her M.A. (2005) and Ph.D. (2009) in Psychology also at UC Berkeley, where she was an NIMH Predoctoral Fellow in Affective Science. As a graduate student she worked with Ann Kring,{{Cite journal|last=Gruber, J., & Kring, A. M.|date=2008|title=Narrating emotional events in schizophrenia. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 117(3), 520–533.|journal=Journal of Abnormal Psychology|url=https://doi.org/10.1037/0021-843X.117.3.520|volume=117|issue=3|pages=520–533|doi=10.1037/0021-843x.117.3.520|pmid=18729606|url-access=subscription}} Sheri Johnson, and Dacher Keltner.{{Cite journal|last=Gruber, J., Johnson, S. L., Oveis, C., & Keltner, D.|date=2008|title=Risk for mania and positive emotional responding: Too much of a good thing? Emotion, 8(1), 23–33.|journal=Emotion |volume=8|issue=1|pages=23–33|doi=10.1037/1528-3542.8.1.23|pmc=2847501|pmid=18266513}} Her dissertation was supervised by Allison Harvey.

Gruber joined the Department of Psychology at Yale University as an assistant professor in 2009, where she was director of the Yale Positive Emotion and Psychopathology lab. At Yale she was awarded Arthur Greer Memorial Prize for Outstanding Junior Faculty for her research on the potentially negative consequences of positive emotion.{{Cite web|date=2012-11-07|title=Yale College prizes celebrate outstanding junior faculty|url=https://news.yale.edu/2012/11/07/yale-college-prizes-celebrate-outstanding-junior-faculty|access-date=2020-11-23|website=YaleNews|language=en}} In 2014 she moved to Department of Psychology and Neuroscience at the University of Colorado Boulder, and is a professor in the clinical science area.{{Cite web|title=June Gruber|url=http://gruber.socialpsychology.org/|access-date=2020-11-23|website=gruber.socialpsychology.org}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.happinessandwellbeing.org/june-gruber|title = June Gruber}}

Gruber conducts experimental research and articulates theoretical models on the ways different types of positive emotions impact well-being and health, with a special focus on negative aspects. Positive emotions may provide the basis for dysfunction and suboptimal outcomes.{{Cite web|title=Positive Emotion and Psychopathology Lab - Director Dr. June Gruber|url=http://gruberpeplab.com/research.php#disorders|access-date=2020-10-22|website=gruberpeplab.com}} This area of research is sometimes known as "positive emotion disturbance". Gruber has noted that exposure to patients diagnosed with bipolar disorder inspired her to study potential negative consequences of heightened euphoria during mania.{{Cite journal|doi = 10.1111/spc3.12515|title = Understanding and taking stock of positive emotion disturbance|year = 2020|last1 = Gruber|first1 = June|last2 = Villanueva|first2 = Cynthia|last3 = Burr|first3 = Emily|last4 = Purcell|first4 = John R.|last5 = Karoly|first5 = Hollis|journal = Social and Personality Psychology Compass|volume = 14| issue=1 | pmid=37636238 | pmc=10456988 |s2cid = 213384805}}

According to Gruber, research supports that happiness is "not one single thing," but is composed of "feelings, thoughts, behaviors and even the way our body responds." She notes that there's evidence supporting that direct focus on achieving happiness can backfire; "people report feeling less happy the more they try to pursue it." Such evidence suggests not to “focus on the pursuit of happiness", but to "focus on other people, things you’re grateful for and doing things for others as opposed [for] yourself.”{{Cite web|date=2014-07-25|title=The Key Ingredients You Need To Be Happier|url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/ingredients-for-happiness_n_5622038|access-date=2020-12-08|website=HuffPost|language=en}}

Gruber has conducted studies suggesting that seeking happiness can have negative effects, such as failure to meet over-high expectations.{{cite web | url=http://gruberpeplab.com/research.php | title=Positive Emotion and Psychopathology Lab - Director Dr. June Gruber | access-date=2018-10-12 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181010182826/http://www.gruberpeplab.com/research.php | archive-date=2018-10-10 | url-status=live }}{{Cite web|url=http://www.theguardian.com/society/2020/jan/04/trying-to-be-happy-could-make-you-miserable-study-finds|title=Trying to be happy could make you miserable, study finds|date=January 4, 2020|website=The Guardian}}{{cite journal |last1=Mauss |first1=Iris B. |last2=Tamir |first2=Maya |last3=Anderson |first3=Craig L. |last4=Savino |first4=Nicole S. |title=Can Seeking Happiness Make People Happy? Paradoxical Effects of Valuing Happiness |journal=Emotion |date=2011 |volume=11 |issue=4 |pages=807–815 |doi=10.1037/a0022010 |pmid=21517168 |pmc=3160511 }} She has collaborated with Iris Mauss, whose research has similarly shown that the more people strive for happiness, the more likely they will set up too high of standards and feel disappointed.{{Cite journal|last1=Mauss|first1=Iris B.|last2=Tamir|first2=Maya|last3=Anderson|first3=Craig L.|last4=Savino|first4=Nicole S.|date=2011|title=Can seeking happiness make people unhappy? Paradoxical effects of valuing happiness.|journal=Emotion|language=en|volume=11|issue=4|pages=807–815|doi=10.1037/a0022010|issn=1931-1516|pmc=3160511|pmid=21517168}}{{Cite web|date=2015-08-25|title=Four "Inside Out" insights to discuss and improve our kids' emotional lives (and our own)|url=https://sharpbrains.com/blog/2015/08/25/four-inside-out-insights-to-discuss-and-improve-our-emotional-lives/|access-date=2020-11-24|website=SharpBrains|language=en-US}}

Gruber has argued that happiness conceived of merely in terms of positive affect can have negative effects. It may trigger a person to be more sensitive, more gullible, less successful, and more likely to undertake high risk behaviours.{{Cite news|title=Too much Happiness Can Make You Unhappy|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/too-much-happiness-can-make-you-unhappy-studies-show/2012/04/02/gIQACELLrS_story.html|newspaper=Washington Post}}{{Cite news|title=New study sheds light on 'dark side of happiness', 2011|work=Boston.com|url=http://archive.boston.com/lifestyle/health/articles/2011/05/23/new_study_sheds_light_on_dark_side_of_happiness/|access-date=2020-12-08}}

Gruber's research has been recognized by several awards including the 2011 Association for Psychological Science’s Rising Star Award, the 2016 Association for Psychological Science’s Janet Taylor Spence Award for Transformative Early Career Contributions, the 2012 Society for Research in Psychopathology's Early Career Award, and two NARSAD Young Investigator Awards in 2014 and 2019 from the Brain & Behavior Research Foundation.{{Cite web|title=2019 Young Investigator Grant Program|url=https://www.bbrfoundation.org/sites/default/files/pdfs/2019-yi-booklet-final.pdf}}

Gruber has taught courses on emotion, happiness, and psychopathology. Her teaching has been recognized by several awards, including the 2024 President's Teaching Scholar, 2023 Cogswell Award for Inspirational Instruction, 2022 Boulder Faculty Assembly Excellence in Teaching and Pedagogy Award, and 2020 UROP Outstanding Faculty Mentor Award.{{Cite web|title=Positive Emotion and Psychopathology Lab - Director Dr. June Gruber|url=http://gruberpeplab.com/research.php#disorders|access-date=2023-09-29|website=gruberpeplab.com}}

Gruber is engaged in science outreach and distribution of the science of emotions and mental health for the broader public. She has authored popular pieces for media such as Slate (magazine) and Scientific American. She developed a #TalkMentalIllness campaign, an Experts in Emotion Interview Series at Yale University, and a free online course in Human Emotion available through YouTube and iTunes.{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLh9mgdi4rNewieO9Dsj-OhNBC9bF4FoRp|title=Human Emotion with June Gruber - YouTube|website=YouTube}} She has given a TEDx talk on the “dark side” of happiness.Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211208/fi8Mhvsiymo Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20131019235136/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fi8Mhvsiymo Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{cite AV media| url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fi8Mhvsiymo| title = The Dark Side of Happiness: June Gruber at TEDxCambridge 2011 | website=YouTube}}{{cbignore}} She has written on the mental health crisis sparked by the COVID-19 pandemic.{{Cite web|url=https://theconversation.com/flattening-the-mental-health-curve-is-the-next-big-coronavirus-challenge-139066|title = Flattening the mental health curve is the next big coronavirus challenge| date=May 29, 2020 }}

Gruber is involved in mentoring new generations of scientists and the advancement of women and underrepresented minorities in science. She is co-author of a monthly column for young scientists in Science Careers, received an IMPART grant to co-lead a workshop on the advancement of underrepresented populations in the science, and has written on the future of women in psychological research.{{Cite journal|doi = 10.1177/1745691620952789|title = The Future of Women in Psychological Science|year = 2021|last1 = Gruber|first1 = June|last2 = Mendle|first2 = Jane|last3 = Lindquist|first3 = Kristen A.|last4 = Schmader|first4 = Toni|last5 = Clark|first5 = Lee Anna|last6 = Bliss-Moreau|first6 = Eliza|last7 = Akinola|first7 = Modupe|last8 = Atlas|first8 = Lauren|last9 = Barch|first9 = Deanna M.|last10 = Barrett|first10 = Lisa Feldman|last11 = Borelli|first11 = Jessica L.|last12 = Brannon|first12 = Tiffany N.|last13 = Bunge|first13 = Silvia A.|last14 = Campos|first14 = Belinda|last15 = Cantlon|first15 = Jessica|last16 = Carter|first16 = Rona|last17 = Carter-Sowell|first17 = Adrienne R.|last18 = Chen|first18 = Serena|last19 = Craske|first19 = Michelle G.|last20 = Cuddy|first20 = Amy J. C.|last21 = Crum|first21 = Alia|last22 = Davachi|first22 = Lila|last23 = Duckworth|first23 = Angela L.|last24 = Dutra|first24 = Sunny J.|last25 = Eisenberger|first25 = Naomi I.|last26 = Ferguson|first26 = Melissa|last27 = Ford|first27 = Brett Q.|last28 = Fredrickson|first28 = Barbara L.|last29 = Goodman|first29 = Sherryl H.|last30 = Gopnik|first30 = Alison|journal = Perspectives on Psychological Science|volume = 16|issue = 3|pages = 483–516|pmid = 32901575|pmc = 8114333|display-authors = 1}}

Gruber has joined David Myers and Nathan DeWall as co-author of a world best-selling introductory psychology textbook.{{Cite web|date=2023-09-29|title=Psychology|url=https://store.macmillanlearning.com/us/product/Psychology/p/1319426891|access-date=2023-09-29|website=MacMillan|language=en}}

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• [https://www.colorado.edu/clinicalpsychology/june-gruber-phd Faculty Homepage]
• [http://gruberpeplab.com/junegruber.php Positive Emotion and Psychopathology lab at CU Boulder]
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