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Dr. Brian R. Little lectures in the Department of Psychology at Harvard University and is an Affiliated Scholar at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University. He holds a joint position as Distinguished Research Professor in Psychology at Carleton University.

Dr. Little received his early education in British Columbia and his Ph.D. in psychology from the University of California at Berkeley and has taught at Oxford, Carleton and Harvard, among other universities. He has received numerous honors both for his teaching and research.

While at Carleton, he was awarded the 3M Fellowship, Canada's highest award for university teaching. He was the inaugural recipient of the Royal Bank Faculty Fellowship in University Teaching at McGill University and at Harvard was elected one of the "Favorite Professors" of the Class of 2003.

Dr. Little's research has been recognized by his election to Fellowships in the Canadian Psychological Association, the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard and as G. Stanley Hall Lecturer on two occasions for the American Psychological Association.

He pioneered the study of "Personal Projects Analysis" as an approach to the study of human personality and continues an active program of research at both Carleton and with the Harvard Personal Projects Interest Collaboratory (HAPPI).

His research lies at the intersection of personality, life-span developmental, cultural and health psychology, with a particular emphasis upon the factors enhancing human flourishing.

Believing that a prime function of scholarly research is to have impact beyond the confines of the university, Dr. Little has given well over five hundred keynote presentations to groups in health, education, technological and financial services.

He still aspires to play for the Toronto Raptors and has a personal project of growing a foot and a half in the next two years.