Dr. Gergen is an authority on cultural change, personal identity, and language and communication. His best-know book, The Saturated self: Dilemmas of Identity in Contemporary Life (Basic Books, 1991), examines the effects of the increasing immersion in images, information and relationships on the collective psyche of contemporary society. This volume has been rated as one of the most influential books in the field of communication. Dr. Gergen has conducted studies on human interactions that take place in the world of “virtual” community. He has been awarded three Fulbright grants as well as a Guggenheim Fellowship, the Alexander von Humboldt prize in the Humanities, and honorary degrees from Tilburg University and the Saybrook Institute. Dr. Gergen has been affiliated with several psychological associations and has served as president of the American Psychology Association (APA) divisions of Psychology & the Arts and Theoretical & Philosophical Psychology. Dr. Gergen earned a BA from Yale University in 1957 and a PhD in psychology from Duke University in 1962.