Giacomo Bono is an Associate Professor of Psychology at California State University, Dominguez Hills. He has a Ph.D. in Applied Social Psychology from Claremont Graduate University. His research focuses on forgiveness, gratitude, well-being, mental health and development among youth and emerging adults. Dr. Bono is the author of Thanks! A Strengths- Based Gratitude Curriculum for Tweens and Teens and co-author of Making Grateful Kids: The Science of Building Character, and co-author of the Gratitude Playbook. As director of the Youth Gratitude Project, he examines youths’ social emotional skills and wellbeing and develops assessment tools and interventions to promote student success and wellness in primary and secondary schools.