Dr. Daniel L. Schacter is a Professor of Psychology at Harvard University. Dr. Schacter earned his B.A. degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1974 and got his Ph.D. from the University of Toronto in 1981. He then served as director of the Unit for Memory Disorders at the University of Toronto for the next 6 years. Daniel joined the psychology department at the University of Arizona in 1987 as an Associate Professor. In 1991, he was appointed Professor at Harvard University and served as Chair of the department from 1995-2005.

Many of Schacter’s ideas and findings are summarized in his book, Searching for Memory, and The Seven Sins of Memory, both named as New Times Notable Books of the Year, and winners of the APA’s William James Book Award. More recently, he has co-authored an introductory textbook, Psychology (5th edition) with Daniel T. Gilbert and Daniel M. Wegner.