Sheldon Solomon, Ph.D.

Sheldon Solomon is a professor of social psychology who teaches at Skidmore College. He earned his B.A. from Franklin and Marshall College and his doctoral degree from the University of Kansas. He is probably best known for developing Terror Management Theory, along with Jeff Greenberg & Tom Pyszczynski which is concerned with how humans deal with their own sense of mortality. He is the author or co-author of over a hundred articles and several books, and he's been featured in several films and...See more

Sheldon Solomon is a professor of social psychology who teaches at Skidmore College. He earned his B.A. from Franklin and Marshall College and his doctoral degree from the University of Kansas. He is probably best known for developing Terror Management Theory, along with Jeff Greenberg & Tom Pyszczynski which is concerned with how humans deal with their own sense of mortality. He is the author or co-author of over a hundred articles and several books, and he's been featured in several films and television documentaries as well as countless radio interviews. See less