Dr. Tomasulo is the Academic Director and core faculty at the Spirituality Mind Body Institute (SMBI), Teachers College, Columbia University, and is on the teaching staff at the University of Pennsylvania. He holds a Ph.D. in psychology, an MFA in writing, and a Master of Applied Positive Psychology from the University of Pennsylvania. He is a Review Editor for Frontiers in Psychology, special section on Positive Psychology, and has been honored by Teachers College, Columbia University, with their 2021 Teaching Award. His bestselling book, Learned Hopefulness, The Power of Positivity To Overcome Depression, Is hailed as: “…the perfect recipe for fulfillment, joy, peace, and expansion of awareness” by Deepak Chopra, MD. Martin Seligman, Ph.D., adds: “This is the best go-to book on how to use hope to relieve your depression.” Medical News Today, identified it as the 2021 #1 book for coping, and in 2023 the best for positivity about depression. VeryWellMind .com ranked it one of the top 3 for depression in 2022—and again in 2023. Sharecare honors Dr. Tomasulo as a top-ten online influencer on the issue of depression. His new book, The Positivity Effect, will be released June 1st of 2023.