Kendall Cotton Bronk, Ph.D., is the Principal Investigator for the Adolescent Moral Development Lab and a Professor of Psychology in the Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences at the Claremont Graduate University. She is a developmental scientist interested in studying and supporting positive youth development and the moral growth of young people. Along with studying character strengths, including humility, gratitude, hope, and patience, she has most commonly investigated young people’s purposes in life.

Her research has explored purpose around the globe, including in the US, Europe, Africa, and Asia. Along with the members of her lab, she has examined the relationship between purpose and healthy growth, how young people cultivate purpose, and strategies adults—including mentors, parents, teachers, and others—can employ to help young people lead lives of purpose. Her work has been funded by the Spencer Foundation, the John Templeton Foundation, the Templeton Religion Trust, the Walton Family Foundation, and the Fulbright Foundation, and it has appeared in Forbes, The Wall Street Journal, and NPR.