LAYCOCK LECTURE
MALISSA CLARK, Ph.D.
Malissa Clark is a Professor of Industrial/Organizational (I-O) psychology at the University of Georgia, where she has been on faculty since 2013. Currently, she serves as Head of the Department of Psychology and director of the Healthy Work Lab. Recently selected as a member of the 2024 Thinkers 50 Radar list and shortlisted for the 2025 Thinkers 50 Radar Award, Malissa is a recognized expert on the topics of workaholism, overwork, burnout, and employee well-being. Her first book, Never Not Working: Why the Always-On Culture Is Bad for Business—and How to Fix It, was published in February 2024. Never Not Working has been recognized as one of the top management books of 2024, including being named one of Adam Grant’s 12 New Idea Books to Launch in 2024 and top 5 Porchlight Book’s Best Management and Workplace Culture Books of 2024. Malissa is passionate about bridging the scientist-practitioner gap and advocating for healthier workplaces and worker well-being through her speaking and consulting. Her work has been featured on numerous podcasts and outlets such as Time, US News and World Report, New York Times, and The Washington Post. She currently serves as a member of the NIOSH Healthy Work Design and Well-Being Council. In her free time, she enjoys spending time with her family and traveling.
J. ROLAND FOLSE LECTURE
BRYCE FUEMMELER
Bryce Fuemmeler is the Research Associate for Professor Arthur Brooks’ Leadership & Happiness Laboratory at the Harvard Kennedy School’s Center for Public Leadership. In this role, he provides the most modern research and writing on the science of well-being for students and scholars, research publications, and the world outside of Harvard.
He holds B.A.s in Economics and History from the University of Missouri, and an M.Sc. in Economic and Social History from the University of Oxford, where he studied the long-run trends of America’s Great Society programs and the United Kingdom’s social safety net origins. After graduation he spent one year with the Missouri Department of Economic Development, helping to deliver federal grant projects to low-income Missourians. Since 2022 he has worked for Dr. Brooks at Harvard.
Bryce grew up in Boonville, Missouri, and lives near Cambridge.