Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi is distinguished professor of psychology and management at Claremont Graduate University. He is a former professor and chairman of the department of psychology at the University of Chicago. He is also the founder and codirector of the Quality of Life Research Center, a nonprofit research institute that studies "positive psychology." His books include Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience and The Evolving Self as well as numerous articles and contributions to other works.