Stuart Vyse

Stuart Vyse is a behavioral scientist, teacher, and writer. He holds PhD and MA degrees in psychology and BA and MA degrees in English literature. He taught at Providence College, the University of Rhode Island, and Connecticut College, where he was Joanne Toor Cummings '50 Professor. Vyse's book Believing in Magic: The Psychology of Superstition won the 1999 William James Book Award of the American Psychological Association. His book Going Broke: Why Americans (Still) Can't Hold on to Their Money is an analysis of the current epidemic of personal debt. He is a contributing editor of Skeptical Inquirer magazine where he writes the "Behavior & Belief" column, and he is a Fellow of the Association for Psychological Science and of the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry.